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.
Top songs: #1: A Fifth of Beethoven - #2: Flight '76 - #3: Themes from E.T. - #4: Rhapsody in Blue
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