Robert Maxwell: Ebb Tide (piano solo version)

The 1953 song by the American harpist and composer Robert Maxwell (1921-) had lyrics by Carl Sigman. However, it achieved particular fame in an instrumental version by Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra (complete with seagull sound effects at the opening!). It has also been recorded by Mantovani, Frank Sinatra, the Righteous Brothers and Matt Monro, and many others. This solo piano version was published in 1953 with a picture of Chacksfield on the cover (presumably to help sales), but this is an independent version, and not a piano reduction of his orchestration. The ’build up’ in the middle of the piece reminds me a little of ’You’ll Never Walk Alone“. For more on Robert Maxwell (not to be confused with the late British publisher!), see: (songwriter). My thumbnail illustration is based on a photo by Robin Spielmann on Unsplash ( ). -------------------------------------------------------------- --