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"Canadian Sunset" is a popular song with music by jazz pianist Eddie Heywood and lyrics by Norman Gimbel. An instrumental version by Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter reached #2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and #7 on the R&B chart in 1956.〔(Eddie Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter, "Canadian Sunset" chart positions ) Retrieved June 3, 2013〕 A version sung by Andy Williams was also popular that year, reaching #7 on the Billboard chart.〔(Andy Williams, "Canadian Street" chart positions ) Retrieved June 3, 2013〕 The Sounds Orchestral, conducted by Johnny Pearson, hit the Easy Listening chart reaching #14 and the Billboard Top Hot 100 in 1965 reaching #76.〔(Sounds Orchestral, "Canadian Street" chart positions ) Retrieved June 3, 2013〕 ==Emergence as a jazz standard== The tune has been covered by a number of jazz performers beginning in the 1960s. *Wes Montgomery (guitar) recorded the piece with small combo. The recording features his signature octave melodic technique. *Danny Gatton (guitar) playing with Buddy Emmons (pedal steel) produced a funky version of the tune that fit appropriately with the "Redneck Jazz" sound they developed (jazz played on instruments normally relegated to country music) *George Shearing (piano) recorded the piece with his quintet along with an orchestral arrangement of his writing. *Kenny Barron (piano) Trio *Floyd Cramer (piano) *Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) *Earl Bostic (alto saxophone) *Earl Grant (organ) *Cedar Walton made it funky in the 1976 album ''Beyond Mobius'' *Sam Cooke did a version on his ''You Send Me'' album *Dean Martin recorded a version on his 1959 album ''A Winter Romance'' *Carey T. Smith recorded a version on his 2009 album ''Birdy'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canadian Sunset」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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