[78-L] The Christmas Songs

[David Lennick]

I haven't heard it in years but I can vaguely remember the whole album 
sounmding as if it was cranked out to take advantage of a singer whose 
popularity probably wouldn't have lasted another year..little did they know. 
Most 60s Christmas albums were done before the performers' styles had 
crystallized, including Streisand's.

dl

Cary Ginell wrote:
> I have 26 versions of this song, but not that one. What happens to his voice?
> 
> Cary Ginell
> 
>> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:22:18 -0600
>> From: ampex354 at gmail.com
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] The Christmas Songs
>>
>> 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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