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The Music from Peter Gunn

The Music from Peter Gunn is a soundtrack album to the TV series Peter Gunn, composed and conducted by Henry Mancini, and released in January 1959 on RCA Victor. It was the first album ever to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1959. The album was followed by More Music from Peter Gunn, released on RCA Victor in July 1959. In 1998 the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[4]

The Music from Peter Gunn

Released Jan 1959

August 26, 31, and September 4, 29, 1958

Radio Recorders (Hollywood)[1]

39:52

Simon Rady

1959

RCA Music Center of the World (Hollywood)[1]

49:01

The opening theme music is notable for its combination of jazz orchestration with a straightforward rock 'n roll beat. In his autobiography Did They Mention the Music? Mancini stated:


The Music from Peter Gunn was selected by the Library of Congress as a 2010 addition to the National Recording Registry, which selects recordings annually that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[6]

Ray Linn, Frank Beach, Uan Rasey, Conrad Gozzo - trumpet

Pete Candoli

Jimmy Priddy, Milt Bernhart, Karl DeKarske - trombone

Dick Nash

Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, John Cave - French horn

John Graas

- piano

John Williams

Bob Bain, - guitar

Al Hendrickson

Larry Bunker - vibraphone

Victor Feldman

Rolly Bundock - bass

Alvin Stoller, Jack Sperling - drums

Shelly Manne

Musicians vary from song to song, but include:[7]