The Legend of Frosty the Snowman (2005) Bill Fagerbakke took over as Frosty's voice after Vernon's death.įrosty Returns (1992) is a sequel to the original song, set in a separate fictional universe from the other specials, with John Goodman as the voice of a more sardonic Frosty defending the value of snow against Mr.Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979).Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976), based upon the song " Winter Wonderland".This was a story based on the discovery of Frosty the Snowman. Paul Frees and June Foray both also voice characters including Karen and Santa Claus in this animated special produced and directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. In 1969, Rankin/Bass Productions produced a 25-minute television special, Frosty the Snowman, featuring the animation of Japanese studio Mushi Production, and the voices of comedians Jimmy Durante as the narrator (who also sings a version of the song), Billy De Wolfe as Professor Hinkle and Jackie Vernon as Frosty. The three cartoons are also a tradition on WJAC-TV in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, which not only broadcasts the cartoons on their station, but also makes them available on their website. The short, filmed entirely in black-and-white, has been a perennial WGN-TV Christmas classic, and was broadcast on December 24 and 25, 1955, and every year since, 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." The short had previously been telecast annually on WGN's The Bozo Show, "Ray Rayner and His Friends" and "Garfield Goose," along with its two other companion cartoons. This production included a bouncy, jazzy a cappella version of the song and a limited animation style reminiscent of UPA's Gerald McBoing-Boing. In 1950, the UPA studio brought "Frosty" to life in a three-minute animated short which appears regularly on WGN-TV. In 1950, Little Golden Books published Frosty the Snow Man as a children's book, adapted by Annie North Bedford and illustrated by Corinne Malvern. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Chart performanceĬertifications and sales The Ronettes cover Region The versions by Nat King Cole and Guy Lombardo also reached the American charts. The song was quickly covered by many artists including Jimmy Durante, Nat King Cole and Guy Lombardo. It was also covered by the Jackson 5 and appears on the Jackson 5 Christmas Album. The song has also been covered (with lyrics) by the band Cocteau Twins the cover was released on their 1993 EP Snow. It was also covered by the Hampton String Quartet on their inaugural album, What if Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'. The song has been covered as an instrumental by the Canadian Brass, with founder Charles Daellenbach taking on the persona of Frosty, and repeatedly calling "One more time!" ("You know what happens when Frosty gets 'hot'"), and then starting to collapse ("I think he's melting" - "You know what happens when Frosty gets hot").
The song supposedly takes place in White Plains, New York, or Armonk, New York Armonk has a parade dedicated to Frosty annually.
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Frosty says goodbye to the children, reassuring them, "I'll be back again someday."Īlthough it is generally regarded as a Christmas song, the original lyrics make no mention of the holiday (some renditions, like that in the 1969 Rankin/Bass TV special, change the lyric "I'll be back again someday" to "I'll be back on Christmas Day"). Frosty laughs and plays with the children until the hot sun threatens to melt him. Like "Rudolph", "Frosty" was subsequently adapted to other media including a popular television special.Ī group of children find a magic top hat and place it on Frosty's head. 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 song to Autry, who recorded "Frosty" in search of another seasonal hit. " Frosty the Snowman" is a popular Christmas 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. "(Isn't It A Shame That) Christmas Comes But Once A Year" Hecky Krasnow, head of children’s recordings at Columbia Single by Gene Autry & The Cass County Boys For the 1969 animated TV special, see Frosty the Snowman (TV special).
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