Percy Faith - The song from Moulin Rouge

[@sandex10]

My dad just passed away and I found old letters he wrote to my mom when he was in the Korean War. In one, he said this was his favorite song, so I had to look it up. It gave me a good cry.

[@johntate9612]

God bless your dad...and you.

[@angiebirdsall5132]

Aww so sad honey! 😕

[@nancygwin6955]

My Dad is MIA in North Korea, 1953 ~ this song also gives me comfort. May your Dad's memory be a blessing ~ and this song.

[@ninnosimoni755]

A sweet cry!😔 Greetings from Argentina!

[@bertharuiz1225]

But where is my love? So pretty. It’s saddens our hearts. Separation is so cruel.

[@redbaron2750]

soy un hombre de 52 años y al encontrar estas joyas de la musica recuerdo con nostalgia los años de mi niñez en los 60's pues en casa no solo se escuchaban los grupos del momento, sino tambien, estas hermosas melodias interpretadas por estas grandes orquestas, gracias por traernos tan buenos recuerdos.

[@celsamariahernandezdemathe5605]

Así es...una sublimidad de música 🎵🎼

[@Hyawill434]

Beautiful music from another era gone but will never be forgotten.

[@Grufian]

As an ex-member of Percy Faith's Orchestra, this clip pre-dates my tenure there, but I can spot some of the musicians who were still there when I was. Lots of record albums and tours to Japan, plus many happy memories to carry with me.

[@michaelday7707]

Hi, what was it like working with Percy Faith?

[@truthseeker3236]

Thanks for the music God bless

[@princessgrace66]

Tho A Sr. 67 Now I still Remember My Parents AM Radio&Records on the HiFi with these Songs..,❤

[@guinnevere100]

That orchestra made a lot of beautiful music over the years. Glad you were a part of it. :)

[@rosemariepoverman]

Saw the Movie the night in 1953 my David bought me a simple gold wedding band. Only 19 and 20 we eloped a few days later because of religious differences and were together until death parted us 671/2 years later. This was our song

[@datsnuffydude5460]

That is a very beautiful story. It’s so rare to find love like this nowadays. You mentioned having to elope at a young age because of religious differences between families. Must have been so difficult at times. We forget that difficulty can make our marriages stronger or can snap the bonds in two. Yours is a story to let love rule. God bless you.

[@valmor8431]

I’m 70 years old now and this song I consider the lullaby of my childhood

[@SaraHamidpour]

Aww how was your childhood, those days were people any different from now? As a millennial I would love to know :-)

[@byua1835]

@@SaraHamidpour i'd also love to know because listening to songs like these gives me nostalgia of a life i had never had

[@anthonyryde4489]

I'm the same age and similar thoughts

[@carbugnov1952]

mine was Blue Tango by Leroy Andersson 1952

[@mauravidal9579]

@@SaraHamidpour No te imaginas que tiempos tan bellos, la gente era tan buena, cortés, y sencilla pero elegante al mismo tiempo. Momentos vividos que nunca volverán!!

[@buergerdoc]

I first heard this rendition in 1952 when I was 6 years old ---- on the radio that my mother was crying over. Still feel it as though it were yesterday.

[@RobertSilvestri86]

me too. Same age, same song, different radio.

[@GulbertLuna]

My parents used to dance 🩰 to this kinda of music when they were in love when they used to dance at ball rooms the music was just beautiful and so wonderful boy I miss my parents what great memories I shared with them I don't think I'll ever forget the good music they played back then I miss the music don't you ❤😂😢😅

[@MimiZ914]

When people had class and music was magic.

[@angeloschild]

My mother loved this kind of orchestral music (especially Mantovani, Percy Faith, and Les Baxter) and played it on the phonograph as she went about her days of washing, cleaning, and cooking. It reminds me of our childhood, and how she taught us to dream.

[@kathrynshaw4711]

Memories of music I heard as a small child. We will never lose this type of music. Our souls and past lives tap into it. I am now 70, thank you Percy.

[@happyme6153]

I still love it today. I am 73 years young.

[@st.sophiaphiloptochos4628]

I still have my mom's old Mantovani and Les Baxter albums.

[@musicsuperrelaxingviajar]

La buena música es universal y no importa la edad de las personas, sino el buen gusto para escuchar, motivar la mente y deleitar el alma!

[@markcabie]

Palabras ciertas.

[@ottorinobonazzi2440]

Igual

[@silviasalgado7089]

Totalmente De acuerdo!!

