Linus and Lucy
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"Linus and Lucy", aka The Linus and Lucy Rag, is a popular jazz piano piece written by Vince Guaraldi appearing in many of the Peanuts animated television specials. Named for the fictional siblings Linus and Lucy Van Pelt, it was released in 1964 on the Vince Guaraldi Trio's album Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown. A Charlie Brown Christmas introduced the song to a television audience of millions of children beginning in 1965. Since that special, the song has introduced all of the Peanuts TV specials.
The song is among the most frequently requested jazz standards at piano bars and is often heard as background music in commercial buildings and as theme music in advertisements.
[edit] Other versions
- David Benoit on Best of David Benoit: 1987-1995, Here's to You, Chalie Brown: 50 Great Years!
- Built to Spill on Built to Spill - Sabonis Tracks
- Cyrus Chestnut on A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Stuart Hamm, as part of "Quahogs Anyone? (119, 120 Whatever It Takes)" on The Urge
- Gary Hoey on Endless Summer II Soundtrack
- JFA (Jody Foster's Army) on Mad Gardens EP
- Less Than Jake live at the Alachua Music Harvest on January 15th, 1995
- Wynton Marsalis Septet on Joe Cool's Blues
- Dave Matthews Band at various concerts
- Rhythm Pigs on Rhythm Pigs & I'm not crazy...
- George Winston on Linus & Lucy: The Music Of Vince Guaraldi
- Carbon Leaf within the song Torn and Tattered at various concerts
- Andrew York on Perfect Sky
- Game Theory (band) on The Big Shot Chronicles
- Gary Hoey on "Wake Up Call"
- Lindy Gravelle on "The Journey"
- Danny Gatton on "In Concert" and "Hot Rod Guitar"
- Carol Lou Woodward on "An Evening With Carol Lou"
- Mad Tryst on their website.
- Various Sources on Archive.org
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