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Walter Anthony Murphy Jr. (born December 19, 1952) is an American composer, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for the instrumental " A Fifth of Beethoven ", a disco adaptation of Beethoven 's Fifth Symphony which topped the charts in 1976 and was featured on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977.
A Fifth of Beethoven. " A Fifth of Beethoven " is a disco instrumental recorded by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band, adapted from the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven 's Symphony No. 5. The record was produced by production music and sound effects recording producer Thomas J. Valentino. [4] The "Fifth" in the song's title is a pun ...
- "California Strut"
- 1976
- 3:02
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May 1, 2010 · Walter Murphy, Author and Princeton Political Scientist, Dies at 80. Walter F. Murphy, a leading constitutional scholar whose otherwise sober, writerly résumé was spiced with commercial fiction ...
Apr 22, 2010 · Photos for news media. View or share comments on a blog intended to honor Murphy’s life and legacy. Walter F. Murphy, a groundbreaking constitutional scholar at Princeton University, died April 20 in Charleston, S.C., of cancer. He was 80. Murphy taught at Princeton for 37 years, ultimately serving as the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence ...
Walter Anthony Murphy Jr. is an American composer, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for the instrumental "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony which topped the charts in 1976 and was featured on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977. Further classical-disco fusions followed, such as "Flight '76", "Toccata and Funk in 'D ...
Award winning composer Walter Murphy works in television, film and the music industry. He has been nominated for five Emmy Awards, winning for the song, “You’ve Got A Lot To See”, from “Family Guy”. He was nominated for an Oscar for “Everybody Need s A Best Friend” from the movie, “Ted” and nominated for three Grammy Awards ...
The rattle that starts shaking up the mix around the one-minute mark was created using a vibraslap, a popular percussive sound of the '70s in tunes like "Sweet Emotion" and " Fame ." Barry from Sauquoit, Ny On September 25th 1976, Walter Murphy* and the Big Apple Band performed "A Fifth of Beethoven" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...