"Canadian Sunset" | ||||
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Single by Eddie Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter | ||||
Released | July 1956 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | RCA Victor 6537 | |||
Writer(s) | Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel | |||
Eddie Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter singles chronology | ||||
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"Canadian Sunset" is a popular song with music by jazz pianist Eddie Heywood and lyrics by Norman Gimbel. An instrumental version by Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #7 on the R&B chart in 1956. A version sung by Andy Williams was also popular that year, reaching #7 on the Billboard chart. The Sounds Orchestral, conducted by Johnny Pearson, hit the Easy Listening chart reaching #14 and the Billboard Top Hot 100 in 1965 reaching #76.
The tune has been covered by a number of jazz performers beginning in the 1960s.