The Snowman through pictures, action and music, scored by Howard Blake. It is wordless, just like the book, except for the song "Walking in the Air". In addition to the orchestral score, performed in the film by the Sinfonia of London, Blake composed the music and lyrics of the song, performed by Peter Auty, a St Paul's Cathedral choirboy. The special ranks #71 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes, a list drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, based on a vote by industry professionals. It was voted #4 in UKTV Gold's "Greatest TV Christmas Moments". It came third
Daddy Sang Bass by Don Reid and Lew DeWitt of The Statler Brothers. Carl Perkins also recorded the song for his 1969 "Greatest Hits" compilation album on Columbia Records, which became a Top 40 hit on the "Billboard" country album chart that year. The line "Daddy sang bass" is sampled in They Might Be Giants' song "Boat of Car" from their self-titled debut album. Daddy Sang Bass "Daddy Sang Bass" is a 1968 single written by Carl Perkins, with lines from the chorus of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" and recorded by Johnny Cash. "Daddy Sang Bass" was Johnny Cash's sixty-first release on