* {{Ballet}}: Concert performances of "Mere Image," from ''Fresh Aire III'', included a filmed performance of a ballet dancer acting out the song's thematic arc of birth to death.
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* SpecialGuest: There have been occasional vocal appearances in their albums, including Music/JohnnyMathis, Music/OliviaNewtonJohn and even C.W. [=McCall=], who performed "Convoy" for 2003's ''American Spirit''.
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** The band's name is a takeoff on a classical music technique called the Mannheim roller.
* SpecialGuest: There have been occasional vocal appearances in their albums, including Music/JohnnyMathis,Music/OliviaNewtonJohn and even Music/OliviaNewtonJohn. The 2003 album ''American Spirit'' was a collaboration with C.W. [=McCall=], who performed "Convoy" for 2003's ''American Spirit''.
whom Davis wrote music during the singer's 1970s heyday.
* SpecialGuest: There have been occasional vocal appearances in their albums, including Music/JohnnyMathis,
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* GenreMashup: The group's signature sound is melding of classical and modern musical forms and instruments, which Davis has described as "18th century rock and roll." Today, the sound is seen as a precursor to New Age music. This gets reflected in several of their Christmas songs, such as "Fum, Fum, Fum" and "Masters In This Hall", which would start out sounding either medieval or early Renaissance before undergoing a SongStyleShift into more contemporary rock.
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* GenreMashup: The group's signature sound is melding of classical and modern musical forms and instruments, which Davis has described as "18th century rock and roll." Today, the sound is seen as a precursor to New Age music. This gets reflected in several of their Christmas songs, such as "Fum, Fum, Fum" and "Masters In This Hall", which would start out sounding either medieval or early Renaissance before undergoing a SongStyleShift into more contemporary rock. (Interestingly, this was inspired by their treatment of "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" in which the two versions were separate tracks; the mid-music shift took a few years to become a thing.)
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* GenreMashup: The group's signature sound is melding of classical and modern musical forms and instruments, which Davis has described as "18th century rock and roll." Today, the sound is seen as a precursor to New Age music. This gets reflected in several of their Christmas songs, which would start out sounding either medieval or early Renaissance before transitioning into more contemporary rock.
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* GenreMashup: The group's signature sound is melding of classical and modern musical forms and instruments, which Davis has described as "18th century rock and roll." Today, the sound is seen as a precursor to New Age music. This gets reflected in several of their Christmas songs, such as "Fum, Fum, Fum" and "Masters In This Hall", which would start out sounding either medieval or early Renaissance before transitioning undergoing a SongStyleShift into more contemporary rock.
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* RealSongThemeTune: Their song "Tocatta" was used by [[Creator/{{TBS}} Superstation WTBS]] for news broadcasts in the early 80s. They did it without permission at first; Chip Davis heard his song being used and called them up about it, angry at first. He soon wound up befriending Bill "Troll" Tullis, head of music at WTBS and occasional staff announcer (you likely heard him announcing "This is [[Creator/{{HLN}} CNN Headline News]]." during the late 80s and 90s).
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* RealSongThemeTune: Their song "Tocatta" was used by [[Creator/{{TBS}} Superstation WTBS]] for news broadcasts in the early 80s. They did it without permission at first; Chip Davis heard his song being used and called them up about it, angry at first. He soon wound up befriending Bill "Troll" Tullis, head of music at WTBS and occasional staff announcer (you likely heard him announcing "This is [[Creator/{{HLN}} CNN Headline News]]." during the late 80s and 90s).
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* ChristmasSongs: Has become well-known from the 80's onward for their Christmas music, which sold several albums, regularly got radio play during the holidays and also became a regular fixture in retail spaces.
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* ChristmasSongs: Has become well-known from the 80's mid-80's onward for their Christmas music, which sold several albums, regularly got radio play during the holidays and also became a regular fixture in retail spaces.
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* GenreMashup: The group's signature sound is melding of classical and modern musical forms and instruments, which Davis has described as "18th century rock and roll." Today, the sound is seen as a precursor to New Age music. This gets reflected in several of their Christmas songs, which would start out sounding either medieval or early Renaissance before transitioning into more contemporary rock.
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** The name of Chip Davis' record label, American Gramaphone, is a takeoff on the storied German classical label Deutche Grammophon.
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** The name of Chip Davis' record label, American Gramaphone, is a takeoff on the storied German classical label Deutche Deutsche Grammophon.
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Mannheim Steamroller is an American new age band led by instrumentalist Chip Davis. When Davis moved to Omaha, Nebraska, he started off writing jingles for the Bozell & Jacobs advertising agency, notably including fictional trucker C.W. [=McCall=], from which the two produced a number one hit "Convoy" on January 10, 1976. Looking to show off a fusion between classical and contemporary modern music, Davis formed Mannheim Steamroller in 1974 and released their first album ''Fresh Aire''. They had found their greatest success in 1984 when they released ''Mannheim Steamroller Christmas'', which went six times platinum in the United States by 2004 and had solidified their reputation for their neo-classical Christmas music.
