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"Sleigh Ride" is a light orchestra standard composed by Leroy Anderson. He formed the idea for the piece during a heat wave in July 1946, and finished it in February 1948. Its first performance was by the Boston Pops Orchestra, with Arthur Fiedler conducting, on May 4, 1948. [1] Anderson also made arrangements for wind band and piano. [2] [3]
Merry Christmas is the first Christmas album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis, with accompaniment by arranger/conductor Percy Faith and his orchestra. It was released by Columbia Records on October 6, 1958. [1]
The Parton solo, "Medley: Winter Wonderland/Sleigh Ride", did not chart during its initial release, but peaked at number 70 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in January 1999. Rogers' solo, "The Christmas Song", failed to chart.
And though roasting chestnuts and dreaming of a winter wonderland is all fun at first, ... C-3PO and R2-D2, "Sleigh Ride" Need a Christmas song for the Solo stan in your life? You don't need to ...
The Classic Christmas Album is a Christmas compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on October 7, 2014, by Columbia Records [1] and includes two 1961 recordings that were previously unavailable: "Ol' Kris Kringle" and the original version of the title track from his 1969 Christmas album Give Me Your Love for Christmas.
At the same time, the Ronettes' recording of "Sleigh Ride", though never released as a single, charted on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time, initially reaching as high as No. 26 on the week ending January 5, 2019; it then re-charted during the 2019 and 2020 holiday seasons and attained an overall peak position of No. 13 on the week ...
The album features recordings of classic Christmas songs plus the two original songs, "Love Is All" and "The Eyes of a Child". There is a short instrumental version of "What Child Is This" in the track "Silent Night".
First performance Comments Ref. 1885 IX/1 Zum Carnival written before first departure from Florida [5] undated IX/2 Pensees mélodieuses (Melodious thoughts) [5] undated IX/3 Norwegian Sleigh Ride [5] undated IX/4 Badinage (Danse lente) [5] undated IX/5 Two piano pieces: 1. Valse; 2. Reverie [5] 1919 IX/6 Dance for Harpsichord [7] 1922–23 IX/7