This #1 easy listening hit by the Ray Conniff Singers was based on "Lara's Theme" from the movie "Doctor Zhivago" which won six Oscars in 1966, including Best Musical Score. Bits and pieces of said theme showed up throughout the picture, but the full version heard here did not. That's called a leitmotif, music theory fans. Ray was primarily an arranger at Columbia Records, and in the studio he put together many hits by Johnny Mathis as well as the Marty Robbins classic "A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)." He and/or his group of singers recorded nearly 100 albums.
Ray Conniff Singers - Somewhere My Love
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