 Eight of these albums were certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.He had a 20-year contract with RCA Victor, resulting in 60 commercial record albums that made him a household name among artists of easy-listening music.Mancini's earliest recordings in the 1950s and early 1960s were of the jazz idiom; with the success of "Peter Gunn", "Mr. Lucky", and "Breakfast at Tiffany's", Mancini shifted to recording primarily his own music in record albums and film soundtracks.