[78-L] Christmas Songs

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Tue Jan 12 20:02:39 PST 2010


Who's this niceguywithanmba? I'm the one who thought Jingle Bell Rock sounded 
just great (and I ain't no nice guy and I ain't got no mba).

Hardly a recent song..it came out in 1957 and there are dozens of well-played 
Christmas faves that came later.

dl

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom" <nice_guy_with_an_mba at yahoo.com>
>> << And the one I heard many times and never got tired of was Bobby Helms' 
>> "Jingle
>> << Bell Rock". But we need to search out and destroy every copy of the 
>> Neil
>> << Diamond CD.
>>
> "Jingle Bell Rock" is also the most recent Christmas tune to show up at
> "carol sings" around/before the holiday; it remains to be seen whether this
> just reflects "baby boomer nostalgia," or whether the tune, like "White
> Christmas," will become part of the annual carol repertoire...?!
> 
> Steven C. Barr 
> 



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