Music. In which country is the song ‘Dominick the Donkey’ set?
Dominick the Donkey charts. The song did, however, out-chart many other campaigns in the race for the Christmas No. 1, most notably campaigns for Nirvana and Alex Day. Dominick the Donkey "Dominick the Donkey" is a Christmas song written by Ray Allen, Sam Saltzberg and Wandra Merrell, and was recorded by Lou Monte in 1960, on Roulette Records. The song describes a donkey who helps Santa Claus bring presents ("made in Brooklyn") to children in Italy "because the reindeer cannot climb" Italy's hills. The song was re-released onto Amazon on September 26, 2011, on Dexterity Records. The spelling of "Dominick" was modified to
Dominick the Donkey album "Merry Xmas 2011" by Cinquenta Musica. The song was listed at No. 14 in "Billboard"'s "Bubbling under the Hot 100" list in December 1960. The fact that Santa Claus owns a donkey is later referenced in the 1977 television special "Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey". In that special, the donkey's name is "Spieltote," who is voiced by Roger Miller and who is the narrator. In the United Kingdom, the song was used extensively on the BBC Radio 1 morning programme The Chris Moyles Show in reference to Newsbeat newsreader and regular show contributor Dominic Byrne around the Christmas 2011