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Mannheim Steamroller is an American new age band led musical group founded by instrumentalist Chip Davis. When Davis moved to Omaha, Nebraska, he started off writing jingles for the Bozell & Jacobs advertising agency, notably including fictional trucker C.W. [=McCall=], from which the two produced a number one hit "Convoy" on January 10, 1976. Looking to show off agency; he formed Mannheim Steamroller in 1974 as an exploration of a fusion between classical and contemporary modern music, Davis formed Mannheim Steamroller in 1974 and released their first album releasing a series of ''Fresh Aire''. They had found their greatest success in 1984 Aire'' albums. The group didn't gain major fame until 1984, when they it released ''Mannheim Steamroller Christmas'', which went six times platinum in the United States by 2004 and had solidified their reputation for their neo-classical kicked off a revival of contemporary Christmas music.
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* ConceptAlbum: The ''Fresh Aire'' albums started as loosely themed albums that, by the later titles, solidified into full-blown concept pieces:
** ''Fresh Aire I'': Spring
** ''Fresh Aire II'': Fall
** ''Fresh Aire III'': Summer
** ''Fresh Aire IV'': Winter
** ''Fresh Aire V'': A trip to the moon, inspired by Johannes Kepler's ''The Dream''
** ''Fresh Aire VI'': Greek mythology
** ''Fresh Aire 7'': The number 7
** ''Fresh Aire 8'': Infinity
* GenreMashup: The group's signature sound is melding of classical and modern musical forms and instruments, which Davis has described as "18th century rock and roll." Today, the sound is seen as a precursor to New Age music.
** ''Fresh Aire I'': Spring
** ''Fresh Aire II'': Fall
** ''Fresh Aire III'': Summer
** ''Fresh Aire IV'': Winter
** ''Fresh Aire V'': A trip to the moon, inspired by Johannes Kepler's ''The Dream''
** ''Fresh Aire VI'': Greek mythology
** ''Fresh Aire 7'': The number 7
** ''Fresh Aire 8'': Infinity
* GenreMashup: The group's signature sound is melding of classical and modern musical forms and instruments, which Davis has described as "18th century rock and roll." Today, the sound is seen as a precursor to New Age music.
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* PunnyName: A few ''Fresh Aire'' song titles are pun-based:
**"Pass the Keg (Lia)" is a passacaglia.
**"Saras Band" is a sarabande.
** The name of Chip Davis' record label, American Gramaphone, is a takeoff on the storied German classical label Deutche Grammophon.
**"Pass the Keg (Lia)" is a passacaglia.
**"Saras Band" is a sarabande.
** The name of Chip Davis' record label, American Gramaphone, is a takeoff on the storied German classical label Deutche Grammophon.
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* SpecialGuest: There have been occasional vocal appearances in their albums, including Music/JohnnyMathis, Music/OliviaNewtonJohn and even C.W. [=McCall=], who performed "Convoy" for 2003's "American Spirit".
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* SpecialGuest: There have been occasional vocal appearances in their albums, including Music/JohnnyMathis, Music/OliviaNewtonJohn and even C.W. [=McCall=], who performed "Convoy" for 2003's "American Spirit".
''American Spirit''.
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Mannheim Steamroller is an American new age band led by instrumentalist Chip Davis. When Davis moved to Omaha, Nebraska, he started off writing jingles for the Bozell & Jacobs advertising agency, notably including fictional trucker C.W. [=McCall=], from which the two produced a number one hit "Convoy" on January 10, 1976. Looking to show off a fusion between classical and contemporary modern music, Davis formed Mannheim Steamroller in 1974 and released their first album ''Fresh Aire''. They had found their greatest success in 1984 when they released ''Mannheim Steamroller Christmas'', which went six times platinum in the United States by 2004 and had solidified their reputation for their neo-classical Christmas music.
!!The band's music contains examples of:
* ChristmasSongs: Has become well-known from the 80's onward for their Christmas music, which sold several albums, regularly got radio play during the holidays and also became a regular fixture in retail spaces.
* {{Instrumentals}}: A lot of their output were new age instrumentals as well as Christmas music, though on occasion there would be a vocal appearance.
* SpecialGuest: There have been occasional vocal appearances in their albums, including Music/JohnnyMathis, Music/OliviaNewtonJohn and even C.W. [=McCall=], who performed "Convoy" for 2003's "American Spirit".
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Mannheim Steamroller is an American new age band led by instrumentalist Chip Davis. When Davis moved to Omaha, Nebraska, he started off writing jingles for the Bozell & Jacobs advertising agency, notably including fictional trucker C.W. [=McCall=], from which the two produced a number one hit "Convoy" on January 10, 1976. Looking to show off a fusion between classical and contemporary modern music, Davis formed Mannheim Steamroller in 1974 and released their first album ''Fresh Aire''. They had found their greatest success in 1984 when they released ''Mannheim Steamroller Christmas'', which went six times platinum in the United States by 2004 and had solidified their reputation for their neo-classical Christmas music.
!!The band's music contains examples of:
* ChristmasSongs: Has become well-known from the 80's onward for their Christmas music, which sold several albums, regularly got radio play during the holidays and also became a regular fixture in retail spaces.
* {{Instrumentals}}: A lot of their output were new age instrumentals as well as Christmas music, though on occasion there would be a vocal appearance.
* SpecialGuest: There have been occasional vocal appearances in their albums, including Music/JohnnyMathis, Music/OliviaNewtonJohn and even C.W. [=McCall=], who performed "Convoy" for 2003's "American Spirit".
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