[@timoteogonzalez-ye7jx]

La mejor musica para descansar o tomar una siesta. La escuché en español con un artista que no logro recordar Pero es muy bonita

[@tonyrogers1923]

I had a vivid dream last night about my precious wife, in heaven now for 12 years. Something about this song has had me crying my heart out, as many songs have, over the years, since she was taken home. So emotionally moving. 😥

[@Pipendreamer]

God rest her soul, and for you "Blessed are they which mourn for they shall be comforted".

[@deanschneck723]

Tony, you have beautiful memories of her.

[@junevanstaden7288]

It definitely is emotionally moving. My condolences. My husband passed away in July 2021

[@stephanierichard7078]

​@@Pipendreamer That verse doesn't apply here. In context, it's about mourning over the sinful nature of man.

[@ГригорийШанин-ы7о]

Божественная музыка возвращающая в мои детство и юность,когда люди и взаимоотношения были другими,когда души были чище и сердца добрее❤❤❤❤❤Спасибо❤❤❤❤❤.

[@USRoute66]

Its so nice to hear a full-size orchestra perform something so beautiful that it must have come from heaven. Sadly, most kids today only know Rock or Rap, but nothing this sophisticated. I have a feeling that this song will live on forever, but most of today's garbage will be forgotten in a few years.

[@arnoldbecerra357]

I’m your neighbor from down south Mexico and totally I greed with you..this a beautiful French song…the music from the 40 to part of 60s was better….

[@elliott021]

It’s a great piece of music. But there’s plenty of other great music out there too. Including stuff written today.

[@anitaparakh-morgan8348]

Absolutely! It's so utterly repetitive and boring and full of swearing. When these kids are parents and grandparents, what beautiful contemporary music will they have to remember?

[@ffurgy]

It was the first "Moulin Rouge" film, back in the 50's. This song went to the top of the charts for weeks...we were romanticists, then, so this song hit chords with us.

[@elliott021]

Watched this video over and over again after being laid off from my job in 2007. I found it comforting in many many ways. Almost 15 years later and I still enjoy watching and listening. Beautiful composition.

[@mabeldurocher2258]

Did you get employed again ?

[@conlagrime]

When I was a little boy, I dreamed about so many wonderful things. I would hear so much beautiful music in those days. I'd sit outside in the evenings, gaze at the stars...Tomorrow was going to be bright. We had hope and we lived in a most wonderful country... Now, I hear this music and am sad because so much happens in our lives as we get older. Before we know it, people in our lives are no longer with us. I am reminded of them. I'm reminded of many of the people that I've been blessed in having known. I know what it feels like to have a heartache. It comes and goes. Nonetheless, this music is wonderful..

[@bobcarlino7280]

Thank you for a posting that's as beautiful as this incredible music.

[@mouchiecat1]

Thank you for your beautiful comment

[@henryhorner3182]

A beautiful and timeless work of music. More than a little different from today's trash music.

[@danielhickmott5800]

People who weren't raised in this era don't understand the term "angry music" as someone who grew up with this might describe much of the popular music of the past few decades.

[@marinotagliapietra7839]

"angry music" a good description

[@markdezii]

Fantastic. What an arrangement by Percy Faith.

[@ciao614]

My Dad returned from Korea in '53 also. Then he got married the same year to my Mom. They just celebrated their 60th Anniversary in July. Best to you~

[@peskylisa]

This music was before my time, but I have such a strong affinity to it; it's beautiful. What can I say? Even as a child, it could reduce me to tears....

[@fjg9657]

Me, too. Then and even now.

[@sherishaffertheartistandmy7948]

Me, too! In the early 80's, I danced The Charleston in front of my history class for extra credit (I checked out a vinyl record from the library that had a insert to layout on the floor with the dance pattern on it), apparently I was the only kid in my 7th grade class that liked jazz and Big Band music, it was such a wake-up call for me to find out that not everyone felt the same way about it as me, to feel how very moving that music is! As an adult, I had a psychic tell me that I'm an old soul, that I had a previous lifetime from the early 1900's to the very early 1950's, and that disclosure resonated with me on a level I understood without understanding it, if that makes sense!!!

[@muffassa6739]

I always loved this song 💗 I just never knew who wrote it.

[@jwilson5033965549]

Percy Faith is in a class all by himself. No one can match his work. He was the king of orchastra.

[@G6JPG]

I would say very similar to Mantovani. (Both lovely.)

[@lakeleymagnolia2401]

Percy Faith, you are unequaled. Fantastic. Never changing.

