- Dolly (Mary) Faith, Percy's widow, passed away on Thanksgiving Day, 1997. Here are some PHOTOS I took at the Faith home in 1991, including one or two of Mrs. Faith. Then here are a few more PHOTOS (including Toshiaki Sato) and finally - photos of two sheet music covers
- a formal black&white picture of Percy Faith
- a picture of Percy Faith and Bill (me)
- a picture of Percy Faith, Sergeant Harry Gleeson (USAF Band) and Tom Gauger (WMAL Radio)
- Bill (high school, photo taken at an elementary school, taping THE COMMODORES (US Navy Stage Band) circa 1971; HS teacher loaned the tape to someone and it was never seen again. You can only see the back of my head seated in front of the tape recorder. It was a great recording of a great band, and some unknown Washingtonian has the tape, who shouldn't...
These pictures were taken March 23, 1974 at the WMAL radio studios on Jennifer Street in Washington, DC, the day before a concert with Percy Faith as guest conductor of the USAF Concert Band with the Singing Sergeants at DAR Constitution Hall the following day (Sunday, March 24, 1974).
Here are some "nostalgic" photos/reviews taken from a 1955 concert tour Percy did with Tony Bennett. Sadly, the very page with the most Percy Faith information, and his picture, was torn out, but it's still very interesting!
Rather too shy to write to Percy Faith I initially composed a letter (didn't keep a copy) to Irving Townsend, who was responsible for the late 60's heavy pop-flavored albums that featured the female chorus (who can ever forget "Candy Man" but I digress...) here is Faith's response!
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