[78-L] The Christmas Songs

[David Lennick]

The line about the mice comes from Steve Allen, about a million years ago.

dl

Royal Pemberton wrote:
> 'You're a mean one, Mr Grinch'.  Squeak!
> 
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:29 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
> 
>> Amazing how some songs that were originally heard only in context have
>> become
>> ubiquitous..yesterday I heard Thurl Ravenscroft's sub-basement basso
>> bellowing
>> all over K-Mart. A five pound bag of wet mice goes to the 78-eller who
>> identifies the tune (see below).
>>
>> I've also heard Louis Armstrong's "Cool Yule" twice in supermarkets.
>>
>> Absolutely nobody played Feliz Navidad when it first came out. That one
>> took a
>> couple of years to catch on.
>>
>> As for that whiney piece of sh*t from the Charlie Brown Christmas, I kept
>> hearing that on PA systems for a couple of years and trying to figure what
>> it
>> was and who it was and why anyone in their right mind would inflict it on
>> us.
>> Depressing, horribly performed, not in the least stimulating to shoppers.
>> Finally I recognized it as something from a program I watched in its first
>> incarnation and which I thought was lousy then and time has not changed my
>> opinion.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Michael Biel wrote:
>>> Actually there is more.  The previously discussed Little Drummer Boy's
>>> first xmas season was 1958.  Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime"
>>> is 1979.  And John and Yoko's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is 1971.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] The Christmas Songs
>>> From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
>>> Date: Fri, December 18, 2009 1:45 am
>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>
>>> From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
>>>> the odd thing is that there is only one fairly recent addition
>>>> ..."Jingle Bell Rock"
>>> That one was 1957. Here are some newer than that.
>>>
>>> Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
>>> Chipmunk Song (1958)
>>> Run Run Rudolph (1958)
>>> Do You Hear What I Hear (1962)
>>> Christmas Time Is Hear (Charlie Brown Christmas 1965)
>>> You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch (1966)
>>> Feliz Navidad (1970)
>>> Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer (1979)
>>> All I Want For Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey 1994)
>>>
>>> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
>>>
>>>