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"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 Dominick, a donkey who helps Santa Claus bring presents ("made in Brooklyn ") to children in Italy due to the reindeer , despite their flight, being unable to climb the ...
Lou Monte (born Louis Scaglione; April 2, 1917 – June 12, 1989) was an Italian American singer best known for a number of best-selling, Italian-themed novelty records which he recorded for both RCA Victor and Reprise Records in the late 1950s and early 1960s, most famously "Lazy Mary" (1958) and the 1962/63 million-selling US single "Pepino the Italian Mouse", plus the seasonal track ...
The song took five weeks to compose and Wise used a Korg Wavestation. [1] He said the track was his favourite and the game's biggest technical accomplishment in regards to the audio. [4] Rearrangements of "Aquatic Ambience" appear in Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010) and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014). [5] [6]
An album of the same name quickly followed composed entirely of video game songs. The single and album both received gold records for combined sales of over two and a half million copies worldwide. The duo later followed up that single with "Do the Donkey Kong", which only made the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Charts, peaking at No. 103.
In December 2011 Dominic Byrne championed the song Dominick the Donkey by the late Italian-American singer Lou Monte on The Chris Moyles Show, helping it achieve a peak chart position of number 3 on the UK Top 40 during Christmas 2011. Byrne has worked on various voice-over projects.
HONG KONG (AP) — An appeals court on Wednesday granted the Hong Kong government's request to ban a popular protest song, overturning an earlier ruling and deepening concerns over the erosion of ...
Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr. 1983–1984: CBS: international distribution; produced by Ruby-Spears Productions: Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders: 1984–1985: ABC: distributor; produced by Bob Booker Productions Puttin' on the Hits: 1984–1988: Syndication: distributor; produced by Chris Bearde Productions and Dick Clark Productions: Kate & Allie ...
Dominick said he was leaving for new opportunities outside of Chicago, but it was apparent that the show was moving in a new, less circus-like direction, and that the longtime producer was, ...