Tuesday, April 7, 2020

April 7 - Percy Faith (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)

Percy Faith (7 April 1908 – 9 February 1976) was a Canadian bandleader, orchestrator, composer, and conductor. 
[For last year's thought on Charles Burney click here.] 



Oh Ye of Little...

Percy Faith, the butt of jokes
From grave and high-falutin’ folks,
Checked in on his bottom line
And found that he had done just fine.

Perhaps we shouldn’t second guess
The kind of popular success
That Percy Faith achieved while christening
The new-found genre “easy listening.”









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