Editing Linus and Lucy (section)

== History ==
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The genesis of "Linus and Lucy" began when ''[[Peanuts animated specials|Peanuts]]'' executive producer [[Lee Mendelson]] heard [[Vince Guaraldi]]'s hit, "[[Cast Your Fate to the Wind]]", on the radio while driving his car over the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in [[San Francisco]]. Mendelson then contacted ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' jazz critic [[Ralph J. Gleason]], who put him in touch with Guaraldi. Mendelson believed Guaraldi would be a good fit for a documentary he was working on entitled ''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1963 film)|A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]''. Guaraldi gladly accepted the offer to compose several jazz tunes for the documentary.<ref name=BangLiner>Bang, Derrick. [http://www.kritzerland.com/KR_Charlie_Brown_Notes.pdf Liner notes for ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2017); Kritzerland, Inc.] Retrieved 7 May 2020</ref>

Within several weeks, Mendelson received a call from an excited Guaraldi who wanted to play a piece of music he had just written. Mendelson, not wanting his first exposure to the new music to be marred by the poor audio qualities of a telephone, suggested coming over to Guaraldi's studio. Guaraldi enthusiastically refused, saying "I've got to play this for someone right now or I'll explode!" He then began playing the then untitled "Linus and Lucy" for Mendelson, who agreed the song was perfect for Schulz's ''Peanuts'' characters.<ref name=BangLiner/>