[78-L] Autry's Rudolph

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Dec 26 14:07:40 PST 2013


No, the breakup version of Jingle Bells is a classic. And it's on the MCA 2-CD 
set of Bing and the Andrews Sisters, although it's not listed on the outside!

dl

On 12/26/2013 2:05 PM, Dave Burnham wrote:
> As I've written here before,  there's a similar situation with "Frosty";  the version on the complete Gene Autry CD is slightly different than the 78 we all know so well. The differences are barely noticeable but they're enough to prove that this is a different take. I also heard, coming from store speakers yesterday, the famous Bing Crosby/Andrews sisters "Jingle Bells" which had a different ending. I've never heard one of these alternate versions sound better than - or even as good as the original version.
>
> db
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Dec 26, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Guyotsmith at aol.com wrote:
>>
>> One"Rudolph" was recorded for Columbia in 1949, and the second was recorded
>> for Challenge - Gene's own label - in 1957. The latter appeared on the
>> Pickwick  labels in the '60s and '70s.  Belated Merry Christmas.
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 12/26/2013 9:01:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> rjh334578 at yahoo.com writes:
>>
>> Yesterday I was subjected to a non-stop barrage of holiday songs  from
>> commercial radio, Pandora and Roku. I heard two distinct  versions of
>> Autry's Rudolph, one somewhat faster than the  other.  Could these be
>> alternates from the same session or did  he remake it?
>>
>> Same question RE: Dean Martin's Baby it's Cold Outside.  We heard two
>> versions of thaat, too; one with a single female doing  the girl part,
>> another with a female chorus. Alternates or  remake?
>>
>> Sent from my iPod - which explainz any bad  typjng
>>
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