Wikipedia about singer Peter Auty: Auty was a choirboy who sang at St Paul's Cathedral. At the age of 13, he sang "Walking in the Air", the theme song of the 1982 animated film, The Snowman, but in the rush to finish the film his name was omitted from the credits until the film was remastered for its 20th anniversary in 2002. The composer, Howard Blake, decided to re-record the song for a commercial for Toys "R" Us in 1985. As Auty's voice had broken by that point, Aled Jones was chosen instead and the song became a hit single. Many people assumed that Jones was the singer in the version used in the film.

A reminder that Aled Jones didn't sing "Walking in the Air" on the Snowman film. Peter Auty's original was far better than Jones' single.

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