Legacy Recordings

(From the Paramount motion picture Romeo and Juliet) Recorded in Hollywood, December 14, 1968. Entered chart: May 10, 1969, peaked at #1 (two weeks).

Considering that Henry Mancini had won twenty Grammy Awards for his renowned talents as a composer, it is ironic that his only Top Ten hit was written by someone else. A film scorer himself, Mancini was impressed with the music for this Franco Zeffirelli version of the Bard’s classic romance and simply liked it enough to want to try his own interpretation with no intention of ever releasing it as a single.

Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet by Henry Mancini or Buy the CD at LegacyRecordings.com.