| 词条 | Dominick the Donkey | ||||||||||||
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| name = Dominick the Donkey | cover = Dominic the Donkey cover.jpg | alt = | caption = "Dominic the Donkey" re-release cover | type = Song | artist = Lou Monte | album = | EP = | language = English | B-side = "Christmas At Our House" | written = | published = | released = December 1960 September 28, 2011 (re-release) | format = | recorded = 1960 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{flatlist|
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=35}} | label = Roulette Records, Dexterity Records | writer = Ray Allen, Sam Saltzberg, Wandra Merrell | composer = | lyricist = | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | title = | next_title = | next_year = }} "Dominick the Donkey" is a Christmas song written by Ray Allen, Sam Saltzberg and Wandra Merrell, and was recorded by Lou Monte in 1960, on Roulette Records. The song describes a donkey who helps Santa Claus bring presents ("made in Brooklyn") to children in Italy "because the reindeer cannot climb" Italy's hills. The song was re-released onto Amazon on September 26, 2011, on Dexterity Records.[1] The spelling of "Dominick" was modified to "Dominic" for the re-release. It was included in Volume 2 of the Ultimate Christmas Album series produced by Collectables Records and on the Christmas compilation album Merry Xmas 2011 by Cinquenta Musica.[2] The song was listed at No. 14 in Billboard's "Bubbling under the Hot 100" list in December 1960.[3] Santa Claus owning a donkey is later referenced in the 1977 television special Nestor, the Long–Eared Christmas Donkey. In that special, the donkey's name is "Spieltote," who is voiced by Roger Miller and who is the narrator. Christmas 2011 number 1 campaignIn the United Kingdom, the song was used extensively on the BBC Radio 1 morning programme The Chris Moyles Show in reference to Newsbeat newsreader and regular show contributor Dominic Byrne around the Christmas 2011 period. It appeared in the Singles Chart in that country following a campaign by Chris Moyles. In the week leading up to Christmas of 2011, the show hinted at users to download the song from iTunes and Amazon. This led to the song being the No. 2 song on the British iTunes chart between December 19–25, 2011.[4] The song eventually peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending December 31, 2011. Had the song reached No. 1, it would have achieved the record for longest time between release and reaching the summit of the British charts. The song did, however, out-chart many other campaigns in the race for the Christmas No. 1, most notably campaigns for Nirvana and Alex Day. Chart performance
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey by Lou Monte|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dominick-The-Italian-Christmas-Donkey/dp/B00632PLGW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324839729&sr=8-1|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|accessdate=28 September 2011}} 2. ^[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000008CK Ultimate Christmas Album 2] on Amazon.com, retrieved 20 December 2011. 3. ^1 [https://books.google.com/books?id=nB0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA33&dq=%22Dominick%20the%20Donkey%22&lr=&pg=PA33#v=onepage&q=%22Dominick%20the%20Donkey%22&f=false Billboard, 26 December 1960, page 33]. 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/43571/dominick-the-donkey-christmas-number-one |publisher=pocket-lint.com|title=Dominick the Donkey could beat X-Factor stars Little Mix to UK Christmas no. 1 |accessdate=21 December 2011}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Lou Monte - Chart history|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/308257/lou-monte/chart?f=1184|accessdate=December 30, 2016|work=www.billboard.com|date=January 11, 2014}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=Lou Monte - Chart history|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/308257/lou-monte/chart?f=1219|accessdate=December 30, 2016|work=www.billboard.com|date=January 11, 2014}} 9 : 1960 songs|1960 singles|American Christmas songs|Christmas characters|Christmas novelty songs|Fictional donkeys|Roulette Records singles|Songs about animals|Songs about fictional male characters |
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