[@calvinhobbes7504]

Grew up a bit in the Washington DC area. WEZR FM (Morningside, MD - now defunct) was my dad's favorite radio station. His clock radio would play as he got ready for work and I for school. This song would almost always play during that time. Dad has been gone a while, but whenever I hear Percy Faith, 101 Strings, Ferrante and Teicher .... if you were there, you know the play list ... I always think of my dad.

[@joseluishernandezc.9003]

Esto es una reliquia musical del Sr. Percy Faith. Lástima que hay muy pocos videos de el. Gracias al Sr. Mauriatmusic por su trabajo.

[@larryzeleznik3490]

This is music. Actual soul soothing music. From the forgotten pqst.

[@alexmendez9627]

I am thankful that I stumbled upon this beautiful song/genre a couple years ago. There are so many beautiful “oldie” songs!! Many old artist are now my favorites… Percy Faith, Bert Kaempfert, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, etc

[@SunilKumar-ue1xo]

Theme from A Summer Place is just heavenly it simply churns your heart and brings back all old memories of the 1960s.

[@rydabent]

Now this is real music not what passes for music these days.

[@donalcoleman9297]

Looking at those not so young guys play fills me with deep curiousity about their backgrounds. Some of them, I wonder if they were born and trained in Europe and left their ravaged war-torn countries to gratefully pass on their gift to a world that gave them a chance to live. They look so grounded in beauty and calmed pain, so mysteriously chiselled and crafted in the experience of the art of life. Percy couldn't have done it without each of them.

[@cuervovallejo2711]

Percy Faith's compositions are simply magical. I am transported to a very happy and peaceful place in my mind. When I am upset, I listen to his music and I am instantly better. Thank you for uploading it.

[@gruyerolivier1842]

G Auric French composer

[@susanodea1837]

My dad loved this, and was played at his funeral, I miss him so much.😢

[@jbrandrn]

I haven't heard this for a long time. Beautiful recording. Thanks for KZbin and the person who submitted this.

[@Michal3012]

Wiele lat tamu znalazłem tu tekst: "...it was my Dad favourite song. He was a soldier in Korea 1953. I miss You so much Daddy and all of us miss you too....." Ciągle nie mogę go zapomnieć...

[@victortrial3010]

I’m so glad I was raised to appreciate this lovely music. Stranger on the shore; is another great.

[@daldieduckweather5320]

Not to mention that other one by Percy Faith. Um, Theme From A Summer Place?

[@TheLadyk53]

This song and Stranger on the Shore are my top two favourite songs ever! They both just seem to reach deep down into my soul and take hold of me. Peace.

[@keysonthego3663]

I'm amazed of the quality of the recordings of those period. It's not easy to record orchestras, beautiful thank you.

[@anthonyryde4489]

Absolutely superb - how can anyone not like quality music like this - it's beyond me. I wish I still had my mums vinyl version

[@ceciladuca6633]

When my AF dad came back from overseas in the 50s he brought me a pretty little enamel-painted clock that played the theme from Moulin Rouge and I think of him and that clock every time I hear it.

[@wantabwriter]

That is special. The things that trigger good memories are treasures for sure.

[@nancydavis_]

I dedicate this to my wonderful parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles from this era! Love you MUCH!

[@michaellazzeri9439]

AHHHHHH YES------REAL MUSIC.---------FROM SUMMER OF '53, i WAS 6 Y/O, HEADING TO 7, BUT i REMEMBER.

[@lindaharper8458]

I love this song. My mom used to play this on her record player. I was only 4 years old atthe time and it always made me cry. My mom couldn't figure out what was making me crythen she came to realize it was the music. It still makes me cry.

[@remotegod255]

Music lovers cry when the music touches their soul :)

[@tonik9724]

Oh thank goodness I'm not the only one who crys when I hear lovely music!

[@anitamaree9121]

Soo true...I love good music. Thus is one of those that just make me cry. ❤

[@oldbrian8623]

@@anitamaree9121 Beautiful music is like a sort of prayer, expressing gratitude for the gift of being alive. It is a terribly bad, sad thing, that most young people today do not even have the opportunity to hear such music. Perhaps the neanderthals among them would dismiss good music as being unfashionable, were they to hear it, but I think that for sensitive individuals, beautiful music is like "water to drink", for the soul.

[@kathylynne2011]

A song that makes me cry is sung by Patsy Cline called: "If I could see the world through the eyes of a child".

[@WOODBINEXX]

my mum is 81 and very ill,this is my song for her xxxxx

[@whatsthat163]

It's one of the most beautiful pieces of music that will never go out of style nor will it ever be outdated for lovers of pure music. Thanks a million Percy Faith

[@stevepowsinger733]

what's that? This reminds me of when I was a little boy, when songs were often sentimental - but this one has an especially good melody.

