[78-L] Christmas Music

[Tom]

The recording of "Winter Wonderland", another secular Christmas song, was popularized by the recording by Ted Weems & his orchestra and was released in 1934. I'm unsure of the date of the recording of Bessie Smith's "At The Christmas Ball" but I'd guess it predates "Winter Wonderland" by a few years and was probably released in the 1920's. Same thing with the recording of "Santa Claus, Bring My Man Back" by singer Ozie Ware with Duke Ellington's Hot Five.
 
Just my $0.02 worth, as always.
 


--- On Sat, 12/27/08, kil at roadrunner.com <kil at roadrunner.com> wrote:

From: kil at roadrunner.com <kil at roadrunner.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Christmas Music
To: 78-l at 78online.com
Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008, 11:05 AM

> Records don't go back that far.
> In my experience, most Christmas records before (s) 1935 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
> 
SECOND TRY AT SENDING: 

Two Christmas songs that go back before 1935 are JOLLY OLD SAINT NICHOLAS and
UP ON THE HOUSE TOP.  I've asked on this list before but no one seems to own
or have ever come across a pre-1935 recording of either.  Both have stood the
test of time so they must have been very popular.  I've come to assume that
they were spread via sheet music or piano rolls.  Any other theories?
RayK
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