Chip Davis

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We're in Harmony 01:29 Tools
Sunday Morning Breeze 05:11 Tools
Sunday Morning Coffee 04:07 Tools
Morning Blend 05:18 Tools
Go The Distance (Mannheim) 03:23 Tools
Chim Chim Cher-ee (Mannheim) 02:30 Tools
Hakuna Matata (Mannheim) 02:40 Tools
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Mannheim) 03:16 Tools
Under the Sea (Mannheim) 03:48 Tools
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (Mannheim) 03:07 Tools
Heigh-Ho (Mannheim) 03:46 Tools
You've Got a Friend in Me (Mannheim) 03:50 Tools
Mickey Mouse March (Mannheim) 02:55 Tools
Reflection (Mannheim) 05:22 Tools
A Winter's Day 05:12 Tools
Teddys and Hearts 04:30 Tools
Gagliarda 01:17 Tools
Fugue 04:16 Tools
When You Wish Upon a Star(Mannheim 02:41 Tools
Midi Didi 03:48 Tools
Gigue 04:07 Tools
Chocolate Coffee 03:53 Tools
The Call of St. Hubert 01:07 Tools
Deck the Halls 03:53 Tools
Carrie 04:09 Tools
Greensleeves 00:00 Tools
Mommie Birthday 01:13 Tools
Serenity 04:31 Tools
Auld Lang Syne 03:38 Tools
Allegro - Recorder Concerto, F Major 02:18 Tools
The Sign of Love 04:01 Tools
Bateman's Masque 03:38 Tools
The Ballad of Davy Crockett (Mannheim) 04:21 Tools
Hayin' 02:33 Tools
Colorado Spoonin' 04:03 Tools
First Ring 02:47 Tools
The Ballad of Dave Crockett (Mannheim) 04:03 Tools
Kallista 03:57 Tools
The Bird And The Bee 02:54 Tools
Galliard and Dance 04:01 Tools
National Anthem 02:44 Tools
Yam Seng...Love 07:46 Tools
Malibu Pee Wee 05:07 Tools
When You Wish Upon A Star (Mannheim) 01:29 Tools
Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine 05:07 Tools
We're in Harmony (Original Demo / Soundtrack) 01:29 Tools
Allegro - Op 3, No. 12 02:05 Tools
Sonata Bach's Lunch 02:54 Tools
Adagio - b minor 02:19 Tools
Allegro - Brandenburg Concerto #5, III 04:22 Tools
Allegro - Concerto Grosso, Op 3, No. 4 04:50 Tools
Fanfare - Abblasen 00:00 Tools
We're in Harmony - Original Demo / Soundtrack 01:30 Tools
Do You Hear What I Hear? 04:07 Tools
Harper Birthday 03:35 Tools
Kanbai 04:05 Tools
Siciliana - Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3 04:50 Tools
Allegro Assai - Brandenburg Concerto #2, III 04:22 Tools
Sonata - E Major, KK 380 04:50 Tools
Affettuoso - Brandenburg Concerto #5, II 02:12 Tools
Italiana - Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3 00:00 Tools
La Mourisque 02:51 Tools
In Dulci Jubilo 04:07 Tools
Allegro - Brandenburg Concerto #5, I 04:22 Tools
The Shameless Chef 01:55 Tools
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah 00:00 Tools
On the Edge of Forever 01:30 Tools
Allegro - Autumn from "The Four Seasons" 02:41 Tools
I Saw Three Ships 01:30 Tools
Wolseys Wilde 01:30 Tools
Laura Suave 01:30 Tools
Party Too 03:54 Tools
Go the Distance 00:00 Tools
Patapan - God Rest Ye 01:30 Tools
Chim Chim Cher-ee 00:00 Tools
Bouree 03:19 Tools
Party Dip 03:12 Tools
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 00:00 Tools
Under the Sea 00:00 Tools
Toccata 04:26 Tools
You've Got a Friend in Me 00:00 Tools
Eclectic Blue 03:19 Tools
New Yeeres Gift 03:19 Tools
Intrada 04:26 Tools
When You Wish upon a Star 00:00 Tools
The Merry Bells Of Speyer 04:01 Tools
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming 04:26 Tools
The Kings Mistresse 04:26 Tools
Ballet 04:26 Tools
Heigh-Ho 00:00 Tools
Coventry Carol 04:26 Tools
Volte 04:26 Tools
Cos Colo Odo Sa 04:26 Tools
Lachrimae Antiquae 04:01 Tools
M. George Whitehead His Almand 02:10 Tools
Mickey Mouse March 00:00 Tools
Hakuna Matata 02:19 Tools
There Is No Rose Of Such Virtue 02:51 Tools
Malle Sijmon 04:01 Tools
Coffee with Carla 04:45 Tools
Sunday Sonata 04:01 Tools
Reggae Mañana Mon 02:10 Tools
Chim Chim Cher-Ee {From Mary Poppins} 02:10 Tools
Across the View 04:01 Tools
Silver Screen Romance 02:51 Tools
En Avois Tant Que Vivray 02:51 Tools
Traditions of Christmas 02:49 Tools
Dear Joseph Of Mine 02:49 Tools
Serentiy 02:51 Tools
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious {From Mary Poppins} 02:51 Tools
Tempo di Menuetto 02:51 Tools
Reflection 02:12 Tools
My Secret Lust 02:51 Tools
Patapan God Rest Ye 04:10 Tools
