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Faith in a Elevator

Faith in a Elevator: Episode 2

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Episode 2

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Featuring Faith's Delicado, and re-arranging Colin McIntyre's You're a Star.

Dr Richard Niles celebrates Canadian arranger Percy Faith, including Faith's Latin hit Delicado. Plus, Colin MacIntyre's 'You're a Star' gets the Faith treatment.

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 two, arrangers Nick Ingman and John Altman and The Feeling's bassist Rich Jones discuss Faith's Latin hit Delicado. Singer Colin MacIntyre also drops by to hear how his song You're A Star sounds after it's been given the Percy Faith treatment.

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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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