Side Saddle
| "Side Saddle" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Russ Conway | |
| B-side | "Pixilated Penguin" |
| Released | 1959[1] |
| Genre | Popular music, piano music |
| Label | Columbia Records[2] |
| Songwriter(s) | Trevor Stanford[1] |
| Producer(s) | Norman Newell[2] |
"Side Saddle" is a hit single which was number one in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks from 27 March 1959.[2]
The honky-tonk style tune, composed and played by British popular music pianist Russ Conway, was written as part of the score for a television musical adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.[3][4] Conway, sitting in the TV rehearsal room, was asked to write a last-minute tune for one small scene set in a ballroom. He wrote 16 bars as an "olde-world gavotte" and hastily titled it "Side Saddle" in the margin.[5]
The song was a staple of the BBC's Housewives' Choice radio programme.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Russ Conway - Side Saddle (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
- ^ a b c Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives. p. 42. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ Joseph Murrells (1984), Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s, Batsford, p. 127, ISBN 978-0-7134-3843-7
- ^ Colin Larkin (2002), The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music, Virgin, p. 89, ISBN 978-1-85227-937-0
- ^ Dennis Barker (17 November 2000). "Obituary: Russ Conway". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
- ^ Adair, Joseph (2011). No.1 Hits of the '50s (Media notes). One Day Music.