| "Side Saddle" | |
|---|---|
| SinglebyRuss Conway | |
| B-side | "Pixilated Penguin" |
| Released | February 1959[1][2] |
| Genre | Popular music, piano music |
| Label | Columbia Records[3] |
| Songwriter(s) | Trevor Stanford[1] |
| Producer(s) | Norman Newell[3] |
| Official audio | |
| "Side Saddle"onYouTube | |
"Side Saddle" is a hit single which was number one in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks from 27 March 1959.[3]
The honky-tonk style tune, composed by British popular music pianist Russ Conway under his real name Trevor Stanford, was written as part of the score for a television musical adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.[4][5] Asked to compose a tune at short notice, Conway wrote an "olde-world gavotte" which he called "Side Saddle".[6] The song was a staple of the BBC's Housewives' Choice radio programme.[7]
