[78-L] Xmas Music

[Taylor Bowie]

David,  Is the 1942 version from the movie soundtrack or was it also a Decca 
record?

I was told by his nephew that John Scott Trotter never received a dime of 
royalties for the Crosby record or for his arrangement...but he and Crosby 
still remained friends ever after!

Taylor B


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Xmas Music


>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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