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"Sleigh Ride" was produced by American musicians Brent Kutzle and Brandon Collins. [72] It is the first track from You Make It Feel Like Christmas that was not produced by busbee or Eric Valentine ; busbee had previously co-written all of the original songs on the parent album with Stefani and Tranter, but died in September 2019 after a battle ...
The name of the title track is a reference to a Nantucket sleighride, the dragging of a whaleboat by a harpooned whale. Owen Coffin, to whom the song is dedicated, was a young seaman on the Nantucket whaler Essex, which was rammed and sunk by a sperm whale in 1820.
Mitchell Parish added words to "The Syncopated Clock", and later wrote lyrics for other Anderson tunes, including "Sleigh Ride", which was not written as a Christmas piece, but as a work that describes a winter event. Anderson started the work during a heat wave in August 1946.
C-3PO and R2-D2, "Sleigh Ride" Need a Christmas song for the Solo stan in your life? You don't need to head to, ahem, a galaxy far, far away. Check out Christmas in the Stars. The cosmic 1980s ...
A Nantucket sleighride was extremely dangerous. The speed would vary depending on the species of the whale; humpback whales, for example, gave a faster ride. The sperm whale caused the longest drag events, reaching speeds of 23 mph (37 km/h). [2] The length of the drag lasted until the animal had no more energy.
Like Someone in Love" is a popular song composed in 1944 by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Johnny Burke. It was written (along with "Sleigh Ride in July") for the 1944 film, Belle of the Yukon, where it was sung by Dinah Shore. It was a hit for Bing Crosby in March 1945, reaching number 15 in the charts, [1] and has since become a jazz ...
In 2002, British pop group S Club Juniors covered "Puppy Love" and released it as a double A-side single alongside a cover of "Sleigh Ride", the 1948 song written by Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish. "Puppy Love" / "Sleigh Ride" was released on December 9, 2002, as the fourth single from the group's debut album, Together (2002).
The earliest surviving vocal recording was made by the Edison Male Quartette in 1898, also on an Edison cylinder (and 1898 Columbia brown wax 4090), as part of a 'Christmas' medley titled "Sleigh Ride Party". [5] There is a version by the Hayden Quartet called Sleigh Ride Party recorded in 1901. [13] In 1902, the Hayden Quartet recorded "Jingle ...