In the summer of 1959 Theme from a Summer Place spent nine weeks at number 1 on the Billboard chart. It was from a rather banal film that starred two of the main heartthrobs at that time, Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue. By 1960 it was considered one of the premier slow dance songs in my 8th grade class at St.Anne’s elementary school and was played with great frequency. at parties. Even I could dance to it.
I decided to see how Hollywood’s finest would look dancing to it, even though it’s not a proper waltz, but an undeniably infectious melody, with a solid percussion backup on the brushes.
