This week in 1968: US composer & orchestra leader Hugo Montenegro - TopicsExpress



          

This week in 1968: US composer & orchestra leader Hugo Montenegro started a four-week run at #1 in the UK singles chart with his cover version of The Good The Bad And The Ugly, originallly composed by Ennio Morricone for the soundtrack of the Clint Eastwood-starring spaghetti western film of the same name; it was the first instrumental UK chart topper since 1963; in the US, the single peaked at #2 on the Pop chart, ironically held off the top spot by another soundtrack-related song, Simon & Garfunkels Mrs. Robinson (from 1967 film The Graduate); however, the Montenegro single did spend three weeks atop the Billboard Easy Listening chart…
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 03:57:35 +0000

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