[78-L] Merry Christmas

[Tom]

<< ... there are no Santa songs of note around except those which appeared in the late 40s and early 50s from Bing and Gene etc. >>
 
1. Run Rudolph Run, by Chuck Berry
 
2. Little Saint Nick, by the Beach Boys
 
3. I'm Your Santa, by Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials
 
4. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, by Jimmy Boyd, the Ronettes et al
 
5. I'm Your Santa, by B.B. King
 
6. Christmas Everyday, by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
 
7. Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin', by Albert King, Tinsley Ellis et al
 
8. Santa's Messin With the Kid, by Eddie Campbell
 
9. This Time of the Year, by Brook Benton
 
10. Mary's Boy Child, by Harry ("I was responsible for the election of John F. Kennedy because I introduced him to Martin Luther King, without whose support he would have lost") Belafonte
 
And I haven't even gotten to the vast archive of culturally rich material contributed by James Brown -- you know, like Santa Claus, Go Straight to the Ghetto; Santa Claus, Santa Claus; or the rap and hip hop archive of Santa songs, like Run DMC's Christmas in Hollis.
 
See what Bing and Gene started?  ;)


--- On Mon, 12/29/08, DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com> wrote:

From: DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com>
Subject: [78-L] Merry Christmas
To: 78-L at 78online.com
Date: Monday, December 29, 2008, 2:27 PM

Michael Biel wrote

Oh, and by the way, your Christmas is over by now, right?  


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By my count, today is day 5 of 12.  Maybe it's just me but I visit,
exchange gifts and play Christmas music throughout the 12 days of Christmas and,
so far, have convinced by Jewish wife that everyone does it that way.

One thing my daughter noticed, (I hadn't), is that there are no Santa songs
of note around except those which appeared in the late 40s and early 50s from
Bing and Gene etc.  She, of course, wouldn't know about Santa hiding in the
Phonograph but I have never found any Santa songs from the 20s or 30s, not
counting "'Twas the Night before Christmas" read by Milton Cross,
but that's not a song.  Surely Santa must have been a major part of
Christmas for kids during those decades and his image was certainly poplular in
Coke commercials.

db
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