Johnny Guitar (song)
Song by Peggy Lee / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Young/Lee song. For The Runaways song, see Johnny Guitar (The Runaways song).
"Johnny Guitar" is a song written by Peggy Lee (lyrics) and Victor Young (music) and was the title track of the 1954 film of the same name, directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Joan Crawford. The music loosely echoes several themes from Spanish Dance No. 5: Andaluza by Enrique Granados, which was written for piano, but is often played on classical guitar.
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Song by Peggy Lee | |
Published | 1954 |
Composer(s) | Victor Young |
Lyricist(s) | Peggy Lee |
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The instrumental for the song is used over the opening credits and throughout the film. The song is played on the piano by Joan Crawford (dubbed) and sung partially at the end by Peggy Lee.
The song appears on all of the radio stations in the 2010 videogame Fallout: New Vegas.