Washington Square | |
Cover: | Washington Square cover.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | The Village Stompers |
Album: | The Original Washington Square |
B-Side: | Turkish Delight |
Released: | 23 August 1963[1] |
Recorded: | 1963 |
Genre: | Pop, Dixieland jazz, instrumental |
Length: | 2:42 |
Label: | Epic |
Producer: | Joe Sherman |
Next Title: | The La-Dee Da Song |
Next Year: | 1964 |
"Washington Square" is a popular instrumental from 1963 by the New York City-based jazz group The Village Stompers. The composition was written by Bobb Goldsteinn and David Shire.[2]
The composition is named after the famous park in New York City.[3]
"Washington Square" was a hit single, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the week ending 23 November 1963,[4] kept from the summit of the Billboard Hot 100 by Dale and Grace's hit song "I'm Leaving It Up to You".[5] "Washington Square" did, however, top the Billboard Easy Listening chart for three weeks that November[3] and made the top 30 on the Billboard R&B chart.[6] In Canada it was No. 5 for 2 weeks.[7]
In addition, the instrumental was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Instrumental Theme.
Other artists have recorded the tune, sometimes with song lyrics. Among these acts are:
In Asia: