[78-L] The Christmas Songs

[David Lennick]

I also missed "The Chipmunk Song" but probably because I don't know of anyone 
else who recorded it except the Chipmunks again, with Canned Heat.

I just went out to pick up some cheese and heard Bobby Helms singin' at me. How 
many other 50+ year old Christmas records (der Bingle aside) still hold up today?

As opposed to most Christmas albums recorded in the 60s, which were dated then 
and are ghastly today (Andy Williams, Bob Goulet, Glen Campbell before his 
voice changed etc). Incidentally, the Boston Pops' Christmas album has hit that 
half-century mark and still sounds wonderful.


dl

David Lennick wrote:
> Obvious missing titles (presumably BMI or PD):
> 
> All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)
> 	(original pressings reverse the placing of the parentheses)
> Auld Lang Syne (Trad.)
> Marshmallow World
> Mistletoe and Holly
> 
> You may see some more faves here:
> http://www.lyricsvault.net/charts/christmassongsalltime.html
> 
> dl
> 
> Kristjan Saag wrote:
>> I wrote:
>>
>>> Found this on the net: ASCAP's most-performed 'holiday' songs 2000-2004.
>>> What's interesting is that about 14 och the 25 songs were launched between
>>> 1934 and 1955, including the entire Top 7.
>> --
>> And perhaps even more interesting: 20 of the 25 were issued on 78 rpm.
>> Kristjan
>> ----
>>
>>
>> According to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the
>> following are the Top 25 most-performed "Holiday" songs written by ASCAP
>> members for the first five years of the 21st century. The list does not
>> include songs out of copyright (like "Jingle Bells") or written by members
>> of Broadcast Music, Incorporated, known as BMI.
>>
>> 1 "The Christmas Song" (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - Mel Tormé,
>> Robert Wells
>> 2 "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" - Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
>> 3 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin
>> 4 "Winter Wonderland" - Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
>> 5 "White Christmas" - Irving Berlin
>> 6 "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" - Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
>> 7 "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - Johnny Marks
>> 8 "Jingle Bell Rock" - Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe
>> 9 "I'll Be Home for Christmas" - Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram
>> 10 "Little Drummer Boy" - Katherine K. Davis, Henry V. Onorati, Harry
>> Simeone
>> 11 "Sleigh Ride" - Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
>> 12 "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" - Edward Pola, George Wyle
>> 13 "Silver Bells" - Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
>> 14 "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" - Johnny Marks
>> 15 "Feliz Navidad" - José Feliciano
>> 16 "Blue Christmas" - Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson
>> 17 "Frosty the Snowman" - Steve Nelson, Walter E. Rollins
>> 18 "A Holly Jolly Christmas" - Johnny Marks
>> 19 "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" - Tommie Connor
>> 20 "Here Comes Santa Claus" (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - Gene Autry,
>> Oakley Haldeman
>> 21 "It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas" - Meredith Willson
>> 22 "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays" - Bob Allen, Al Stillman
>> 23 "Carol of the Bells" - Peter J. Wilhousky, Mykola Leontovich
>> 24 "Santa Baby" - Joan Ellen Javits, Philip Springer, Tony Springer
>> 25 "Wonderful Christmastime" - Paul McCartney
>>
>> More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_music#Popular_Christmas_songs
>>
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