Bing Crosby - "Merry Christmas" (1955) - Decca Records
Merry Christmas Friends,
Tonight we've got the mother-of-all Christmas albums on the turntable as our 12 Days of Christmas listening party draws to a festive close!
Good ol' Bing probably never won any father of the year awards, but when it came a smooth-as-silk singing voice, this crooner is tops in our book!
Side One plays it a bit more mellow and sanctimonious with traditional hymns like "Silent Night" and "Faith Of Our Fathers"; the WWII-soldier-longing-to-home-at-Christmas-tearjerker, "I'll Be Home For Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)" and the best-selling single of all time-- another wartime ballad-- the classic, "White Christmas".
Side Two is quite a bit more upbeat with swinging versions of "Jingle Bells", "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town", "Mele Kalikimaka" (all accompanied by the Andrew Sisters), "Silver Bells", "Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" & the Irish Christmas song, "Christmas in Killarney".
It may sound cliche but Christmas just wouldn't seem like Christmas without a little Bing in our lives!
Merry Christmas everybody!
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| Little Johnny awoke when he heard the pitter-patter of tiny hooves on the roof of his house! (Vera Ellen) |
Side Two is quite a bit more upbeat with swinging versions of "Jingle Bells", "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town", "Mele Kalikimaka" (all accompanied by the Andrew Sisters), "Silver Bells", "Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" & the Irish Christmas song, "Christmas in Killarney".
It may sound cliche but Christmas just wouldn't seem like Christmas without a little Bing in our lives!
Merry Christmas everybody!
RATING: 5 Just Like The Ones I Used To Know out of 5
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