Details
- Instrument:
- Drum Set Percussion Piano Tenor Saxophone Baritone Saxophone Alto Saxophone Trombone Trumpet
- Ensembles:
- Small Ensemble
- Genres:
- Contemporary
- Publishers:
- Chicory Music
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Format:
- Set of Parts Score and Parts
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 21
SKU: A0.734627
Composed by Eliot Daniel. Arranged by Dennis Ruello. Contemporary. Score and parts. 21 pages. Chicory Music #6707191. Published by Chicory Music (A0.734627).On October 15, 1951, the very first episode of the I Love Lucy show aired on CBS and became the most watched TV show in the U.S. for four of its seven-year run. Fun trivia about the opening theme song is that during the first season the show opened with their sponsor Philip Morris’ animation of stick figure cartoons of Lucy and Desi climbing down a pack of Philip Morris cigarettes. It was scored with Ferde Grofé’s Jr. "The Grand Canyon Suite" theme (a composition from 1931).
From the second season onwards, the "I Love Lucy" signature tune we all know so well became the main theme, and one of the most recognizable pieces of music on the planet. It was written by composer Eliot Daniel who cranked it out in an afternoon as a favor to his old Coast Guard buddy Jess Oppenheimer, the show’s producer. Since Daniel still had another year under his exclusive contract to Fox, he asked Oppenheimer to keep his name out of it. Consequently his name does not appear on first or the second season TV credits for what became one of the most popular TV themes. Later, Daniel did seek credit and received royalties from syndicated reruns for the rest of his life.
The lyrics were written by Harold Adamson for an episode in the third season in which Lucy believes everyone has forgotten her birthday. So of course Ricky saves the day after a near disaster.
This arrangement for Jazz / Big Band is written at the Intermediate Level in a Slow Ballad Tempo.
Performance Time: Approx. 1 minute 40 seconds
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- ArrangeMe:
- Chicory Music
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Instrument:
- Percussion Drums Drum Set Percussion Percussion Piano and Keyboard Piano Woodwinds Saxophone Tenor Saxophone Woodwinds Saxophone Baritone Saxophone Woodwinds Saxophone Alto Saxophone Brass Trombone Brass Trumpet
- Ensemble:
- Small Ensemble
- Publisher:
- Chicory Music