Rocky Mountain Holiday is a TV show and a soundtrack album

Soundtrack album

A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...

 of songs from the show, performed by American

United States

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 John Denver

John Denver

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 and The Muppets

The Muppets

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. The show has Denver playing host to the extended Muppet family; he takes them up into the scenic Rockies

Rocky Mountains

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 for an excursion that includes fishing, hiking, and camping. The soundtrack album was released in November 1982. In 1984, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Album for Children

Grammy Award for Best Album for Children

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, but lost to Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

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's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Storybook.

Side one

1. "Hey Old Pal"
2. "Grandma’s Feather Bed"
3. "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
   She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
   "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" is an American folk song often categorized as children's music. It is a derivation of a Negro spiritual known as "When the Chariot Comes"....
   
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4. "Catch Another Butterfly"
5. "Down By The Old Mill Stream"
6. "Durango Mountain Caballero"
7. "Gone Fishin’"

Side two

1. "Medley: Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Happy Trails"
2. "Poems, Prayers And Promises"
3. "Take ‘em Away"
4. "Going Camping"
5. "Home on the Range
   Home on the Range
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6. "No One Like You"

Home media releases

The special was released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on VHS

VHS

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 and DVD

DVD

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on August 26, 2003.