Frosty the Snowman




This article is about the song. For the 1969 animated TV special, see Frosty the Snowman (film).
























"Frosty the Snowman"

Single by Gene Autry & The Cass County Boys
B-side "When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter"
Released 1950
Genre Christmas song
Label Columbia Records
Songwriter(s) Walter Rollins & Steve Nelson
























"Frosty the Snowman"

Single by Jimmy Durante
B-side "(Isn't It A Shame That) Christmas Comes But Once A Year"
Released 1950
Genre Christmas song
Label MGM Records
Songwriter(s) Walter Rollins & Steve Nelson

"Frosty the Snowman" (or "Frosty the Snow Man") 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, releasing it as a single.[1] 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 by Rankin/Bass Productions, Frosty the Snowman. The ancillary rights to the Frosty the Snowman character are owned by Warner Bros.,[2] but due to the prominence of the TV special, merchandising of the character is generally licensed in tandem with that special's current owners, DreamWorks Classics.




Contents






  • 1 Song


    • 1.1 Charts




  • 2 Book


  • 3 1950 short film


  • 4 Television adaptations


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Song


The song recounts the fictional tale of Frosty, a snowman who is brought to life by a magical silk hat that a group of children find and place on his head. Frosty enjoys roaming throughout town with the children who constructed him, only stopping once at a crosswalk when the policeman directing traffic orders pedestrians to stop. Frosty finally says goodbye to the children and comforts them, promising he will be back again someday. Although Autry's original recording does not explain the reason for Frosty's departure later versions have lyrics that attribute it to the hot sun.


Although 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"). The song supposedly takes place in White Plains, New York, or Armonk, New York; Armonk has a parade dedicated to Frosty annually.[3][4]


It 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"). It was also covered by the Hampton String Quartet on their inaugural album, "What if Mozart Wrote 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'."



Charts


The song was quickly covered by many artists including Jimmy Durante, Nat King Cole and Guy Lombardo.[5] The versions by Nat King Cole and Guy Lombardo also reached the American charts.[5]

















Gene Autry version
Chart (1950)
 Peak
position

US Pop Singles
 7

US Country Singles
 4












Jimmy Durante version
Chart (1950)
 Peak
position

US Pop Singles
 7












Nat King Cole version
Chart (1950)
 Peak
position

US Pop Singles
 9












Guy Lombardo version
Chart (1950)
 Peak
position

US Pop Singles
 28












Perry Como version
Chart (1957)
 Peak
position

US Pop Singles
 74












Jan and Dean version
Chart (1963)
 Peak
position

US Pop Singles
 11












Johnny Mathis version
Chart (2003)
 Peak
position

US Adult Contemporary
 29




















Kimberley Locke version
Chart (2007)
 Peak
position

US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
 1
Canadian Adult Contemporary
 40

Billboard Top AC Songs of 2008
 46












Whitney Wolanin version
Chart (2012)
 Peak
position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6]
 13


Book


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.



1950 short film


In 1950, the UPA studio brought "Frosty" to life in a three-minute animated short which appears regularly on WGN-TV. This production included a bouncy, jazzy a cappella version of the song and a limited animation style reminiscent of UPA's Gerald McBoing-Boing. 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. 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.



Television adaptations


Main article: Frosty the Snowman (film)

In 1969, Rankin/Bass produced a 25-minute television special, Frosty the Snowman, featuring animation by Japanese studio Mushi Production, and the voices of comedians Jimmy Durante as the narrator, Billy De Wolfe as Professor Hinkle and Jackie Vernon as Frosty. 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. and Jules Bass.[7] This was a story based on the discovery of Frosty the Snowman. Three sequels were produced, Frosty's Winter Wonderland (based upon the song "Winter Wonderland") in 1976, in which Frosty got married, and Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July in 1979, followed by The Legend of Frosty the Snowman in 2005 (the last of which had Bill Fagerbakke take over as Frosty's voice after Vernon's death).


Frosty Returns, released in 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. Twitchell (Brian Doyle-Murray), the maker of a snow-removal spray.



References





  1. ^ Gene Autry, "Frosty the Snowman" Retrieved October 14, 2011


  2. ^ USPTO trademark database listing


  3. ^ Liebeskind, Ken (3 December 2011). "Armonk Celebrates Frosty Day Dec. 10". Armonk Daily Voice. Retrieved 24 December 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  4. ^ Weisler, Alex (5 December 2012). "Armonk to give Frosty a warm reception". The Journal News. Retrieved 24 December 2012.


  5. ^ ab Bob Eckstein (30 October 2007). The History of the Snowman. Simon and Schuster. pp. 30–. ISBN 978-1-4169-5112-4.


  6. ^ "Whitney Wolanin Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.


  7. ^ Frosty The Snowman at The Big Cartoon DataBase Retrieved 2012-11-16.




External links



  • Frosty the Snowman at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on July 30, 2016.










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