Peter Gunn (song)

"Peter Gunn"
Single by Henry Mancini
from the album The Music from Peter Gunn
B-side"The Brothers Go to Mother's"
ReleasedJan 1959[1] (Jan 1959[1])
Recorded1958
StudioRadio Recorders, Los Angeles
GenreInstrumental theme music
Length2:04
LabelRCA Victor
Composer(s)Henry Mancini
Producer(s)Simon Rady
Official audio
"Peter Gunn" (1993 Remastered) on YouTube

"Peter Gunn" is the theme music composed by Henry Mancini for the television show of the same name.[2] The song was the opening track on the original soundtrack album, The Music from Peter Gunn, released by RCA Victor in 1959.[3] Mancini won an Emmy Award and two Grammys for Album of the Year and Best Arrangement.[4] In 2005, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[5]

  1. ^ "Two Smash Singles From This Album". Billboard. January 1, 1959. p. 32.
  2. ^ Henry Mancini: Sounds and Scores, Northridge Music, Inc. 1973, 1986
  3. ^ RCA Victor LPM/LSP-1956 liner notes
  4. ^ Did They Mention the Music?, Henry Mancini with Gene Lees, Contemporary Books, 1989, page 236
  5. ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame | Hall of Fame Artists". Grammy.com.

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