[78-L] Danny Boy - a Christmas tune? Really?

[David Lennick]

Slight amendment (and insertion of a missing word)..18573 charted on December 
4, 1943, so Decca probably brought it out with whatever was available for a 
filler since they weren't going to get another Christmas ditty out of Bing that 
year and White Christmas was doing just fine. Interestingly enough, Jingle 
Bells/Santa Claus is Comin' to Town did NOTHING in 1943. Now you hear it 
everywhere.

Speaking of inappropriate seasonal tunes, somebody is programming blindly..I 
heard "I've Plenty To Be Thankful For" on a store system the other day. Right 
movie, wrong season. I'm also hearing Chanukah songs, which is really weird in 
a sh*tkicker town like Oshawa.

On 12/22/2012 10:40 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>
> 18570 was a single, not added to an album till 1945. "Danny Boy" was in the can
> from 1941. "I'll be Home for Christmas" was recorded in October 1943, very soon
> after the end of the ban (for Decca), along with Jingle Bells and Santa Claus
> is Comin' to Town. They did indeed need a filler, so Danny Boy was it. How it
> got into the Christmas album is anybody's guess, but it wasn't even listed
> in the 1948 Decca catalog and didn't resurface till it was reissued in 25415,
> backed with Dear Little Boy of Mine.
>
> dl
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