[78-L] Christmas Music

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Sat Dec 27 06:27:57 PST 2008


dnjchi at aol.com wrote:
> Records don't go back that far.
> In my experience, most Christmas records before (s) 1035 were sacred, with a few novelties for the kiddies.? I think that the success of "Sana Claus Is Coming to Town" (c. 1935) made the compamies see value in other secular songs of the season.? The deluge begins, AFIC, in the '40s, and doen't stp until recent years, with the demise of the 'single'.
> One man's opinion.? Corrections welcome!
> Don Chichester
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Anyone have an idea who the other vocalist is on Joe Moss's version of 
"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (October 17, 1936)?

      Julian Vein




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