THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
1,158) The Syd Dale Orchestra — “Eliana”
If Swinging London had a theme song, it would be . . . OK, it would be “Soul Bossa Nova” by Quincy Jones. But had Austin Powers never shagged its way into our collective consciousnesses, it would be Syd Dale’s “Eliana”. The great British library music* composer Syd Dale (see #395, 816), an NFL films go-to, had a “dedication to grooviness and a keen sense of what works musically”. (Funky Frolic, http://funkyfrolic.blogspot.com/2011/05/ff010-legends-of-library-syd-dale.html?m=1)
As to Syd, IMDb informs us that:
Syd Dale was born . . . in York, England, UK. . . . [One] of his many production music pieces, the bongo drum and harpsichord-driven “Cuban Presto” . . . was used by WPIX (Channel 11) in New York City as the theme for its late-night movie show, The Channel 11 Film Festival, from the late 1960s to the 1980s. . . . His music is still used in productions today. For example, his “Beauty Parade” was used in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode “Spy Buddies” . . . . His music played an important role on TV, radio and advertising media of the 1960s and 1970s . . . . In 1971, he founded the Amphonic Music company and record label for the express purpose of recording and producing his compositions and supplying production music to the TV, film and radio business. . . . He was an English self-taught composer and arranger of funk, easy listening, and library music. His music . . . was composed for many television and radio projects. . . . [and] widely used by NFL Films over some four decades; his track “Artful Dodger” is given prominent use in such films as the official film recapping Super Bowl V. In 1967, he created a piece entitled Walk and Talk, which . . . appeared in the 1967 ABC television animated series Spider-Man along with many other Dale library tracks. . . . Dale started as an apprentice technician at Rowntree’s chocolate factory at 16. Soon big band music became his passion.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0960777/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
* Chris May tells us that:
Library music – aka stock or production music – was first recorded in the 1920s for cinemas to use as low-cost accompaniment to silent movies. Its golden age was the 1960s and 1970s, when it provided off-the-shelf incidental music for radio, television, film and advertising.
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/incidental-rarities-10-essential-library-music-records-made-for-tv-and-film/
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The name sounded familiar, quite the resume.
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Especially if you listened to those NFL recap shows on TV. I remember those as a kid!
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Oh yeah those were pretty cool.
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