Side Saddle
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| "Side Saddle" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Russ Conway | |
| B-side | "Pixilated Penguin" |
| Released | 1959[1] |
| Format | Single |
| Genre | Popular music, piano music |
| Label | Columbia Records[2] |
| Writer(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 program.[6]
| Preceded by | UK Singles Chart number-one single 27 March 1959 – 23 April 1959 |
Succeeded by "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" by Buddy Holly |
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