Includes piano accompaniment tracks online for download or streaming. Various : Disney Songs of the 2010s: Soprano or Belterġ2 songs from Disney films and shows from 2010-2019. The lyrics "Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know," were a phrase Elsa's father told her when she was given her gloves for safety as a child, but Elsa soon puts the phrase behind her by saying, "Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know, well now they know!" and finally "letting go" of her icy powers as she reaches the chorus "Let it go!"Ģ013 - Academy Award - Best Original SongĢ015 - Grammy Award - Best Song Written for Visual MediaĢ016 - San Francisco Harmony Sweepstakes Best Original Arrangement Realizing that she no longer needs to hide her powerful abilities anymore, Elsa declares herself free from the stress and fears that she has been faced with since childhood. The song appears after an ostracized Elsa flees the kingdom of Arendelle soon after her ice powers are discovered by the public. The song was performed in the film by American actress and singer Idina Menzel as Queen Elsa. "Let It Go" is a song from Disney's 2013 animated feature film Frozen, with music and lyrics composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Looking for more? Discover the best Christmas songs of all time.Music by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez As film director Peter Bogdanovich said: “That Dean Martin died on Christmas Day was the kind of black joke he might have made.” Martin’s spirit lives on, however, and Christmas would not be the same without the famous crooner singing “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” The singer was 78 when he died, on December 25, 1995, of acute respiratory failure, at his home in Beverly Hills. It is hard to beat that 1959 version, though. Martin liked it so much, he re-recorded a version in 1966, as part of The Dean Martin Christmas Album. Among the different takes are those by Kate Rusby (folk), Louie Bellson (jazz), Aaron Neville (soul), Randy Travis (country), Twisted Sister (heavy metal), Jeremih and Chance The Rapper (hip-hop) and Michael Bublé (pop). 1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart in December that same year.Ĭahn and Styne’s song is so iconic that it can be interpreted in a variety of styles. Stewart, meanwhile, recorded “Let It Snow” on his 2012 album, Merry Christmas, Baby. 6 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. His 1959 recording is the latest in a series of classic holiday tunes to receive a new music video treatment for the festive season, created in 2019 by animation studio Fantoons.Ĭarly Simon and Rod Stewart have also recorded successful versions of “Let It Snow” Simon’s 2005 take on the song is unusual in being sung from the point of view of the host instead of the guest. But it is Martin’s version, which was arranged by Gus Levene and conducted by Hy Lesnick, that became a festive classic. The song was first recorded for RCA Victor in 1945 by Vaughn Monroe, and versions by Woody Herman and Connee Boswell soon followed. ‘Oh, the weather outside is frightful/But the fire is so delightful/And since we’ve got no place to go/Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.’ Now why three ‘Let it snow’s? Why not two or four? Because three is lyric.” The many versions of Let It Snow! He said, ‘Why don’t we stay here and write a winter song.’ I went to the typewriter. In the book Songwriters On Songwriting, Cahn recalled how the famous tune came about: “‘Why don’t we go down to the beach and cool off?’ I asked Jule. He won four Oscars: for “Three Coins In The Fountain,” written for the 1954 film of the same title “All the Way,” written for the film The Joker Is Wild “High Hopes,” from A Hole In The Head and “Call Me Irresponsible,” from the film Papa’s Delicate Condition.Īll those Academy winners pale in comparison, however, to the long-term success of “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!,” which was penned in sunny California. Lyricist Cahn and composer Styne were two of the greatest songwriters of that golden age of popular music: at his peak, Cahn was reportedly America’s highest-paid songwriter, often earning more than $1,000 a word. Fourteen years before Martin went into the studio, the song had been written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne on America’s hottest day of 1945.
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