Canadian Sunset (song)

"Canadian Sunset" is a popular song with music by jazz pianist Eddie Heywood and lyrics by Norman Gimbel. An instrumental version by Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter reached #2 on the Billboard chart and #7 on the R&B chart in 1956. A version sung by Andy Williams was also popular that year, reaching #7 on the Billboard chart. The Sounds Orchestral, conducted by Johnny Pearson, hit the Easy Listening chart reaching #14 and the Billboard Top Hot 100 in 1965 reaching #76.

Emergence as a jazz standard
The tune has been covered by a number of jazz performers beginning in the 1960s. Carey T. Smith recorded a version on his 2009 album Birdy
 * Wes Montgomery (guitar) recorded the piece with small combo. The recording features his signature octave melodic technique.
 * Danny Gatton (guitar) playing with Buddy Emmons (pedal steel) produced a funky version of the tune that fit appropriately with the "Redneck Jazz" sound they developed (jazz played on instruments normally relegated to country music)
 * George Shearing (piano) recorded the piece with his quintet along with an orchestral arrangement of his writing.
 * Kenny Barron (piano) Trio
 * Floyd Cramer (piano)
 * Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone)
 * Earl Bostic (alto saxophone)
 * Earl Grant (organ)
 * Cedar Walton made it funky in the 1976 album Beyond Mobius
 * Sam Cooke did a version on his You Send Me album
 * Dean Martin recorded a version on his 1959 album A Winter Romance