Rocky Mountain Holiday is a television special and a soundtrack album of songs from the show, performed by American singer-songwriter John Denver and The Muppets. The show has Denver playing host to the extended Muppet family; he takes them up into the scenic Rockies 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, but lost to Michael Jackson's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Storybook.
| Rocky Mountain Holiday | |||||
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| Soundtrack album by John Denver and The Muppets | |||||
| Released | November 1982 | ||||
| Label | RCA | ||||
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