We start with 1965 Bobby Helms--the song is The Bell that Couldn't Jingle, a Burt Bacharach and Larry (A Time for Us) Kusik ditty that exists in five different versions in my collection. Or is it four? Anyway....
Gosh, I should have stuff like that memorized--what's wrong with me? The flip is Helms' 1965 redo of Jingle Bell Rock. Not to be confused with the fake version I featured from that Power Pak LP.
A Family Christmas features Gary, Lindsay, and Bing Crosby. Lindsay had a very nice, musical voice, ilo (in Lee's opinion). The whole thing sounds so unscripted, doesn't it? And there's the second (maybe third) appearance of Pete Rugolo's Jingle Bells Mambo at this here blog, and the premiere of the Willis Sisters' Blue Christmas, which is the flip side of my copy of Happy Birthday Jesus by Little Cindy. Which I've never featured, seeing as how it shows up everywhere else on the 'Net.
Those, and many more. You'll sigh in contentment. Click on this link to get to the audio ahhh-dities: Christmas Music 2007, Part 4.
SLEIGHLIST
THE BELL THAT COULDN'T JINGLE (Bacharach-Kusik)--Bobby Helms, 1965.
JINGLE BELL ROCK--Bobby Helms, 1965.
JINGLE BELLS MAMAO (Rugolo)--Pete Rugolo Orch., 1954.
A FAMILY CHRISTMAS--Gary, Lindsay, and Bing Crosby.
BLUE CHRISTMAS--Willis Sisters, 1958.
JINGLE BELLS--Johnny Cole.
SNOW FLAKES--Fontanna, His Orch. and His Chorus.
JINGLE BELLS (Christmas Eve Broadcast)--Glenn Miller Orch., 1941.
SANTA RIDES A STRAWBERRY ROAN--Jim Lowe and the Dream Dusters, 1956.
SANTA WON'T BE BLUE THIS CHRISTMAS--Jimmy Charles, 1960.
SING A KRIS KRINGLE JINGLE (J. Fred Coots)--Bobby Stewart
PARADE OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS--Fred Waring and His Penn., 1950.
SANTA'S COMING--MacMillan Sing and Learn Program, 1987.
Lee
3 comments:
Santa has 4 arms. Nice cover art.
Thanks for all the wonderful Christmas presents, Lee!!
Thank you Lee, especially for the Bobby Helms.
The best music blog on the internet.
Brian
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