[78-L] Xmas Music

[David Lennick]

I lived through the Jimmy Boyd when it was new..oddly enough, I never hear it 
coming out of the WalMart speakers or the E-Z format stations, only the new one 
(which may not be THAT new, it could be an Osmond or a Jackson or some other 
argument for retroactive birth control). Gene Autry endures, both Eartha Kitt 
recordings + Madonna's Santa Baby abound, and I even heard the ORIGINAL 1942 
Crosby White Christmas on a store's system last week..it's the late 40s one 
that's around everywhere, and there are audible differences in the arrangement 
and performance.

Tom wrote:
> Almost as bad as the version with the title "I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa
> Claus," I guess. lol

I've yet to hear the suppressed Spike Jones feelthy version, which I know Will 
Friedwald has.

kil at roadrunner.com wrote:
>>
> That's the Jackson Five version from 1970 featuring little Michael, who was either 11 or 12 at the time.  Can't blame him for the words, though, he was just following directions.  Production credits go to The Corporation and Hal Davis.
> I agree, that one is pretty low on my list but not nearly as bad as my least favorite, THE CHRISTMAS SHOES by Newsong.  It's so sick I turn off the station that plays it for at least two days.  It doesn't help as most modern stations keep playing it.
> RayK
> 
That answers THAT..I thought it was one of those little monsters. If it was 
from 1970, I had 3 years of keeping it off the air at CKLB. That was when I was 
about the only music director playing Feliz Navidad.

dl

Maria Fletcher wrote:
> Just deciding whether or not to put  Jimmy Boyd's version of "I saw
> mommy kissing santa claus" on the family christmas cd - I can see
> their faces now...
> 
> 2008/12/25 David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>:
>> And my absolute LEAST favourite at the moment is a version of I Saw Mommy
>> Kissing Santa Claus, sung by some screaming little boy who keeps interjecting
>> "I did! I did! I saw Mommy kissing Santy Claus!" Worse than the Chipmunks,
>> worse than the Jingle Cats, and it goes on forever. What sick twisted mind
>> thought this was fit to inflict on the world?
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Tom Hood wrote:
>>> Hi all
>>> My favorite Christmas recording is Jingle Bells by the Shannon Quartet
>>> Victor VE 19791 I've been listening to it for 65 years &  it still gets me
>>> into a Christmas mood
>>> Merry Christmas
>>> Tom Hood
>>>
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