Sleigh Ride

«Sleigh Ride» er ein populær julesong av Leroy Anderson. Komponisten fekk ideen under ei heitebølgje i juli 1946 og skreiv ferdig songen i februar 1948. Teksten, som handlar om ein person som ønsker å køyre i ein slede ein vinterdag med ein annan person, vart skriven av Mitchell Parish i 1950. Orkesterversjonen vart først spelt inn i 1949 av Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops Orchestra. Songen vart ein hit på RCA Victor Red Seal 49-0515 (45 rpm) / 10-1484 (78 rpm), og har sidan vorte ein signaturlåt for orkesteret. Singelen kom opphavleg ut på raud vinyl. Orkesteret spelte òg inn songen med John Williams, dirigenten deira frå 1979 til 1995, og Keith Lockhart, den noverande dirigenten.

Soge

Leroy Anderson spelte sin eigen versjon av «Sleigh Ride» i 1950 på Decca 9-16000 (45 rpm) / 16000 (78 rpm). Denne versjon nådde Cashbox-lista som kom ut i 1952. 

Sjølv om «Sleigh Ride» ofte vert assosiert med jul, og ofte finst på julealbum, nemner ikkje teksten spesifikt verken jul eller religion (utanom enkelte versjonar som av the Carpenters, Walter Schumann og Air Supply, der «birthday party» er byta ut med  «Christmas party» i mellomspelet). 

I følgje American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers [ASCAP] er «Sleigh Ride» ein av dei ti mest framførte songane skrivne av medlemmar av ASCAP.

