Rob Price
Gutbrain Records
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2013 May 15 • Wednesday

Here's something I noticed.

First listen to "Sleigh Ride", which Leroy Anderson got the idea for in 1946 and finished writing in 1948. The first recording of it was made by 1949 and was a big hit.

Now check out the movie The Streets of Laredo, also 1949, with a score by Victor Young. The whole movie is here but you can jump to 22:00 and listen to it for a minute or two.

Sounds a lot like "Sleigh Ride", doesn't it? The movie's release date was May 27, 1949. I wonder when the record came out. You hear it a few other times in the movie.

The score also refers to the famous song "The Streets of Laredo", which is why I was interested in watching the movie. I've been into this recording of it lately. That whole CD is great.

Strangely, in the one scene of The Streets of Laredo where somebody strums a guitar and sings a song, it's not that song but some other "Streets of Laredo" song. Was it written for the film so they wouldn't have to pay the publisher of the original?