The Sounds of Summer- Day 89 of 95: “Theme From A Summer Place”- Percy Faith.  Written by Mack Discant and Max Steiner for the 1959 movie A Summer Place- starring Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue. The best known cover of the song is this one- by Percy Faith which spent 9 weeks at #1 in 1960. The single held the record for most weeks in a row at #1 until 1977 when Debby Boone came along with “You Light Up My Life” which went 10 weeks in a row at #1.