New Christmas Albums, 2019

Here are 14 new Christmas albums that have been or will be released within the next month. Some are re-issues, some are from people I’ve never heard of, and at least one is made up of mostly new Christmas music. There are albums by The Oak Ridge Boys, Bing Crosby (with the London Symphony Orchestra), …

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Who’s coming to town?

Chicago plays a very different arrangement of “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” from the one we’ve all heard a thousand times. John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie wrote it in 1934 and it was an immediate hit. Its first performance was on Eddie Cantor’s radio show in November 1934, although it was first recorded …

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