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As a 45 rpm version issued on red vinyl, "Sleigh Ride" was a hit record on RCA Victor Red Seal and has become one of the orchestra's best-known works. The Pops have recorded the piece numerous times, with Fiedler as well as John Williams , their conductor from 1979 to 1995, and Keith Lockhart , their current conductor.
The dances are scored for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani, violins I and II, violoncellos, and double basses.The middle section and coda, titled Die Schlittenfahrt (The sleigh ride), of the third dance adds two posthorns and five sleigh bells tuned to C, E, F, G, and A (in ascending order).
It is a practice run for Santa's sleigh ride. Afterwards, the reindeer get a little break. Rudolph disobeys Santa's orders and goes skating. When he falls through the ice, he gets a cold and cannot carry the sleigh anymore. At night, Rudolph is upset because he thinks Santa won't need him anymore.
"Sleigh Ride" Alexander O'Neal: 1988 "Slow and Sexy" Shabba Ranks: 1992 "So Excited" Janet Jackson: 2006 "So Impossible" Keyshia Cole: 2010 "Soakin' Wet" Zoey 2006 "Somebody" Alexander O'Neal: 1991 "Someday is Tonight" Janet Jackson: 1989 "Someone Like You" Patti LaBelle: 1997 "Someone to Call My Lover" Janet Jackson: 2001 "Something About You ...
Ric Flauding has produced compositions and arrangements for groups including the London Symphony and the London Boychoir,; [14] the Fort Worth Symphony,; [15] the Plano Symphony Orchestra: (December 18, 2016), in which his arrangement of the song "Sleigh Ride" was the featured Finale of the "Home for the Holidays" concerts; and the Juarez ...
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.
The "man with the bag" is a reference to Santa Claus, who drops off presents from his sleigh to people who have been "extra special good". [2] The song was originally made popular by Kay Starr and regularly appeared on Billboard's list of most popular Christmas songs in the early 1950s. [3] [4] Hal Stanley was Kay Starr's husband at the time.
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