Christmas Music/favs

mbrookes


For really fine harmony listen to The Beach Boys version of We Three Kings.

mbrookes,
Thanks so much for reminding me about The Beach Boys version of We Three Kings.  I immediately went to youtube to listen to it.  I love to heard harmonies from same family groups- the Beach Boys, the Everly Brothers.  I love that DNA harmony.
 

I'm remembering George Winston's fabulous piano Holiday CD, "DEcember"
But tis the season now for Auld Lange Syne.
Besides Guy Lombardo, whose your fav? (I know this is the bonus round question).
(I said I have weird taste - I have 41 versions of OLS on my iTunes).
(from Beach Boys to James Taylor to YoYo Ma to a  Reggae version to Bonnie Rideout - a real Scottish version)
(and don't miss Regina Spektor's "My Dear Acquaintance") 
 

A couple of days ago I ordered Booker T & the MG's Christmas album so it should be arriving any day now.

My Christmas playlist:  (It's all over the map)
Ding Dong! Merrily on High - Chanticleer
Baby It's Cold Outside - James Taylor
Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Bruce Springsteen
Little St. Nick - Beach Boys
Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
Please Come Home for Christmas - Eagles
Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
Winter Wonderland - Tony Bennett
Silent Night - Sarah Brightman
Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte
Jehovah the Lord Will Provide - Harry Belafonte
Here Comes Santa Claus - Willie Nelson
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Luther Vandross
O Holy Night - Faith Hill
 
What will NEVER be on my playlist:  Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney

ScreamingChicken


A couple of days ago I ordered Booker T & the MG's Christmas album so it should be arriving any day now.

That sounds like fun!!!

Anyone else ever see "Christmas with The Rat Pack – Live at The Sands?"

I think this one is my all time favs
 
http://haydnspage.tripod.com/
 
It is recorded kind of low so you may have to turn your speakers up some.

ScreamingChicken


A couple of days ago I ordered Booker T & the MG's Christmas album so it should be arriving any day now.

I'm listening to their 'Silver Bells' on the YouTube right now - quite nice.
One of my favorites is Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful Christmas" - a compilation of his and others' tunes, mostly from the '50s. There's Mel Torme singing his 'Christmas Song' live in the wee hours at a Sunset Strip club, Eartha Kitt's 'Santa Baby' which IMO stands up fine to massive airplay, Louis Jordan being uncharacteristically mellow and sweet, and Louis himself giving us "Christmas in New Orleans", "'Zat You, Santa Claus?" and more...just buy this album, I'm serious!

My top song(s) list (No particular order):
 
Novelty Songs
 
The hat I got for Christmas is too big - Mel Blanc
The 12 pains of Christmas - Bob Rivers
Hippopotamus for Christmas - Gayla Peevey
Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey - Lou Monte
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth - Spike Jones
You're a mean one, Mr Grinch - Thurl Ravenscroft
Snoopy's Christmas - The Royal Gaurdsman
 
Non Novelty Songs
 
Johnny Mathis' Christmas Albums
George Winston - December
Time Life's Christmas Collection
Straight No Chaser - Christmas Can Can & 12 Days of Christmas

' You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch' is a modern classic - I want to mash it up with Gershwin's "It Ain't Necessarily So.'
For novelty songs I like 'I Got a Cold For Christmas' by the Three Stooges in their tv-age revival. How can you not like the lyrics:
All the other girls and boys
Ran downstairs to get their toys
But all I did was sneeze and sniff
And use my Christmas handkerchief

I am a frequent reader and rarely post unless I have something to truly contribute. This is it. I am very much a traditionalist when it comes to holiday music, but this song makes me sing loud whenever I hear it. If you check it out on You Tube, feel love for the dated-ness of the video. This song gets turned up, and makes my heart happy: Mary's Boy Child by Boney M.

Merry Christmas To All!