Vintage 1950s Music
Autumn Leaves
The number 4 hit on the Billboard Charts in 1955 was Autumn Leaves
version by Roger Williams.
Originally it was a 1945 French song, Les Feuilles mortes"(literally The Dead Leaves), with music by Hungarian-French composer,
Joseph
Kosma and lyrics by poet Jacques Prévert. The Hungarian title is Hulló levelek (Falling Leaves). Yves
Montand (with Irène
Joachim) introduced Les feuilles
mortes in the film Les Portes de la nuit (1946).
In 1955,
pianist Roger Williams recorded Autumn Leaves, the only piano
instrumental to reach #1 on Billboard's popular music chart. It
sold over two million copies and was awarded a gold disc. This version was
known for WIlliam's descending scales and arpeggios, depicting the falling
leaves from the trees to the grounds below.
A movie by the same name
was released in 1956 by Columbia
Pictures starring Joan Crawford and Cliff Robertson in an
older woman/younger man tale of mental illness.
To listen to this beautiful instrumental piece, goto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPHIMJkt-xE
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