[78-L] The Christmas Songs

[David Lennick]

Martha wrote:
>  I knew someone (now deceased) who thought Todd (pronounced "Tawd") was the 
> bee's knees, and he must have played All Around The Xmas Tree every time I 
> visited...  I think he liked Dick Todd because the "Poor Man's Crosby" was 
> on cheaper labels.   I  still think Todd sounds like a bad imitation of Bob 
> Crosby, badly imitating his brother's early 30s style.
> 
>  Did Todd also record this on another label?

No, but it was reissued a few times. I have it on a Varsity LP (part of the 
filler to an Uncle Don story) and quite likely a laminated Varsity 78.

dl

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> From: "Bud Black" <banjobud at cfl.rr.com>
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>> In 1947 Dick Todd with Marek Warnow's orchestra and chorus, recorded "All
>> Around The Christmas Tree," on the Sonora label  I remember thinking at 
>> the
>> time that this song would become a Christmas classic heard every year. 
>> Boy,
>> was I wrong!  The record was played extensively on the radio, but by the
>> following year it had almost faded into obscurity.  All in all.....I kinda
>> liked it!
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