Posted by linkmeister on 11 December 2018, 8:00 am No snow out here, but I can dream I know my East Coast and Southern friends are digging out from under, so I hope they don’t hate me for this. Eric Clapton plays and sings “White Christmas” in a way you’ve never heard before. The song …
Day Six, Christmas music We’re well into it now Posted by linkmeister on 10 December 2013, 9:08 pm Are you starting to feel the season yet? Here’s Andy Williams with “Happy Holidays.” Written by Irving Berlin, the song first appeared in the 1942 film Holiday Inn, sung by Bing Crosby.
Last posted in December 2015 I haven’t posted this in a while (not since 2009, to be exact), and I’d forgotten how cute the cartoon is. The animation was done by cartoonist Joshua Held back in 2002. The song was performed by The Drifters on their Christmas album, released in 1954. Here’s an interesting note …
This was originally posted in 2016. Here are Steve (Lawrence) & Eydie (Gorme) wishing you “Happy Holidays.” They married in 1957 and performed together until 2010 when Eydie retired for health reasons. She died three years later. It’s unclear whether Steve is still performing; he announced in 2019 that he was in the early stages …
Here’s a find: what Rolling Stone considers 40 Essential Holiday Albums. The author is obviously wrong. He did not include Bette Midler’s 2011 album “Cool Yule”. Here’s “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm,” yet another Irving Berlin composition. It was written in 1937 for the musical “On the Avenue,” starring Dick Powell and …
I haven’t posted this in a while (not since 2015, to be exact), and I’d forgotten how cute the cartoon is. The animation was done by cartoonist Joshua Held back in 2002. The song was performed by The Drifters on their 1954 Christmas album. Here’s an interesting note about this version: “We wanted to do …
Happy ones, of course! If you can’t believe Manhattan Transfer, who can you believe? The song was written by Irving Berlin and turns up in the movie “Holiday Inn,” which is famous for the first appearance of “White Christmas.” Here Manhattan Transfer pairs it with Kay Thompson’s “Holiday Season,” which other artists have done as …
Are you starting to feel the season yet? Here’s Andy Williams with “Happy Holidays.” Written by Irving Berlin, The song first appeared in the 1942 film Holiday Inn, sung by Bing Crosby.