Reminiscences 02:41 Tools
On the Boardwalk 03:46 Tools
A Story from the Rain 06:58 Tools
Celebration 04:10 Tools
Ding Dong! Merrily On High 04:10 Tools
Go the Distance {From Hercules} 02:49 Tools
Passion 02:41 Tools
Barbara's Valentine 00:00 Tools
Four Rows Of Jacks 02:05 Tools
Christmas Lullaby 02:05 Tools
You've Got a Friend in Me {From Toy Story} 00:00 Tools
Hakuna Matata {From Lion King} 00:00 Tools
Grizzly Bears 00:00 Tools
Rhinos and Elephants 00:00 Tools
Harp Seals 00:00 Tools
Romance in D-flat Major, Opus 42 00:00 Tools
Berceuse 02:48 Tools
A Month Of Sundays 00:00 Tools
The Ballad of Dave Crockett 00:00 Tools
Reflection {From Mulan} 02:48 Tools
The Ballad of Davy Crockett 00:00 Tools
Lento Con Gran Espressione 04:06 Tools
Morning 02:56 Tools
The Children's Waltz Theme 02:19 Tools
The Nymph's Dance The Second Of Grays Inn 00:00 Tools
Nothing Keeps You from His Love 00:00 Tools
Heigh-Ho {From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs} 00:00 Tools
Tamarin Monkeys 00:00 Tools
The Parting 00:00 Tools
Lost In The Travel Section 00:00 Tools
Silver Bells 00:00 Tools
Through the Window 00:00 Tools
Lullaby for My Love 00:00 Tools
Habanera 00:00 Tools
Sonata - C Major, KK 153 00:00 Tools
God Save Us All from Religion 04:22 Tools
We're In Harmony (Original Demo) 00:00 Tools
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah {From Song of the South} 00:00 Tools
A Strictly Informal Affair 00:00 Tools
Amanda Panda 00:00 Tools
Sunday Sunrise 02:49 Tools
Consolation In D-flat 04:17 Tools
Downstream 04:17 Tools
Giga From Suite By Corelli 04:17 Tools
Meadow Drive 04:17 Tools
The Modern Monk 03:44 Tools
Come Home to the Sea 04:50 Tools
Chim Chim Cheree 00:00 Tools
Claire De Lune 00:00 Tools
October 02:12 Tools
Go the Distance [From Hercules] 04:50 Tools
Dancing Flames 04:22 Tools
Heigh-Ho [From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs] 04:22 Tools
The Ballad of Davy Crockett {From Davy Crockett} 00:00 Tools
Mickey Mouse March {From Mickey Mouse Club} 00:00 Tools
Wolves 00:00 Tools
Under the Sea {From Little Murmaid} 00:00 Tools
Barcarole 00:00 Tools
Tigers and Lions 00:00 Tools
Sunday Morning Cofee 04:07 Tools
Sicilienne, Opus 78 04:17 Tools
Caribbean Cooler 03:57 Tools
You Won't See Me 03:34 Tools
Downhill Run 04:25 Tools
Spider Monkey 03:34 Tools
Scotty's Barbecue 03:34 Tools
Party Girl 03:47 Tools
Township 03:34 Tools
Winter Wonderland 03:38 Tools
Little Drummer Boy 02:12 Tools
Sonata, Op. 27, #2 04:50 Tools
The Rain Will Bless the Love 04:50 Tools
Ding Dong! Merrily on High 02:12 Tools
Vivace - Double Harpsicord Concerto 02:12 Tools
Melodie, Op. 21, #7 04:50 Tools
Reflection [From Mulan] 04:22 Tools
Ruslan and Ludmilla 04:22 Tools
Carol of the Bells 02:12 Tools
Dinner On The Green 00:00 Tools
Charitable Charlatan 04:22 Tools
Menuetto 04:22 Tools
Florida Suite: Barbeque 04:22 Tools
Eagles 04:22 Tools
Wolfgang Amaedeus Penguin 04:22 Tools
Dolphins and Whales 04:22 Tools
Slo Dancin' in the Living Room 04:22 Tools
Enchanted Evening 04:22 Tools
Good Question 04:17 Tools
The Jungle Room 03:47 Tools
Allegro - Autumn from The Four Seasons 03:47 Tools
Brandenburg Concerto #2, III: Allegro Assai 02:12 Tools
Abblasen: Fanfare 02:12 Tools
Reggae Manana Mon 02:12 Tools
Shining By the River 02:12 Tools
The Sky 02:12 Tools
Interlude VI 02:12 Tools
We're In Harmony (Demo) 02:12 Tools
White Christmas 02:12 Tools
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah [From Song of the South] 02:12 Tools
Allegro Op. 3, No. 12 02:12 Tools
The Anthems 00:00 Tools
When You Wish Upon a Star {From Pinoccio} 00:00 Tools
Emily's List 00:00 Tools
God Save Us All from Religion (Teddy Gentry Mix) [Bonus Track] 00:00 Tools
Sarabande 00:00 Tools
The Ballad of Davy Crockett [From Davy Crockett] 00:00 Tools
Maine Course 00:00 Tools
Allegro Brandenburg Concerto # 5. 1 00:00 Tools
Some Children See Him 00:00 Tools
Midnight Clearing 00:00 Tools
That's What I Miss the Most 00:00 Tools
Joy to the World 00:00 Tools
Broken Waltz 00:00 Tools
Baroque-A-Nova 00:00 Tools
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 03:38 Tools
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Louis Davis, Jr. was born into a family of musicians in rural Ohio and began his musical training at age 4, with his grandmother as his first piano teacher. He composed his first piece, a four-part chorale about his dog Stormy at age 6. By the time Davis entered the University of Michigan music school, he had found his true musical loves the bassoon and percussion. He graduated in 1969 as a classically trained bassoonist who also played percussion in the famous University of Michigan Marching Band. After touring with the renowned Norman Luboff Choir, and teaching young people to love music, Davis took a new career path that would change his life forever. He began writing advertising jingles for an Omaha ad agency, including a series of spots about fictional truck driver C.W. McCall and his waitress girlfriend Mavis at the Old Home Filler Up and Keep On Truckin' Cafe. What began as just another jingle for a bread company became a national phenomenon radio listeners called stations to request the commercials be played as if they were pop tunes, and the TV spots were listed in TV Guide. With fellow ad executive Bill Fries, Davis accepted a recording contract, and went on to produce blockbusters such as the 1975 hit "Convoy," which sold more than a million copies within 2 months, and eventually sold 10 million copies. It's not surprising that Davis was named Country Music Writer of the Year in 1976. In the meantime, Davis explored new ways of expressing music and discovered a style he calls "18th Century classical rock." He says "I don't believe in all-acoustic or all-electronic, all-digital or all-analog. My place is where they meet." He called his band Mannheim Steamroller, which is the name of an 18th-Century musical technique that we know today as the crescendo. This exploration resulted in an album called Fresh Aire, which Davis tried and failed to sell to mainstream record companies. So innovative was this musical style that it did not fit into any of the standard industry categories. Innovative music demanded innovative marketing, so Davis founded his own record label, American Gramaphone, and distributed the albums not to record stores but to audio showrooms. Used to demonstrate home stereo equipment, Fresh Aire became an audiophile hit when listeners said "I like this turntable, but I really want the music playing on it." Orders flooded in and records sold from the U.S. to Japan to Germany. Since that time Davis has produced seven more Fresh Aire albums, each inspired by the themes of nature, science and ancient mythology. Fresh Aire VII, which Davis describes as "an exploration of the nature of the number 7" was awarded the Grammy for Best New Age Recording in 1990. Davis released the final album in the series in August 2000, titled Fresh Aire 8, on the theme of infinity. More than once Davis has turned his talents to aid a worthy project. When devastating fires ravaged Yellowstone National Park in 1988 Davis created a two-year concert tour and another gold album called Yellowstone: The Music of Nature. More than $500,000 was raised from the project to rebuild structures in the park, making Davis the largest private donor in the history of the National Park Service. In 1984 Davis once again called conventional music industry wisdom into question. He announced that his next project would be a Christmas album and was told that he would certainly fail. Infusing new life into traditional Christmas music "Mannheim Steamroller Christmas" has sold more than six million copies and was nominated for a Grammy Award. With subsequent albums "A Fresh Aire Christmas," "Christmas in the Aire" and "Christmas Live," Mannheim Steamroller has sold more than 18 million Christmas albums. Davis doesn't put much stock in conventional wisdom. Over his 27-year career, Chip Davis has sold more than 34 million albums. He and his wife Trisha live outside Omaha, Nebraska with their three children, Kelly, Evan and Elyse. In the living room is the piano his grandmother first taught him to play. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.