| "Music to Watch Girls By" | |
|---|---|
| Single by The Bob Crewe Generation | |
| from the album Music to Watch Girls By | |
| Released | 1967 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Label | DynoVoice |
| Writer(s) | Sid Ramin |
| "Music to Watch Girls By" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Andy Williams | |
| from the album Born Free | |
| Released | 1967 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 2:35 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Writer(s) | Sid Ramin (music), Tony Velona (lyrics)[1] |
"Music to Watch Girls By" was the first Top 40 hit by Bob Crewe using his own name, recorded by his group The Bob Crewe Generation.[2] Crewe first heard the song performed in a "jingle demo" for a Diet Pepsi commercial. The "big-band, horn driven"[3] recording went to #15 on the pop chart and #2 on the Easy Listening chart.[4] According to Greg Adams, writing for All Music Guide, the song "exemplified the groovy state of instrumental music at that time."[2]
Other instrumental versions of the song were recorded by Billy Vaughn, Chet Atkins, Al Hirt[2] and Walter Wanderley. The version by Andy Williams went to #34 in the United States,[1] and after it was used in a Fiat ad in the UK, the re-released single reached the top ten.[5]