[@jimpankey9161]

Whenever we kiss, I worry and wonder....so beautifull! Will always remain in my heart.

[@javierparra7052]

Esta bella melodía me hace evocar los tiempos de mi infancia.

[@OjaiRoy]

The relatives of all these musicians should be PROUD! Thankfully the internet came along so we could all enjoy this.

[@D.N..]

A bit of heaven for those of us from a different generation! 😄

[@G6JPG]

I'm perhaps a later generation? (1960), but I still love it.

[@gwardell2]

This is the way music should sound. This is real music.

[@ВалерийФактулин]

This beautiful melody I remember 65 years...

[@MySpace662]

This is music from an another era that will never be forgotten, just keeps on delighting every generation.

[@robinascott2550]

Percy faiths orchestra were a joy to listen to

[@VandaPietrantonio]

All the orchestras from that era were a joy. I have many.of the albums of those instrumentals. Sadly no one plays that music anymore. What passes for music today is atrocious.

[@TheOldrecordclub]

That's what i call real good music, thanks for the share my friend... Carl

[@TheMenon49]

God! Percy Faith has given me wings and I'm floating lazily over a beautiful world............

[@ginacustodio7120]

beautiful, classic, timeless.....

[@anthonyryde4489]

Another superb Percy Faith rendition - superb

[@larryluckjohn538]

This song never loses it's beauty and draw !! Percy Faith & Mantovani, two great orchestra's to play it !

[@alevine1951]

So beautiful, touches something deep and unconscious, evokes emotions....

[@anthonyryde4489]

When I was 10 I was asked - 'why do you like this sort of music --- and now 58 years later I'm still listening to this beautiful music

[@MrMourice]

Nothing is more beautiful than this melody

[@Ritabug34]

Listening to this makes me miss my grandparents

[@carlosgarciamonteroluza5519]

La escuchaba a los 20 y sigo encontrándola maravillosa en mis 75 anos !!!!!

[@bettygagnon2130]

One of my favourites, love Percy Faith and the 60's music era.

[@ericjones1796]

This music would bring peace to your soul

[@Top-NotchAuto]

as a child i recall peace vs noise

[@ycdouble1]

Nowadays noise rules. Says a lot about humanity and its future, or the lack thereof

[@Isolvedit]

@@Top-NotchAuto Notice in the video, these are paid professionals playing real instruments. And therein the reason "why".

[@KenCostlow]

It has many times.

[@pistamagyar8851]

I was born in May 1953, this song is MY!!!!

[@carolewilson1311]

This is wonderfull music.The sort that makes you glad to be alive in this sad world

[@celestinolunasco8623]

Escuchar bellas melodías nos transporta a otro mundo donde podemos vivir en paz...armonía y con amor...es maravilloso escuchar al Maestro Percy Faith que grande fue con sus melodías hoy en el cielo con los angeles.

[@josefinacruz7280]

Hermosas notas, gracias a esta música yo soñaba y volaba lejos mi imaginación, y me hacía feliz en la década de los 70 !!!!

[@raimundsamson8506]

eine meiner frühesten Kindheitserinnerungen --- wunderbar friedliche Musik ---

[@andrashorvath6587]

Gyönyörű lassú keringő.

[@howardgooding3493]

Beautiful, an unforgettable masterpiece

[@williamkellerman7430]

howard gooding

[@dennishillback1259]

WONDERFUL Beautiful relaxing music

[@jmrodas9]

My late Dad took me to see the picture Moulin Rouge and had to explain most of it to me as I was just a kid but I remember I liked the music and still do. Percy Faith was indeed a great musician and his orcheasta interpreted many fine movie themes.

[@basspig]

One just has to love those 'cascading strings'. What a magical sound they do make!

[@veramaria8672]

Orquestra espetacular: belissima msc meus ouvidos agradece. Maravilha !

[@lourdeslulyloualvarinosuar7510]

I am so elated...enjoying it sooo much...such good music ! all of it a treasure for ever and ever. Thanks to the master composers, performers and all the good people sharing, so am I , paying forward. This is truly magical ❤️🙆

[@aidacabrera6611]

Hermosa composición musical, desde niña la escuche estaba en los discos que mi padre poseía y me decía que para el eran su tesoro y cuanta razón tenia hoy la sigo escuchando y vienen a mi mente tantos recuerdos hermosos. es una melodía que toca las cuerdas de mi alma. Me encanta!!!

