RAY CONNIFF - A TIME FOR US

A TIME FOR US

RAY CONNIFF

SONGWRITER: NINO ROTA & HENRY MANCINI

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: THE ESSENTIAL RAY CONNIFF

LABEL: SONY

STAMP: COLUMBIA/LEGACY

GENRE: ROMANTIC SONG

YEAR: 2004

"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet", also known as "A Time for Us", is an instrumental arranged by Henry Mancini (from Nino Rota's music written for Franco Zeffirelli's film of Romeo and Juliet, starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey). It was a number-one pop hit in the United States during the year 1969. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on June 28, 1969, and remained there for two weeks; it was also his only Top Ten single on that chart.

Rearranged by Mancini, the song started competing with rock and roll songs from The Beatles and the Rolling Stones on an Orlando, Florida radio station and spread from there. It faced stiff opposition from some radio stations for being too soft. Those stations had to change their mind when the song became number one, ending the five-week run of Get Back by the Beatles as the top song.

This release also topped the U.S. easy listening chart for eight weeks where it was Mancini's sole number one on the chart.

A time for us some day there'll be

When chains are torn by courage born of a love that's free

A time when dreams so long denied and flourish

As we unveil the love we now must hide

A time for us at last to see

A life worthwhile for you and me

And with our love through tears and thorns

We will endure as we pass surely through every storm

A time for us someday there'll be

A new world, a world of shining hope for you and me

A time for us some day there'll be

A new world, a world of shining hope for you and me.