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Walter Murphy

Walter Murphy has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 13 episodes and was first played on 1 December 2012.

Walter Anthony Murphy, Jr. (Also Known as Uncle Louie) (born 19 December 1952) is a pianist, composer, and arranger who had a massive hit with the instrumental, "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of some passages of the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, in 1976, when disco was at the height of its popularity.

Murphy was born in 1952, in New York City, New York, USA and grew up in Manhattan. He attended the Manhattan School of Music there, where he studied…

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Afternoon Of A Faun
Walter Murphy
New York International Records1979
Afternoon Of A Faun
Walter MurphyNew York International Records1979
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Hocus Pokus
Walter Murphy
Emperor Norton2000
Hocus Pokus
Walter MurphyEmperor Norton2000
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Uptown Serenade
Walter Murphy
Private Stock1977
Uptown Serenade
Walter MurphyPrivate Stock1977
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