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| - The song describes one of Santa Claus's helpers, the titular donkey who takes the place of the reindeer who have trouble navigating the hills of Italy. Dominick is a friend to the children and seems to make runs to Brooklyn, New York (once a manufacturing hub) to get extra presents for Santa to give out.
- "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 "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.
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| - The song describes one of Santa Claus's helpers, the titular donkey who takes the place of the reindeer who have trouble navigating the hills of Italy. Dominick is a friend to the children and seems to make runs to Brooklyn, New York (once a manufacturing hub) to get extra presents for Santa to give out. The song went out of circulation for a time, even during Christmas on oldies stations, but experienced a resurgence in the 1990's and is still played during Christmas to this day. Monte sang/spoke in a satirical Italian-American voice, similar to the one he used for another of his notable hits Pepino The Italian Mouse.
- "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 "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. The song was listed at number 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. Greg Page sings this song on his album: Here Comes Christmas!.
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