Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet

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"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" is a instrumental song arranged by Henry Mancini. It was a number-one song in the United States during the year 1969. It topped the Billboard magazine chart on June 28, 1969 and remained there for two weeks.[1]

The music was the theme song from the movie Romeo and Juliet. Rearranged by Mancini, the song started competing with rock and roll song from The Beatles and the Rolling Stones on an Orlando, Florida radio station and spread from there. It faced stiff opposition from some radio states for being too soft. Those stations had to change their mind when the song become number one.[1]

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Preceded by
"Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto		 Billboard Hot 100 number one single (The Tymes version)
July 6, 1963 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Surf City" by Jan and Dean
  1. ^ a b Bronson, Fred (1992). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits - revised & enlarged. New York: Billboard Books, p. 255. ISBN 0-8230-8298-9.