The Music from Peter Gunn · Henry Mancini & His Orchestra / Soundtrack
Monday, February 23, 1959
– May 3, 1959
All day
The Music from Peter Gunn is a soundtrack album to the TV series Peter Gunn, composed and conducted by Henry Mancini, and released in January 1959 by RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-1956). It was the first album ever to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1959. The album was followed by More Music from Peter Gunn, released on RCA Victor in July 1959. In 1998, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for 10 weeks, from the issue of February 23, 1959. Wiki link
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