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Faith in a Elevator

Faith in a Elevator: Episode 1

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Episode 1

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Nick Ingman, John Altman and Rich Jones discuss Theme From A Summer Place.

Dr Richard Niles celebrates the life of arranger Percy Faith. Arrangers Nick Ingman and John Altman and The Feeling's bassist Rich Jones discuss Theme From A Summer Place.

Dr Richard Niles celebrates the life and music of the late and great Canadian arranger Percy Faith, who was born in 1908, and has gone down in music history as the man who invented elevator music. 

In episode one, arrangers Nick Ingman and John Altman, and The Feeling's bassist Rich Jones discuss Faith's best-selling Theme From a Summer Place. Singer Amy MacDonald also drops by to hear how her hit single This Is The Life sounds after it's been given the Percy Faith treatment. 

This three-part series first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2008.

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The life of Canadian arranger Percy Faith is celebrated by Dr Richard Niles and guests

He's gone down in music history as the man who invented Elevator Music. The life of the late and great Canadian arranger Percy Faith, born April 1908, is celebrated by Dr Richard Niles and guests

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