Frosty the Snowman
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| "Frosty the Snowman" | ||
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| Song by Gene Autry & The Cass County Boys | ||
| Released | 1950 | |
| Genre | Christmas Song | |
| Label | Columbia Records | |
| Writer | Jack Rollins and Steve Nelson | |
"Frosty the Snowman" is a popular song written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson, and first recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950. Like "Jingle Bells" and several other winter-themed songs, "Frosty the Snowman" is widely regarded as a Christmas song despite not mentioning the holiday at all. It was written after the success of Autry's recording of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" the previous year; Rollins and Nelson shipped the new song to Autry, who recorded "Frosty" in search of another seasonal hit. Like "Rudolph", "Frosty" was subsequently adapted to other media including a popular television special. The song was originally titled "Frosty the Snow Man".
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[edit] Song
The song is about a snowman who came to life thanks to a magical hat some children found; he then had playful adventures before he "hurried on his way". It has been covered by many artists over the years, including The Ronettes, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Larry Groce, Ray Conniff, the Cocteau Twins, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Beach Boys, and countless other musical acts (including a 2005 recording of the song by famous Hollywood actor Burt Reynolds)
The Canadian Brass are known for a version that is both jazzy and darkly humorous.
[edit] Charts
| "Frosty the Snowman" | |||||
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| Single by Kimberley Locke from the album Christmas | |||||
| Released | 2007 | ||||
| Label | Curb Records | ||||
| Kimberley Locke singles chronology | |||||
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| Gene Autry Version | |
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| Chart (1950) | Peak Position |
| US Pop Singles | 7 |
| Perry Como Version | |
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| Chart (1957) | Peak Position |
| US Pop Singles | 74 |
| Johnny Mathis Version | |
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| Chart (2003) | Peak Position |
| US Adult Contemporary | 29 |
| Kimberley Locke Version | |
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| Chart (2007) | Peak Position |
| US Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| Canadian Adult Contemporary | 40 |
[edit] 1954 short film
In 1954, the UPA studio brought "Frosty" to life in a three-minute animated short which appeared regularly on WGN-TV. This production included a bouncy, jazzy version of the song. It has been a perennial WGN-TV Christmas classic, and was most recently broadcast on December 24 and 25, 2005, and again in 2006 and 2007, as part of a WGN-TV children's programming retrospective, along with their two other short Christmas classics, "Suzy Snowflake" and "Hardrock, Coco and Joe".
[edit] 1969 Rankin-Bass television special
In 1969, the Rankin-Bass company produced a thirty-minute animated television special of Frosty the Snowman that featured the voices of comedians Jimmy Durante as narrator and Jackie Vernon as the title character.
[edit] External links
| Holidays Portal |
- Frosty The Snowman Lyrics Christmas Lyrics to Frosty The Snowman Christmas Carol / Christmas song
- 1954 film Frosty the Snowman at the Internet Movie Database
Rankin/Bass TV Specials |
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) • Return to Oz (1964) • The Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show (1965) • The Ballad of Smokey the Bear (1966) • The Cricket on the Hearth (1967) • The Mouse on the Mayflower (1968) • Little Drummer Boy (1968) • Frosty the Snowman (1969) • Mad Monster Party? (1969) • The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians (1970) • Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (1970) • Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971) • The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes (1972) • Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters (1972) • Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid (1972) • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1972) • Red Baron (1972) • That Girl in Wonderland (1974) • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974) • The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974) • The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975) • The First Easter Rabbit (1976) • Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976) • Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976) • The Little Drummer Boy, Book II (1976) • The Easter Bunny is Comin' To Town (1977) • The Hobbit (film) (1977) • Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977) • The Stingiest Man in Town (1978) • Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979) • Jack Frost (1979) • The Return of the King (1980) • Pinocchio's Christmas (1980) • The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold (1981) •The Coneheads (1983) • Wind in the Willows (1985) • The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985) • The Flight of Dragons (1986) • Santa Baby! (2001) • See also: The 25 Days of Christmas |
Kimberley Locke | |
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| Albums | One Love · Based on a True Story · Christmas |
| Singles | "8th World Wonder" · "Wrong" · "Coulda Been" · "I Could" · "Up on the House Top" · "Jingle Bells" · "Change" · "Band of Gold" · "Frosty the Snowman" |
| Other charted songs | "Silver Bells" • "Come Together Now" |
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