Walter Murphy Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

Walter Anthony Murphy Jr. (born December 19, 1952) is an American composer, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for the instrumental "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony which topped the charts in 1976 and was featured on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977. Further classical-disco fusions followed, such as "Flight '76", "Toccata and Funk in 'D' Minor" "Bolero", and "Mostly Mozart", but were not as successful. In a career spanning over... [more on Wikipedia]

Walter Murphy began charting in 1976 with A Fifth of Beethoven.The artist placed 3 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, one of which reached the Top‑10, including 1 number‑one.The artist scored 1 UK Top‑75 entries.On US RnB the artist achieved 1 Top‑10.