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I grew up with a lot of these songs playing on an old record player. If you love classic Christmas albums, this is one to get. I've had this CD for a long time and it is a favorite.
Childhood friends I'd almost forgotten,my first girlfriend, all togather again on the streets of my old neighhood.Lower eastside,NYC. my early childhood and 'tween' years came dashing back right through the snow. I wasn't expecting that 'rush'.
Would highly recommend everyone having a copy. I love this CD. My 8 year old loves the classics listens to this CD often.
which, with The Norton Sisters on backing vocals, went to # 1 in 1945 and stayed there for five weeks (many years later it would be revived through use in one of the Die Hard films starring Bruce Willis), Nat "King" Cole's The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You), a # 3 in 1946 and a repeat hit for years and years, and Christmas Island by The Andrews Sisters & Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians, # 7 in 1946 and a hit again the next two years.Gene Autry kicks in with Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane) which he wrote and took to # 9 in 1947 and saw it repeat many times after over the years, as did his Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, billed to Gene Autry & The Pinafores, a # 1 for EIGHT weeks in 1949 and a hit again over and over. Some of the foregoing are also offered in 4-pack and 5-pack editions. Let It Snow. It charted at # 7 and began a long association between Bing and Christmas music including, of course, the immortal White Christmas.
This is one a series of "budget" releases covering various aspects of Christmas to be released over the years by Rhino/Wea in conjunction with Billboard, all with 10-tracks each and liner notes in the form of track-by-track comments. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus is a repeat from the Country edition, while Spike Jones & His City Slickers bring you All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) which, with George Rock doing the vocal, was also a # 1 (for 3 weeks) in 1948, and would be an annual entry for several years. Let It Snow. Sound quality is generally good to excellent.
a # 1 for ELEVEN weeks the first year it charted (1942), and a perennial hit thereafter.Three more 1940's classics are Vaughn Monroe's Let It Snow. And you won't want to miss the sultry Eartha Kitt cooing to Santa Baby, a # 4 in 1953 with Henri Rene's orchestra.Loads and loads of fun and memories. All have "Billboard" as part of the title.Some others are: Family Christmas Classics; Top Christmas Hymns; R&B Christmas Hits; Rock & Roll Christmas; Greatest Country Christmas Hits; and Greatest Christmas Hits (1955-Present). In essence, these are the one you have to have if you want to recapture the delightful seasonal sounds of your childhood (assuming you're old enough to recall the periods covered).This one gives you the original Silent Night by Bing Crosby way back in 1935 with The Guardsmen Quartette and the Victor Young Orchestra.
My kids really liked All I Want for Christmas, and Santa Baby is one I'm especially fond of. My kids and I loved this. They are the songs my parents and I grew up with.
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