One of my favorite mid-tempo ballads is Henry Mancini's Dreamsville. It was written by Mancini for the TV-detective series Peter Gunn, which aired from 1958 to 1961. The song's melody first appeared in the show's "Kidnap" episode during season 2, as well as on several other episodes. I found it buried on the "Kidnap" episode here, at 27:14...
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