| Vol.
I, No. 3 | Winter
Solstice & Holidays | Dec.
15th, 2000 |
Music
& Sound The
DownStreet Jukebox:
Pop Christmas: 1942 - 1962 Simply
click on any of the titles below. The song will play after a short delay.*
{Just
think of it as the jukebox searching for your record.} . This
Issue: Pop Christmas, 1942 - 1962 These are DownStreet's
offerings for Christmas for pop fans ... six tunes spanning twenty years,
between 1942 - 1962. For those interested in more traditional fare, check
out this month's Religion
& Spirit. ... Meanwhile: Enjoy! ... And The
Selections ... This sampling includes some of the standard chestnuts
of the era: White Christmas: B-B-B-Bing
sang it. But the music & lyrics are by Irving Berlin. The
song was introduced via the Paramount film, Holiday Inn. The
song was #1 on the Lucky Strike Hit Parade for the year, having spent 36
weeks at the top of the charts. 1942. Have
Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: Music by Hugh Martin &
lyrics by Ralph Blane, who also collaborated with Harold Arlen and Harry
Warren. This tune, along with The Boy Next Door and The Trolley
Song, is from the 1942 Judy Garland hit, Meet Me in St. Louis.
The recording here was made two years later. 1944.
Jingle
Bell Rock: This has got to be the most well-known and
most-played rock Christmas song ever. Music and lyrics by Joe Beal
& Jim Boothe, Bobby Helms at the ... well ... helm. 1957.
I'll
Be Home for Christmas: Music and lyrics by Walter Kent, Kim
Gannon & Buck Ram. This one came our during WW II, and even twenty
years later, with another war going on, it was still able to pull at the
heart strings. This is a 1959 version by Connie Francis. 1943.
Rockin'
Around the ChristmasTree: Music and lyrics by Johnny
Marks. Earlier in the year, Brenda Lee hit the charts with I'm
Sorry. Barely had that one cooled off when she came out with this
Christmas rock favorite -- #3 on Rhino Records All-Time Xmas charts.
1960.
Silent Night: Lyrics
by Joseph Mohr; music by Franz Gruber. This perennial Christmas
favorite is sung here by Gospel great, Mahalia Jackson # 5 on Rhino Records
All-Time Xmas charts. Recorded in 1962..
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