Another fun one -----

Comedian/radio personality Bob Rivers and his crew turned CCR's classic "Up Around the Bend" into a song about the three wise men going to see the baby Jesus, complete with a John Fogerty soundalike singing. One of the few Bob Rivers songs that's actually somewhat serious.

A nice Christmas tune that uses part of the melody from the 4th movement of Brahms' 1st symphony.

In honor of December 7, 1941 - Remember Pearl Harbor.  This song was recorded by dance bands and marching bands, and sung by various vocalists and groups, throughout the War years. 

Apparently that was co-written by Sammy Kaye, whose version was recorded just a week and a half after the attack and released in early January of 1942. Quite a turnaround considering the US hadn't really been involved in the war at that point.

Here's a classic Ray Charles Christmas tune that was featured prominently in the classic film National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. This is from his 1985 album of the same name.

From 1955. "Jingle Bells" as only Lou Monte could do it, in his signature version of Italian.

If anyone here is fluent in Italian dialects and wants the lyrics, here they are from the YouTube comments. I have no idea what any of this means of course but it's fun trying to follow along.

QuoteAddrizz li quatt' ciucc', c'appric li campanell
mo che scoffa a niv n' facimm na passatella
Quann' sona li campanell rivotamm la casa bella
mo ' ca' spunta a ' luna n facimm na ballatella
Campanell campanell sona bell bell
Mo' che è fest n'ata vota t'accatt' na vesta bella
Campanell campanell sona bell bell
Mo' muglierma attcc i ciucc n' facimm n'a tarantella

Lominest Tret.

Quote from: RAMMEL on December 09, 2023, 10:06:10 AMLominest Tret.

??  Too early in the morning for me I guess??

Gosh Rammel, where on earth did you find that? Have you been reading shipping history?

Is Tret even used anymore? I have no idea if it originated as an accounting or a shipping term, but is was a term used to denote an allowance added to a cargo to compensate for any wastage or spoilage of product shipped to the buyer. I have no idea what Lominest means.

 

Getting back to the music, here's a good one from Mannheim Steamroller's 1988 album A Fresh Aire Christmas. This song was written by Chip Davis, the person behind the wildly successful group. This was the group's second Christmas album (following their wildly successful 1984 Christmas).

Very nice!  The sound quality on my computer is poor. I'd like to hear it on a good stereo system.   

Another good one from Mannheim Steamroller, from their first Christmas album. This is probably their best known Christmas song and really captures the mood of the song.

A fun upbeat rendition of "Jingle Bells" from 1938. Interestingly enough this was on a single that was released in the middle of July. It wasn't the A side but still weird that it would be released in July and not later in the year.

Michael, I never would have guessed that that was Jingle Bells!  Doesn't sound at all like it to me, but I guess that's the point? 🤔 

It's in there. Starting around the two minute mark you can make it out.

Two singers in their senior years, had birthdays  this week.  Connie Francis turned 86, and Dionne Warwick is now 83. Here is song that was very popular in 1960, when Spring Break was all about Ft. Lauderdale, Florida!  This was a huge hit for Connie Francis,  Where The Boys Are.  The song was featured in the movie by the same name.

A fun song from an all-but-forgotten holiday film called Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. I've seen it several times (I discovered it years ago while looking at some list of "worst films of all time"). It's incredibly cheesy but still somewhat fun.

A nice little Christmas tune from polka king Frankie Yankovic.

The original version of Ray Stevens' classic holiday song. This was re-recorded with new lyrics in 1985.

A fun song by a comedy troupe from northern Michigan ("yooper" is a slang term for someone living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan; these guys hail from the small town of Ishpeming, which is about 158 miles/254km west of Sault Ste Marie and 139 miles/224km north of Green Bay, Wisconsin). This got frequent airplay on the local oldies station here when I was a kid (even though we're nowhere near Michigan and this is much newer than anything they normally played at the time).

12 years after Bing Crosby introduced the world to "White Christmas", The Drifters put their own unique spin on the song. This version is probably just as well known as the original now, particularly after it was used in the 1992 movie Home Alone.

A classic Christmas song from the famous A Christmas Gift For You From Phillies Records album (now known as A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector). Darlene Love was just 22 when this was recorded. She became well known again in the early 90s with the song "All Alone On Christmas" from the movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.

The latest "funny Christmas song set to the tune of a classical music piece" from a capella group Straight No Chaser (if you haven't heard the others, look up "Christmas Can Can" and "Nutcracker"). This one is set to the tune of Grieg's famous "In the Hall of the Mountain King".

My favorite Perry Como Christmas song (well, aside from Little Drummer Boy)

Marvelous duo version of Oh, Holy Night

"O Holy Night" - My favorite Christmas song

Keeping to the Christmas theme...Andre Bocelli and daughter Virginia duet ( Hallelujah )

Jackie, that was beautiful - something completely different.  I liked it!