The Snowman 16:9 widescreen. Channel 4 used this opening from 2002 until Mel Smith's death in 2013, when the Bowie introduction returned, returning the film to its original aspect ratio. The 30th anniversary DVD doesn't use any of the openings but includes all three openings as a bonus feature. The song "Walking in the Air" is sung in the film by chorister Peter Auty, who was not credited in the original version. He was given a credit on the 20th anniversary version. The song was covered three years later by Welsh chorister Aled Jones in a single which reached #5 in the
Ringo (song) the front jacket, FEATURING THE BIG HIT "RINGO". A completely sung version of the song was recorded by Riders in the Sky. Their version is a remake of the version done years earlier by the Sons of the Pioneers in which member Tommy Doss sang the lead. In December 1964 the first parody of the song was issued; "Gringo", written by Marty Cooper and H.B. Barnum. Cooper himself would record it under the name "El Clod", a name he had used in 1962 to record a parody on the Challenge label for the song "Wolverton Mountain", which was called "Tiajuana