[@peterlynch7384]

I have not heard this song in many, many years, it brings me back to when I was young and all twelve of us were young !!

[@djosephbenedict2244]

I first heard this in my youth (late 50s, early 60s) as the flip side of "Swedish Rhapsody" on a 78. That mix also had a vocal after the bridge / modulation (key change). I thought that the intro sounded like music to accompany the visual of a spaceship landing, and the outro as the ship returning to the sky. The strings, at times, reach directly into me ... it's very moving.

[@nicholasandrian5580]

The singer got little credit despite her great performance. Her name is Felicia Sanders. One of the top records of 1953.

[@djosephbenedict2244]

Here's the link to the vocal version ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZa5p5WnaJqNpdk

[@KENSCCY823]

The cascading sound from those strings was legendary. Even Berliner Phiharmonic Orchestra is not able to duplicate same sound nowaday. A true legacy from Percy Faith.

[@jaybeeshultz]

Montovani had the same cascading strings.

[@jbmorriscpcu]

Musicians from the great symphony orchestras of the day would join Percy Faith for these recording sessions. The strings are the stars of course, with Stradivarious and Guarnarius instruments playing Faith's arrangements.

[@Olivia-hx2hx]

My all time favorite piece of music. I come back here over and over

[@Olivia-hx2hx]

I so totally agree with u. Its magic the way all the the instruments lilt. It lifts the heart.

[@corey-bird3489]

@@Olivia-hx2hx I oughta put this on my already intended to be soothing channel, then 😌

[@jimkistnerjr5305]

I was born in 1953, and, of course, did not remember hearing this music... UNTIL 1969 when I was 16 and instantly felt a connection to it. I HAD to know what the song was! and finally found it had been put to words (Darling, Where is your heart"). I have concluded that I must have heard this melody while unborn because of such a strong connection felt to it.

[@junemvanstaden6565]

This song is so emotional for me. Absolutely beautiful

[@anaalban8836]

Cuánta elevación para mi alma, escuchar esta obra maestra. Percy Faith, genio.

[@raymondguerin4473]

the musicians wanted to get this masterpiece spot on for Percy. . . and they did.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Indeed. From what I've read Percy demanded ( and got ) perfection . It was Shape up...or Ship out !

[@philhurtado7269]

This song has been on this program for at least 14 years now, and it’s not going away! It a beautiful piece of music. I’ve been hearing it for years and have never gotten tired of listening…it sends shivers and tears to hear it again! Thank you!

[@remotegod255]

What a great video. I love watching the orchestra play. Seeing the bows violinists and postures of the musicians somehow makes it sound more real. This was #1 top of the popular music charts in 1953. Crazy how much popular music has changed since then, isn't it?

[@remmymafia3889]

yeah, but there's no females and minorities, so we have to condemn it-sorry.

[@juliogalvan3308]

un gran maestro, una belleza que invita a soñar y transportarse a nuestra juventud

[@generationll]

Discovered this song in 1991.One o fthe prettiest songs I have ever heard.

[@mariylnwellington3803]

music is not like this anymore!! Thanks to all Bands and composers who performed and wrote this Heavenly Music,

[@chuahseeeng7436]

One of the masterpiece by Percy Faith. Music played from the heart.

[@whatsthat163]

It's one of the most pieces of music that will never go out of style. Thanks a million Percy Faith

[@finalascent]

One of my favority Percy Faith songs... I use this as my ring tone.... I get TONS of compliments and questions about it.

[@canadiannuclearman]

now and then a film producer uses old music as a score. This would be great even today.

[@carloseduardoyanezquilenan4106]

Bellisimo!!! Gracias.

[@theidahospud]

It was 1954 I was 8 years old and was taken to see the movie "Moulin Rouge" staring Jose Farrer. This song and its words sank into my soul. To this day I'm emotionally affected every time I i hear it. Such a sad, but beautiful song! .

[@JIMBOSKI58]

First heard this song in 1959 serving with the army in Germany. Albums sold at the PX for $2.35. By chance bought a Percy Faith album and this song always sticks most to my memory. My favoite version.

[@markcabie]

True music... Percy Faith is great. thanks for sharing.

[@oidor1]

Puro sentimiento y dulzura. Espléndida melodía.

[@MySpace662]

The most romantic music, ever composed.

[@markstephenson6023]

This is sweet and comforting, where melody and rhythm make sense, the strings are singing the lyrics. Thank God I grew up in the time I did, and embraced the music of the Greatest Generation, as with mine. If the Melody, rhythm and lyrics don't make sense, maybe it's because I cling to what I know tastes good to my ears.