[78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 28, Issue 5 - Autry & Boyd

[Nigel Burlinson]

The Boyd and Autry songs you mentioned WERE issued on regular
Columbia records (as well as the Kiddie label) as follows:

I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS
THUMBELINA
Jimmy Boyd....4-39871 & 39871

RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER
IF IT DOESN'T SNOW ON CHRISTMAS
Gene Autry..... 4-38610 & 38610 & 6-375

 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN
 WHEN SANTA CLAUS GETS YOUR LETTER
 Gene Autry... 4-38907 & 38907 & 1-742

HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS
AN OLD FASHIONED TREE
Gene Autry  ... 37942


Nigel Burlinson



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> Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 20:44:26 -0800 (PST)
> From: Rodger Holtin <rjh334578 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Christmas B-sides
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> I contemplated this problem when I posed the original question.
>
> Were the Autry or Jimmy Boyd Columbias ever on the standard red 
> 'microphone" labels, or always on the yellow-red kiddie motif label?
>
> Rodger
>
>
>
> For Best Results use Victor Needles.
>
>
>
> .
>
> --- On Sat, 1/1/11, DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com> wrote:
>
> From: DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com>
> Subject: [78-L] Christmas B-sides
> To: 78-L at 78online.com
> Date: Saturday, January 1, 2011, 11:00 AM
>
> The problem with Columbia Christmas records, (particularly the Gene Autry 
> ones),
> is that A and B sides aren't designated.? My father always stacked all of 
> his
> records in the order they came out of the album; always playing both sides 
> of
> every record.? I've never thought of "When Santa Claus gets your Letter" 
> as any
> less of a hit than "Frosty", and always liked "An Old-Fashioned Tree" 
> slightly
> more than "Here Comes Santa Claus".? The other Gene Autry record we had 
> was
> "Three Little Dwarfs" and "Thirty-two feet and eight Little Tails";? I 
> have no
> idea which was supposed to be the "A" side.? Of course, a few years after 
> the
> fact, you can generally tell which side is supposed to be the hit because 
> it is
> picked up and recorded by other artists.
>
> B.T.W. Bing's "White Christmas" didn't always have "Let's Start the New 
> Year
> Right" as a B side, sometimes it had "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" - one 
> of the
> only recordings of this carol I know of where the position of the comma in 
> the
> title is clearly sung.
>
> db
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Here are a few of them.......
> RayK
>
> I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS
> THUMBELINA
> Jimmy Boyd
>
> RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER
> IF IT DOESN'T SNOW ON CHRISTMAS
> Gene Autry
>
> SILVER BELLS
> CHRISTMAS CANDY
> Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
>
> SLEIGH RIDE
> SARABAND
> Leroy Anderson
>
> LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW
> WHEN THE SANDMAN RIDES THE TRAIL
> Vaughn Monroe
>
> FROSTY THE SNOWMAN
> WHEN SANTA CLAUS GETS YOUR LETTER
> Gene Autry
>
> HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
> THE BOY NEXT DOOR
> Judy Garland
>
> JINGLE BELL ROCK
> CAPTAIN SANTA CLAUS
> Bobby Helms
>
> HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
> GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN
> Perry Como
>
> HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS
> AN OLD FASHIONED TREE
> Gene Autry
>
> ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE
> PAPA NOEL
> Brenda Lee
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