[78-L] The Christmas Songs

[Jeff Austin]

Last year I thought I had finally lost what few shreds of rational thought I had left, when, at (gulp) Walmart, their otherwise ghastly muzak launched into the 1934 Guy Lombardo recording of "Winter Wonderland."  I cannot fathom under what circumstances this came to pass.  A weird, and utterly charming moment, although it's possible that I just got my anti-psychotic meds mixed up that day.

J.




________________________________
From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 7:18:13 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] The Christmas Songs

Jingle Bells
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Winter Wonderland

..and that was about IT, kiddies! "I Want You for Christmas" was done a couple 
of times on Decca (Dick Robertson, Mae Questel), and there were minor hits like 
Santa Claus Came in the Spring, I Told Santa Claus to Bring Me You, Christmas 
Night in Harlem, New Year's Eve In A Haunted House, and wintry songs like I've 
Got My Love to Keep Me Warm and Winter Weather, but there was really nothing 
(except carols) before White Christmas. I've done a few vintage Christmas 
compilations and I've looked. That said, there were dance tempo arrangements of 
carols such as the Savoy Christmas Medley by Debroy Somers, and even there, 
you'd be hard put to identify most of the songs.

dl

Kristjan Saag wrote:
> Which were the most recorded (secular) American and English Christmas songs 
> before WW II in the jazz and dance band and popular vein?
> Kristjan 
> 
_______________________________________________
78-L mailing list
78-L at klickitat.78online.com
http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l