Aled Jones 1982, Jones won the Cerdd Dant solo competitions for competitors under 12 at the Urdd Eisteddfod. Jones became famous for the cover version of "Walking in the Air", the song from Channel 4's animated film "The Snowman", based on the book by Raymond Briggs. The record reached No. 5 in the UK charts in 1985. The version used in the 1982 film was performed by Peter Auty, a St. Paul's Cathedral choirboy. In June 1985, Jones was the subject of an Emmy award-winning BBC Omnibus documentary entitled "The Treble". Jones, with the National Philharmonic Orchestra, was behind the "Santa Claus
A Perfect Day (song) as well as Scotsman Sydney MacEwan. Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae recorded the song as a duet. On the screen accompanied by Barbara Stanwyck at the piano, Sterling Holloway sang "A Perfect Day" in the 1940 feature film "Remember the Night". In 1945 German-American opera soprano Helen Traubel recorded an andante interpretation. In the 1940s Alfredo Antonini and his orchestra collaborated with Victoria Cordova and John Serry Sr. to record the song for Muzak. In 1962 Norma Zimmer sang "A Perfect Day" in response to thousands of requests on the "Lawrence Welk Show". Danish journalist Otto Leisner (1917–2008) translated "A