"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet", also known as "A Time for Us", is an instrumental arranged by Henry Mancini (from Nino Rota's music written for Franco Zeffirelli's film of Romeo and Juliet, starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey). It was a number-one pop hit in the United States during the year 1969. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on June 28, 1969, and remained there for two weeks.[1]
Rearranged by Mancini, the song started competing with rock and roll songs 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]
This release also topped the U.S. easy listening chart for eight weeks where it was Mancini's sole number one on the chart [2].
| Preceded by "Happy Heart" by Andy Williams |
Billboard Easy Listening Singles number-one single by Henry Mancini June 7, 1969 (8 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Spinning Wheel" by Blood, Sweat & Tears |
| Preceded by "Get Back" by The Beatles |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single June 28, 1969 (2 weeks) |
Succeeded by "In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)" by Zager and Evans |