Canadian_Sunset

Canadian Sunset

Canadian Sunset

1956 single by Eddie Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter

For the Andy Williams album, see Canadian Sunset (album).

"Canadian Sunset" is a popular song with music by jazz pianist Eddie Heywood and lyrics by Norman Gimbel. An instrumental version by Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 7 on the R&B chart in 1956.[1] A version sung by Andy Williams was also popular that year, reaching No. 7 on the Billboard chart.[2] The Sounds Orchestral, conducted by Johnny Pearson, hit the Easy Listening chart reaching No. 14 and the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965 reaching No. 76.[3]

Quick Facts from the album, Released ...

Emergence as a jazz standard

The tune has been covered by a number of jazz performers beginning in the 1960s.

  • Wes Montgomery (guitar) recorded the piece with small combo. The recording features his signature octave melodic technique.
  • Danny Gatton (guitar) playing with Buddy Emmons (pedal steel) produced a funky version of the tune that fit appropriately with the "Redneck Jazz" sound they developed (jazz played on instruments normally relegated to country music)
  • George Shearing (piano) recorded the piece with his quintet along with an orchestral arrangement of his writing.
  • Floyd Cramer (piano)
  • Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) on the 1960 album Boss Tenor
  • Earl Bostic (alto saxophone)
  • Earl Grant (organ)
  • The Impacts (R. Baber, H. Brooks, H. Powell, C. Mattocks and K. Seymour) recorded a doo-wop version in 1959 that can be found on The Doo Wop Box II.
  • Etta Jones (vocals) recorded this tune in her album "Something Nice" 1961
  • Cedar Walton made it funky in the 1976 album Beyond Mobius
  • Sam Cooke did a version on his You Send Me album
  • Dean Martin recorded a version on his 1959 album A Winter Romance
  • Beegie Adair (piano) recorded the piece with her trio "Moments to Remember" 2009
  • Carey T. Smith recorded a version on his 2009 album Birdy
  • Horst Jankowski recorded a version on his 1965 album "More Genius of Jankowski"
  • Earl Klugh recorded a version on his 2008 album "The Spice of Life".
  • Doc Severinsen recorded a version on his 1967 album "The New Sound of Today's Big Band"

References

  1. [1]
    Eddie Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter, "Canadian Sunset" chart positions, Musicvf.com, Retrieved June 3, 2013
  2. [2]
    Andy Williams, "Canadian Sunset" chart positions, Musicvf.com, Retrieved June 3, 2013
  3. [3]
    Sounds Orchestral, "Canadian Sunset" chart positions, Musicvf.com, Retrieved June 3, 2013


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