PERCY FAITH

Many years ago, when I was living in Lima City, I enjoyed listening to a musical genre called Easy Listening. In those times there was a very popular radio called “Radio Omega” that played this genre of music. It was a great and sensorial experience. A lot of beautiful melodies were played through Radio Omega and others. Musicians such as Ray Coniff, Paul Mauriat, Henry Mancini and Percy Faith were some of the most important icons of Easy Listening. Among all these musicians, Percy Faith was my favorite composer. Percy Faith was a legendary composer and musician from Canada. He began his musical career very young. In the beginning of his career, Percy Faith studied to play piano, but there was an even that affected his life forever. In 1926,he was injured in a house fire, and for this reason he was in the hospital for several months. This accident affected both of his hands, so he decided to write and compose music. He recorded his records in RCA, Decca Records and CBS Columbia He became very successful and famous in the first halt of the 50’s. His most popular songs of this period were “Delicado,” and “Song from Mouline Rouge.” In spite of the eruption of other genres like Rock and Roll, Faith maintained his popularity and fame. His most famous composition was "Theme from a Summer Place." For this work Faith won a Grammy Award for Best Recording in 1961. Because of the change of musical taste in the American Society, also the appearance of Psychodelic and Folk Music, his popularity decreased in the second half of the 60's. However, Percy Faith won his second Grammy in 1969 for “Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet.”