Music Box Dancer

Music Box Dancer is an instrumental piece written by the Canadian musician Frank Mills. It features a piano theme accompanied by other instruments, and is designed to have a music-box effect. It was recorded by Frank Mills in 1974, and in the late 1970s, it became a number-one hit in twenty-six countries, including the United States, Australia, and parts of Europe and Asia. It has been recorded by pianists such as Floyd Cramer, Richard Clayderman, Roger Williams, and Eric Robertson, as well as orchestral artists such as James Last and 101 Strings. Bandleader Ray Conniff added lyrics for his album I Will Survive in 1979. Music Box Dancer was used in an episode of The Simpsons television program and in the Kill Bill movies. It was also used as the theme tune to the BBC2 (British Broadcasting Corporation) golf program Around with Alliss.

Frank Mills (born in 1942) is a Canadian pianist and recording artist, best known for his hugely successful instrumental Music Box Dancer. He has composed or arranged twenty-eight albums, twenty of which were given gold or platinum status in Canada. Among his prizes are a 1976 New York Film Festival award for the sound track Ski East, a 1976 RPM Magazine Programmers Award, three Juno Awards (1980, 1981, 1984), a 1980 International Artist of the Year award in Japan, and the 1980 Top Instrumentalist: Albums and Singles award from Cash-Box Magazine.

                                                                                

Tutorials

Older version 2009

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Newer version 2016