Day 15, Christmas music I wonder what Karen Carpenter would be singing now had she lived. Yesterday we were in the city; today we’re going to the country. Take a ride on the Reading one-horse sleigh Posted by linkmeister on 20 December 2018, 8:00 am The Carpenters perform “Sleigh Ride.” The song was originally written …
Back in 1987 The Eurythmics sang a version of “Winter Wonderland” which was played so frequently in the five years ending in 2007 that ASCAP claimed it topped all holiday songs for that period written by one of its members. The song was written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and lyricist Richard Bernhard Smith and …
The Carpenters perform “Sleigh Ride.” The song was originally written for orchestra by Leroy Anderson, who conceived of it in 1946 and completed it in 1948. The lyrics were composed in 1950 by Mitchell Parrish. The original recording was by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops in 1949. According to ASCAP, it consistently ranks as …
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