[78-L] The Christmas Songs

[David Lennick]

Okay, if it was from 1958 it would definitely have been on 78 in Canada..I 
didn't list it because it didn't chart until '60. The number (30776) is well 
within the 78 range and Ruppli lists it, b/w Papa Noel. (Most of Brenda Lee's 
recordings are in the "Nashville" section of the Decca Books..first time I've 
ever looked through those pages!)

Since this list was only published songs and omitted traditional ones, it 
missed one of the most played Christmas records of all..originally on 78 and 
not considered a Christmas record at all until one third of one of the sides 
was issued as a single in the early 70s, the Singing Dogs' "Jingle Bells".

dl

Kristjan Saag wrote:
> Forgot to add to the previous:
> "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" could have made it too. Brenda Lee's 
> recording was issued late 1958, but for some reason it wasn't released in 
> Britain before 1962, although several of Brenda's earlier recordings (from 
> 1956 on) came out on Brunswick. The label issued its last 78 in 1960.
> What about Canada?
> Kristjan
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>> I wrote:
>>> And perhaps even more interesting: 20 of the 25 were issued on 78 rpm.
>> David Lennick wrote:
>>> I get the same number..not counting 78s in India or The Philippines or
>>> Antgarctica.
>>> LITTLE DRUMMER BOY..on 78 in Canada.
>>> CAROL OF THE BELLS..most likely in the Robert Shaw Chorale collection.
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>> Little Drummer Boy in Britain as well.
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