Washington Square (composition)

"Washington Square" is a popular instrumental from 1963 by the New York City-based jazz group The Village Stompers. The composition was written by Bobb Goldsteinn and David Shire.[2]

"Washington Square"
Single by The Village Stompers
from the album The Original Washington Square
Released23 August 1963[1]
Recorded1963
GenrePop, Dixieland jazz, instrumental
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Bobb Goldsteinn, David Shire
Producer(s)Joe Sherman
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Background

The composition is named after the famous park in New York City,[3]

Chart performance

"Washington Square" was a hit single reaching No.2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the week ending 23 November 1963,[4] kept from the summit of the Billboard Hot 100 by Dale and Grace's hit song "I'm Leaving It Up to You".[5] "Washington Square" did, however, top the Billboard Easy Listening chart for three weeks that November[3] and made the top 30 on the Billboard R&B chart.[6]

Accolades

In addition, the instrumental was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Instrumental Theme.

Other recordings

Other artists have recorded the tune, sometimes with song lyrics. Among these acts are:

  • The tune was also featured as a very important plot piece in the 2020 Stephen King HBO drama The Outsider.

See also

References
  1. "The Village Stompers: Washington Square". www.45cat.com. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  2. https://secondhandsongs.com/work/123857/all?sort=date
  3. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  4. Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  5. Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of #1 Hits, 5th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 140.
  6. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 604.
  7. ASCAP. "ACE Title Search." http://www.ascap.com/index.aspx Note: must enter song info @ ASCAP site
  8. "정시스터즈 워싱턴광장 1965". YouTube.
  9. "【一日一經典】廣東話歌神許冠傑：命裏有時終須有 - 明周娛樂". 明周娛樂 (in Chinese). 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2018-06-02.


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