Innspelingar
1949 – Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. Den originale innspelinga. 
1950 – Leroy Anderson. 
1950 – The Andrews Sisters – den første kjende vokalinnspelinga av melodien.
1950 – Merv Griffin with the Freddy Martin Orchestra
1950 – The Three Suns - instrumentalversjon (HMV B 10000).
1954 – Bing Crosby med vokalakkompagnement av Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires og the John Scott Trotter Orchestra (Decca 28463); Crosby spelte inn songen igjen i 1977 for det siste albumet hans Seasons.
1954 – George Melachrino – Christmas in High Fidelity.  
1955 – Walter Schumann – The Voices of Christmas
1956 – Jo Stafford med Paul Weston and the Starlighters – Ski Trails
1956 – Spike Jones – A Xmas Spectacular
1956 – Frederick Fennell – The Music of Leroy Anderson
1956 – Ferrante & Teicher – Adventures in Carols (Westminster LP)
1958 - Johnny Mathis - Merry Christmas
1958 – Domenico Savino – Hi-Fi Christmas Party
1959 – Ray Conniff – Christmas with Conniff
1959 – Arthur Fiedler – Pops Christmas Party
1959 – Jan Garber – Christmas Dance Party
1959 – Lester Lanin – Christmas Dance Party
1959 – The Three Suns – A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas
1959 – Hugo Winterhalter – Wish You Were Here
1960 – Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
1960 – Sammy Kaye – Christmas Day with Sammy Kaye
1960 – Andre Kostelanetz – Joy to the World: Music for Christmas. A similar arrangement to the Boston Pops version, but moderately faster in speed and featuring a whistle in portions av songen.
1960 – Marco Rizo – Leroy Anderson in Latin America
1960 – The Randy Van Horne Singers – Sleighride
1961 – Lenny Dee – Happy Holi-Dee
1961 – Big Tiny Little – Christmas with "Big" Tiny Little
1961 – Mitch Miller – Holiday Sing-Along with Mitch
1962 – Ferrante & Teicher – Snowbound
1962 – Slide Hampton – Drum Suite
1962 – Skitch Henderson – Winter Holiday
1963 – The Ronettes – A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records. An altered version with background vokal singing "Ring-a-ling-a-ling Ding-dong-ding" and excluding the lyrics "giddy up giddy up let's go" and "The birthday [or] Christmas party at the home of farmer Gray."
1963 – Bert Kaempfert – Christmas Wonderland
1964 – Jack Jones – Christmas Album
1964 – Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme – That Holiday Feeling
1964 – The Ramsey Lewis Trio – More Sounds of Christmas
1965 – Al Hirt – The Sound of Christmas
1965 – The Ventures – Christmas Album. Ein surfestil instrumental. 
1965 – Andy Williams – Merry Christmas
1966 – Henry Mancini – A Merry Mancini Christmas. Del av ein medley med «Jingle Bells».
1966 – The New Christy Minstrels – Christmas with the Christies
1967 – Maurice Abravanel – Fiddle Faddle and 14 Other Leroy Anderson Favorites
1967 – Al Caiola og Riz Ortolani – Sound of Christmas
1967 – Ron Goodwin – Christmas Wonderland
1968 – Herb Alpert – Christmas Album
1968 – Robert Goulet – Wonderful World of Christmas
1969 – Duke Pearson – Merry Ole Soul
1969 – Boots Randolph – Boots and Stockings
1970 – Arthur Fiedler – A Christmas Festival
1970 – Lawrence Welk – Merry Christmas
1971 – The Partridge Family – A Partridge Family Christmas Card
1972 – Arthur Fiedler – Pops Goes Christmas
1972 – Eugene Ormandy – A Christmas Spectacular
1976 – Vera Lynn – Christmas with Vera Lynn
1977 – Burl Ives – Christmas by the Bay
1977 – The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (og igjen i 1982, 1987, 2005 og 2006)
1978 – The Carpenters – Christmas Portrait 
1980 – Larry Groce / Mickey Mouse / Donald Duck / Goofy /  Disneyland Children's Sing-Along Chorus – Disney's Merry Christmas Carols 
1981 – Alvin and the Chipmunks – A Chipmunk Christmas
1983 – Amy Grant – A Christmas Album
1987 – Air Supply – The Christmas Album 
1987 – The Muppets – i A Muppet Family Christmas
1988 – MC Einar's «Jul, Det' Cool» – ein populær dansk julesong basert på denne songen. 
1988 – The Glenn Miller Orchestra – In a Christmas Mood
1989 – The Hampton String Quartet – What if Mozart Wrote "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"?
1990 – Erich Kunzel – Christmas with the Pops
1991 – John Williams – Joy to the World
1992 – Glen Campbell – Christmas with Glen Campbell
1992 – Debbie Gibson – A Very Special Christmas 2
1992 – TLC – Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 – Mel Tormé – Christmas Songs
1993 – Harry Connick, Jr – When My Heart Finds Christmas
1993 – Amy Grant – A Christmas Collection
1993 – Lou Rawls – Christmas Is the Time
1994 – Neil Diamond – The Christmas Album, Volume II
1994 – Lorrie Morgan – Merry Christmas from London
1994 – El Vez – Merry Me X-Mas
1996 – Brian Setzer – from the movie Jingle All The Way
1996 – Spice Girls – B Side of «2 Become 1» (similar to the Ronettes' version)
1997 – André Rieu – The Christmas I Love
1997 - The Toasters - "Christma-ska"
1998 – Keith Lockhart – Holiday Pops
1998 – Squirrel Nut Zippers – Christmas Caravan
1998 – Stuart Hamm – Merry Axemas 2
1999 – Garth Brooks – Garth Brooks and the Magic of Christmas
1999 – Natalie Cole – The Magic of Christmas
1999 – Kenny G – Faith
2000 - Dallas Symphony Orchestra - Dallas Christmas Gala
2000 – The Three Tenors – The Three Tenors Christmas
2000 – Vanessa L. Williams – from the movie A Diva's Christmas Carol
2000 – Billy Gilman – Classic Christmas 
2001 – Garth Brooks – Call Me Claus
2001 – Helen Reddy – Christmas
2001 – TLC – MTV TRL Christmas
2002 – Hilary Duff – Santa Claus Lane
2002 – Jump5 – All the Joy in the World
2002 – S Club 8 – Puppy Love/Sleigh Ride
2003 – Art Paul Schlosser – Words of Cheese and Other Parrot Trees
2003 – Chicago – What's It Gonna Be, Santa?
2003 – MC F40 – Sleigh Ride
2004 – Clay Aiken – Merry Christmas with Love
2004 – Duo Campion Vachon – Noel Pianissimo
2004 – Play – Play Around the Christmas Tree
2005 – JoJo – Framført for president Bush under "Christmas in Washington"
2005 – Keith Lockhart – Sleigh Ride
2005 – Paul Carrack & The SWR Big Band – Winter Wonderland
2007 – KT Tunstall – Have Yourself a Very KT Christmas
2007 – Relient K – Let it Snow, Baby... Let it Reindeer 
2008 – Béla Fleck and the Flecktones – Jingle All the Way. Nominert til Grammy-prisen 2009]] for Best Country Instrumental Performance
2008 – Brian Stokes Mitchell med Mormon Tabernacle Choir – Ring Christmas Bells
2008 – Leonard Slatkin – Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favorites
2008 – Howard Hewett – Howard Hewett Christmas
2009 – Hayley Westenra – Winter Magic
2010 – Take 6 – The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
2010 - Wilson Phillips – Christmas in Harmony
2010 - REO Speedwagon – Not So Silent Night: Christmas with REO Speedwagon
2011 – Jeffrey Biegel – A Steinway Christmas Album
2011 – She & Him – A Very She & Him Christmas
2011 - TVXQ – 2011 SMTOWN Winter ‘The Warmest Gift'
2012 – fun. – Holidays Rule
2012 – Sufjan Stevens – Silver & Gold
2012 – Nickelodeon Cast – Merry Nickmas2012 – The Real Group – The World for Christmas2013 – Karmin – Promotional Christmas single
2012 – August Burns Red – August Burns Red Presents: Sleddin' HillKjelder
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