Ferrante & Teicher

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Ferrante & Teicher
Arthur Ferrante and Louis Teicher 1969
Arthur Ferrante and Louis Teicher 1969
General information
Genre (s) Light music , piano / easy listening
founding 1947
resolution 1989
Website ferranteandteicher.com
Last occupation
Louis Milton Teicher (born August 24, 1924 - † August 3, 2008)
piano
 Arthur Ferrante (born September 7, 1921 - September 19, 2009)

Ferrante & Teicher was an American piano duo from the 1950s to 1980s.

history

The duo were Louis Milton Teicher and Arthur Ferrante . The two had attended the Juilliard School in New York City and studied music (piano) with Carl Friedberg . Their collaboration as a duo began in 1947 and from 1952 they also produced records . They became known for their interpretations of the theme songs from films such as Das Appartement (their first millionaire success), West Side Story ("Tonight") and Midnight Cowboy . With the theme melody for Exodus , Ernest Gold's Oscar-winning theme melody, Ferrante & Teicher had their second million-dollar success.

Ferrante & Teicher experimented with their pianos by inserting objects into the strings , such as sandpaper strips, pencils, rubber, wooden blocks, metal rods, chains or glass to change the tones. This enabled the duo to produce a variety of bizarre sound effects. They also stepped on their pianos during their performances and operated the strings with their hands.

In 1989, Ferrante and Teicher appeared for the last time and then retired to the west coast of Florida . In a career spanning more than 40 years, they had produced around 150 albums, sold around 90 million records worldwide and performed around 5,200 live performances.

Louis Teicher died of a heart attack on August 3, 2008, Arthur Ferrante on September 19, 2009.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1963 Love Themes From Cleopatra US27 (6 weeks)
US
1964 Concert for Lovers US63 (17 weeks)
US
50 Fabulous Piano Favorites US128 (7 weeks)
US
The Enchanted World Of Ferrante & Teicher US128 (5 weeks)
US
My fair lady US145 (9 weeks)
US
1965 The People's Choice US35 (20 weeks)
US
Springtime US130 (6 weeks)
US
By popular demand US120 (4 weeks)
US
Only The Best US49 (13 weeks)
US
1966 The Ferrante And Teicher Concert US134 (5 weeks)
US
For Lovers Of All Ages US119 (5 weeks)
US
You Asked For It! US57 (21 weeks)
US
1967 A Man And A Woman & Other Motion Picture Themes US133 (5 weeks)
US
Our Golden Favorites US177 (2 weeks)
US
1969 A bouquet of hits US198 (4 weeks)
US
10th Anniversary - Golden Piano Hits US93 (27 weeks)
US
1970 Midnight cowboy US61 (26 weeks)
US
Getting Together US97 (10 weeks)
US
Love is a soft touch US188 (2 weeks)
US
1971 The Best Of Ferrante & Teicher US134 (9 weeks)
US
The Music Lovers US172 (4 weeks)
US
It's too late US172 (5 weeks)
US
1972 Fiddler On The Roof US186 (3 weeks)
US

More albums

  • 1952 - Piano Playhouse
  • 1952 - Mississippi Boogie / African Echoes
  • 1953 - Hi-Fireworks
  • 1954 - Continental Holiday
  • 1955 - Rachmaninoff Two-Piano Suites
  • 1958 - Ferrante & Teicher With Percussion
  • 1959 Themes From Broadway Shows
  • 1968 - The Painted Desert
  • 1973 - The Roaring Twenties
  • 1974 - Dial "M" For Music
  • 1975 - Beautiful, Beautiful
  • 1976 - The Carpenter's Songbook
  • 1977 - Feelings
  • 1978 - Star Wars
  • 1979 - Classical Disco
  • 1984 - 30th Anniversary
  • 1985 - A Few Of Our Favorites
  • 1986 - American Fantasy
  • 1988 - Dos Amigos
  • 1992 - 40th Anniversary
  • 1998 - The Ferrante & Teicher Collection
  • 2000 - The Sound Of Music
  • 2001 - Denizens Of The Deep
  • 2002 - America Forever
  • 2005 - All-Time Greatest Hits Live On Stage

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
1960 Theme From 'the Apartment' UK44 (1 week)
UK 		US10 (20 weeks)
US
Theme From 'Exodus' UK6 (17 weeks)
UK 		US2 (21 weeks)
US
1961 (Love Theme From) One Eyed Jacks - US37 (7 weeks)
US
(Theme From) Goodbye Again - US85 (4 weeks)
US
Tonight - US8 (13 weeks)
US
1962 Smile - US94 (3 weeks)
US
Lisa - US98 (2 weeks)
US
1963 Theme From Lawrence Of Arabia - US84 (12 weeks)
US
Antony And Cleopatra Theme - US83 (5 weeks)
US
1969 Midnight cowboy - US10 (15 weeks)
US
1970 Lay Lady Lay - US99 (1 week)
US

literature

Web links

Commons : Ferrante & Teicher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Julia Edenhofer: The Great Oldie Lexicon . P. 220.
  2. ↑ mtv.com: biography (English). Retrieved April 14, 2013 .
  3. ^ Julia Edenhofer: The Great Oldie Lexicon . P. 219.
  4. ↑ Los Angeles Times: Arthur Ferrante dies at 88; half of the popular piano duo Ferrante and Teicher (English). Retrieved April 13, 2013 .
  5. ^ New York Times: Lou Teicher, of Ferrante & Teicher, Popular Piano Duo of '60s, Dies at 83.Retrieved April 13, 2013 .
  6. ↑ thedeadrockstarsclub.com (English). Retrieved April 13, 2013 .
  7. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK US