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About Mannheim Steamroller
Hometown
Omaha, NE, United States
Formed
1974
Genre
Holiday
Mannheim Steamroller—the multi-Platinum-selling neo-classical group founded by Chip Davis—is best known for popular reworkings of classic Christmas songs.
∙ Born into a musical Ohio family, Davis composed his first piece at age six, played in the University of Michigan’s concert band, and became a junior high music teacher.
∙ He cocreated the character of C.W. McCall, whose 1975 trucker-rebellion single “Convoy” topped Billboard’s Country and Pop charts and inspired Sam Peckinpah’s like-named 1978 film.
∙ Mannheim Steamroller’s debut album, 1975’s Fresh Aire—featuring classical music played on electric bass and synthesizers—was a hit with audiophiles due to its high-tech sound.
∙ The band’s first collection of holiday classics, 1984’s Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, rose into the Billboard 200—and by 2004 the album had sold more than six million copies.
∙ The Mannheim Steamroller LP Fresh Aire 7 won a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1991.
∙ In 2019, the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Tour celebrated 35 straight years, with two different touring troupes, plus a third group that performed at a popular Florida theme park.
Members of Mannheim Steamroller include, or have included, Chip Davis, Jackson Berkey, Arnie Roth, Roxanne Layton, Ron Cooley, Curtis McKonly, Glen Smith, Bobby Jenkins, Tom Sharpe, Christy Crowl, Almeda Berkey, Robert Bowker, and Melissa Holtmeier.
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