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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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dominick-The-Italian-Christmas-Donkey/dp/B00632PLGW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324839729&sr=8-1 )〕 The spelling of "Dominick" was modified to "Dominic" for the re-release. It was included on Volume 2 of the "Ultimate Christmas Album" series produced by Collectables Records and on the Christmas compilation album "Merry Xmas 2011" by Cinquenta Musica.〔(Ultimate Christmas Album 2 ) on Amazon.com, retrieved 20 December 2011.〕
The song was listed at number 14 in ''Billboards "Bubbling under the Hot 100" list in December 1960.〔(''Billboard'', 26 December 1960, page 33 ).〕 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.
==Christmas 2011 number 1 campaign==
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 period. It appeared in the Singles Chart in that country following a campaign by Chris Moyles. In the week leading up to Christmas of 2011, the show hinted at users to download the song from iTunes and Amazon. This led to the song being the #2 song on the British iTunes chart between December 19–25, 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=pocket-lint.com )〕 The song eventually peaked at #3 on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending December 31, 2011. Had the song reached #1, it would have achieved the record for longest time between release and reaching the summit of the British charts. The song did however out chart many other campaigns in the race for the Christmas #1, most notably campaigns for Nirvana and Alex Day. It did however feature in the Stuart Kato Christmas chart where it attained the No 1 position in both 2011 and 2012.
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