Tuesday, December 26, 2023

OLD SCHOOL: The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride

"Ring-a-ling-a-ling Ding-dong-ding .. "

 

The Ronettes--three girls from Manhattan--showed up on Phil Spector's Christmas album in 1963.

Their Ring-a-ling-a-ling precedes the Rat Pack's Ring-a-ding-ding.

Leroy Anderson wrote the song and others (Syncopated Clock, Fiddle Faddle) for the Boston Pops in the 1940s.

Factoid: This song and album was released on Nov. 22 1963, the day Kennedy was shot.

 Clip: The Ronettes 

Song:  Leroy Anderson, Mitch Leigh


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