" Canadian Sunset" is a popular song with music by jazz pianist Eddie Heywood and lyrics by Norman Gimbel. An instrumental version by Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 7 on the R&B chart in 1956.[ Eddie Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter, "Canadian Sunset" chart positions, Musicvf.com, Retrieved June 3, 2013] A version sung by Andy Williams was also popular that year, reaching No. 7 on the Billboard chart.[ Andy Williams, "Canadian Sunset" chart positions, Musicvf.com, Retrieved June 3, 2013] The Sounds Orchestral, conducted by Johnny Pearson, hit the Easy Listening chart reaching No. 14 and the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965 reaching No. 76.[ Sounds Orchestral, "Canadian Sunset" chart positions, Musicvf.com, Retrieved June 3, 2013] In Canada their version reached No.25 on the Top 40 charts.
Notable Recordings
The tune has been covered by a number of pop, jazz, R&B, and country performers:
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Wes Montgomery (guitar) recorded the piece with small combo. The recording features his signature octave melodic technique.
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Danny Gatton (guitar) playing with Buddy Emmons (pedal steel) produced a funky version of the tune with the "redneck jazz" sound they developed (jazz played on instruments normally relegated to country music)
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George Shearing (piano) recorded the piece with his quintet along with an orchestral arrangement of his writing.
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Floyd Cramer (piano)
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Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) on the 1960 album Boss Tenor
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Earl Bostic (alto saxophone)
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Earl Grant (organ)
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The Impacts (R. Baber, H. Brooks, H. Powell, C. Mattocks and K. Seymour) recorded a doo-wop version in 1959 that can be found on The Doo Wop Box II.
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Etta Jones (vocals) recorded this tune on her album Something Nice in 1961
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Cedar Walton made it funky on the 1976 album Beyond Mobius
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Sam Cooke did a version on his You Send Me album
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Dean Martin recorded a version on his 1959 album A Winter Romance
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Beegie Adair (piano) recorded the piece with her trio on Moments to Remember in 2009
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Carey T. Smith recorded a version on his 2009 album Birdy
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Horst Jankowski recorded a version on his 1965 album More Genius of Jankowski
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Earl Klugh recorded a version on his 2008 album The Spice of Life
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Doc Severinsen recorded a version on his 1967 album The New Sound of Today's Big Band
