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Snow was released in extremely limited quantities; one expert suggested that fewer than 5,000 copies were made. [2] One of the songs on the album, "Frosty the Snowman," was recorded more than a year before Snow's release, for an album to accompany a year-end issue of Volume. [1]
"Frosty the Snowman" is a song written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson, and first recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950 and later recorded by Jimmy Durante in that year. [3] It was written after the success of Autry's recording of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" the previous year. Rollins and Nelson shopped the new ...
He later wrote country songs for artists such as Eddy Arnold and Guy Lombardo. In 1950, probably his best known composition, "Frosty the Snowman" was released, co-written with Jack Rollins. [2] [3] In 1952, Nelson co-wrote, again with Rollins, the song which was used for the safety campaign of Smokey Bear. [4]
Walter Engle "Jack" Rollins (September 15, 1906 – January 1, 1973) was an American musician born in Scottdale, Pennsylvania and raised in Keyser, West Virginia. [1] Rollins wrote the lyrics to holiday favorites "Here Comes Peter Cottontail," "Frosty the Snowman," and "Smokey the Bear."
Durante was one of the first people to record the song when it was released in 1950 (though at the time the song had slightly different lyrics), and re-recorded the song for the special. Rankin/Bass veteran writer Romeo Muller adapted and expanded the story for television, as he had done with the "Animagic" stop-motion production of Rudolph the ...
The soundtrack for Frosty Returns was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh; two songs are featured prominently on the soundtrack: "Frosty the Snowman": At the beginning of the film, an instrumental version plays at the beginning of the film. A full-cast version plays over the closing credits.
A snowman that comes to life is sure to warm Lacey Chabert’s heart this winter. The trailer for the Netflix film, which was released on Wednesday, October 23, begins with Kathy (Chabert ...
Along with the release of the album, a third holiday single, "Frosty the Snowman", was sent to radio, and once again brought Locke's name to the top of the AC chart. The album's final single, " We Need a Little Christmas ", failed to make the impression the other single had, peaking at number 19.