Title: Theme from A Summer Place
Content:  "Theme from A Summer Place" is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the 1959 film A Summer Place, which starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue. It was recorded for the film as an instrumental by Hugo Winterhalter. Originally known as the "Molly and Johnny Theme", this lush extended cue, as orchestrated by Murray Cutter, is not the main title theme of the film, but an oft-heard secondary love theme for the characters played by Dee and Donahue. Following its introduction in the film by the Warner Bros. studio orchestra, the theme was recorded by many artists in both instrumental and vocal versions, and has also appeared in a number of subsequent films and television programs. The best-known version of the theme is an instrumental version by Percy Faith and his orchestra that was a Number One hit for nine weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1960.
Title: A Summer Place (film)
Content:  The 1960 instrumental hit "Theme from A Summer Place", composed by Max Steiner, was used in the film as a secondary musical theme (not the main title theme) for scenes featuring Molly and Johnny. The version used in the film was recorded by Hugo Winterhalter. It was later arranged and recorded by Percy Faith and performed by his orchestra, enriching and improving on the original. In 1960, the Percy Faith version reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for nine consecutive weeks, a record at that time. The theme has been covered in instrumental or vocal versions by numerous other artists, including The Lettermen, Andy Williams, The Chordettes, Cliff Richard, Julie London, Billy Vaughn, Joanie Sommers, and The Ventures, and has been featured in many other films and television programs.
Title: Theme from A Summer Place (album)
Content:  Theme from a Summer Place is a studio album released by Billy Vaughn in 1960 on Dot LP record DLP 3276 (mono) 25276 (stereo). The album topped Billboard's album charts in 1960 for two weeks, and stayed in the charts for a total of 62 weeks.
Title: Theme from A Summer Place
Content:  Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the theme, an instrumental orchestral arrangement, at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. It was released in September 1959 as a single on Columbia Records, credited to "Percy Faith and his Orchestra", prior to the November 1959 release of the film A Summer Place. The single was not an immediate hit, but after entered the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at #96 on January 11, 1960, it ascended to number one in just six more weeks, on February 22, 1960, going on to set an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at number one, a record which would not be broken until 1977, when "You Light 
Title: Theme from A Summer Place
Content:  "Theme from A Summer Place" has been covered by a number of artists in addition to Percy Faith, in both non-vocal instrumental versions, and with one or more vocalists either singing the Discant lyrics or a wordless melody line. The theme has also been referenced, sampled, or otherwise adapted into several other songs.
Title: Theme from A Summer Place
Content: In 1960, Billy Vaughn included an instrumental orchestral arrangement of the theme as the title cut to his album Theme From A Summer Place released on Dot Records, which peaked at number one on the Billboard LP chart. ; In 1961, Mantovani recorded an orchestral rendition of the theme for his album Mantovani Plays Music From 'Exodus' and Other Great Themes; the album reached the Top Ten on the UK charts. ; In 1961 pianist George Greeley recorded a version for the soundtrack album of the film Parrish, which also featured other Max Steiner themes. ; In 1961, Mexican rock band Los Nómadas recorded an instrumental version of the theme with a "teen pop" 
Title: Theme from A Summer Place
Content:  "Theme from A Summer Place" is frequently used as period background or soundtrack music in films and television programs set between 1959 and the mid-1960s. The theme has also become a ubiquitous representation of "peaceful music" and has been employed frequently in films, television shows and other popular culture to suggest peacefulness or in situations where inoffensive music is common (e.g. as stereotypical "elevator music"). It is also used for intentionally stereotypical comic effect when a show cuts away from a scene deemed to be too violent to display and shows peaceful images instead. More recently, the song's peaceful and relaxed theme has taken on a darker significance as it has been used ironically to convey an eerie sense of false security in horror productions, such as the TV miniseries Rose Red (2002), and the films Final Destination 3 (2006), Dark Shadows (2012) and Beautiful Creatures (2013).
Title: Theme from A Summer Place
Content:  was the first movie theme and the first instrumental to win a Record of the Year Grammy. Faith re-recorded the song twice: first, in 1969, as a female choral version, then, in 1976, as a disco version titled "Summer Place '76." As reported by Casey Kasem on the American Top 40 broadcast of September 25, 1976, "Theme from A Summer Place" is the biggest hit on the American charts by a Canadian artist. In 2008 Faith's original version was ranked at number 18 on Billboard's top 100 songs during the first 50 years of the Hot 100 chart. The Billboard Book of Number One Hits called it "the most successful instrumental single of the rock era."
Title: Theme from A Summer Place
Content: In 1960, British producer, bandleader and arranger Norrie Paramor released his arrangement of the theme as a single on Columbia Records, featuring wordless vocals by soprano Patricia Clarke and credited to "Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra". The single reached number 36 on the UK chart. ; In 1962, singer Dick Roman released his version of the theme as a single on Harmon Records, which reached number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100. Roman also featured the song as the title track to his 1962 Harmon album Theme from A Summer Place. ; In 1962, Andy Williams covered the theme for his gold-certified album Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes. ; In 1962, the female vocal 
Title: Theme from A Summer Place
Content: The Crowded Sky (1960) uses the theme (and also employs actor Troy Donahue from the film A Summer Place). ; Claudelle Inglish (1961) uses the theme (and also employs actors Arthur Kennedy and Constance Ford from the film A Summer Place). ; Susan Slade (1961) (which, like A Summer Place, was directed by Delmer Daves, scored by Max Steiner, features actor Troy Donahue, and deals with teenage pregnancy) re-used the theme in its score. ; The Omega Man (1971) uses the theme (uncredited) as its pre-credits opening theme, just before the character "Neville" shoots up a building with a mutant in it. ; National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) 

Question: when was theme from a summer place released?
Answer: 1960.
1959.
September 1959.