Friday Music

Composed by Mancini for the television show of the same name the song was the opening track on the original soundtrack album - The Music from Peter Gunn.  Released in 1959 it reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 12 on the R&B chart.  Mancini went on to win an Emmy Award and two Grammys for Album of the Year and Best Arrangement.

Over a couple of decades this song has earned three posts here at the Platz (Yes, you can read/watch them by searching under Peter Gunn) and I figure it's about time to add one more to make it four.

Emerson, Lake and Palmer issued a live album - In Concert - recorded at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, August 26, 1977.  Following ELP's breakup it was released by Atlantic Records in November of 1979.  It was subsequently repackaged and re-released as Works Live in 1993 to include three tracks recorded in Wheeling, WV in November of 1977.  This was one of them.

Turn-up the volume for a really fun iteration of the Peter Gunn theme...