Side Saddle
| "Side Saddle" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Russ Conway | |
| B-side | "Pixilated Penguin" |
| Released | February 1959 |
| Genre | Popular music, piano music |
| Label | Columbia Records |
| Songwriter(s) | Trevor Stanford |
| Producer(s) | Norman Newell |
| Official audio | |
| "Side Saddle" on YouTube | |
"Side Saddle" is a hit single which was number one in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks from 27 March 1959.
The honky-tonk style tune, composed by British popular music pianist Russ Conway under his real name Trevor Stanford, was written as part of the score for a television musical adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. Asked to compose a tune at short notice, Conway wrote an "olde-world gavotte" which he called "Side Saddle". The song was a staple of the BBC's Housewives' Choice radio programme.