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]
Top songs: #1: A Fifth of Beethoven - #2: Flight '76 - #3: Themes from E.T. - #4: Rhapsody in BlueDate  | Title | Points | Charts Peaks | Links | Comment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1976 | Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track | 265 | MP3  | ||||
| 1. | 05/1976 | 265 | US ✫1 • US AC 13 • US R&B 10 • UK 28 | MP3 | as Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band instrumental [Private Stock 45,073] written by Ludwig van Beethoven | |||
| 2. | 1976 | A Fifth of Beethoven | 28 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 11/1976 | 28 | US 44 • US AC 12 | MP3 | instrumental [Private Stock 45,123] written by Walter Murphy  | |||
| 3. | 1977 | Rhapsody in Blue | 7 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 04/1977 | 7 | US 102 • US AC 36 | MP3 | instrumental [Private Stock 45,146] written by George Gershwin | |||
| 4. | 1982 | Themes from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and More | 22 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 07/1982 | 22 | US 47 • US AC 26 | MP3 | instrumental [MCA 52099] written by John Williams [composer] | |||
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