[78-L] Jimmy Boyd Obit

[Michael Biel]

What a coincidence.  His female rival over at Capitol Records, Molly 
Bee, passed away a couple of weeks ago at age 69.  I met her last year, 
she was a real character!  She told a story about how she was taught I 
Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus BY Jimmy Boyd!  If I remember the story, 
he had just recorded it a couple of days before.  She went into the 
studio and her version came out before Jimmy's, and Columbia was 
furious.  I'll have to check with the recording of her telling this.

Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com 

David Lennick wrote:
> Cute one..I was going to mention it myself once I'd dug it out and memorized 
> the title.
>
> When a child star from your past dies and it's not in sordid circumstances but 
> of illness or old age, BOY does that make you feel ancient!
>
> dl
>
> Andrea Walsh wrote:
>   
>> I always liked "I've Got Those Wake Up 7:30 Wash Your Ears They're Dirty Eat
>> Your Eggs And Oatmeal Rush To School Blues".   Rip, Mr. Boyd.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:48 AM, <soundthink at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Very strange. I was just reading about Boyd in Hecky Krasnow's daughter's
>>> book about his years as the head of Columbia's kiddie record division. She
>>> had a crush on him and said that he was forced to wear his little cowboy
>>> outfit to school every day to remind people of who he was. The most
>>> incredible story in the book is about George Kleinsinger's walk-up New York
>>> apartment (the elevator rarely worked) which resembled a jungle, complete
>>> with tropical plants, snakes, birds, and native insects.
>>>
>>> Cary Ginell
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
>>> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 2:26 am
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Jimmz Boyd Obit
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> rshirer at neb.rr.com wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> Just saw this on the NYT website.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/arts/10boyd.html
>>>>
>>>> The Mommy Santa Claus record is truly one of the most annoying and
>>>>         
>>> cloying of
>>> the Christmas novelty songs. (I actually like "I want a Hippopotamus for
>>> Christmas".)
>>>       
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Bob Shirer
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>         
>>> I was 12 at the time and understood the meaning of the lyric, even
>>> though the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston didn't! And they're
>>> supposed to be the purveyors of wisdom.
>>>
>>>      Julian Vein
>>>
>>>       
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