[78-L] The Christmas Songs

[Royal Pemberton]

Sounds like you hated McCartney's 'WC' from the first hearing!

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 1:14 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> Actually I didn't mind the Goulet album..it was an early one, before he
> really
> began ripping the songs to shreds. Steve & Eydie weren't bad either. Johnny
> Mathis..aaak.
>
> And in more recent times, Paul McCrappy's "Wonderful Christmas Time" is the
> musical equivalent of the poetry of the Azgoths of Kria and has the same
> effect
> on this listener.
>
> http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Vogon_Poetry
>
> dl
>
> Royal Pemberton wrote:
> > Ah yes, Glen Campbell.  For something truly weird, listen to what happens
> to
> > his voice on the very last 'dreams' in 'I'll be home for Christmas' (in
> > Capitol ST 2978).  I can't fathom why the phrase wasn't re-recorded or an
> > edit piece made and inserted.
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:18 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca
> >wrote:
> >
> >> 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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