[78-L] Christmas Music

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: <dnjchi at aol.com>
> 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!
>
*1035?!?!* Phonorecords weren't invented back in the ninth century (heaven 
knows
what we missed thereby...?!)
:-)

...stevenc