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My Favorite Christmas Songs 2018 #3

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Texas Tornados, 1999

This marks Rudolph’s 3rd song on the list.  Recorded for “A Christmas Tradition Volume III” album, The Texas Tornados (naturally) give a Tejano twist to the classic, with the last verse being sung in Spanish.

YouTube user unclebill68 wrote:”I produced and engineered. The label wanted a nice Xmas carol. You should have seen the look on their faces.”

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Christmas, MUSIC

My Favorite Christmas Songs 2015 #1-6

As I looked over my list of Christmas songs from last year, I realized that I left out quite a few good ones in my effort to highlight songs and covers that folks may not have heard of.  Thus, I’ll start out this year playing catch up with some standards:

#1 – “The Christmas Song,” Nat King Cole, 1946
 
How else could I start?
 
 
 
#2 – “A Holly Jolly Christmas,” Burl Ives, 1964
 
Counting “There’s Always Tomorrow” from last year, this makes the second song on my list from the “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” holiday special.  The song was originally to be sung by the character of Yukon Cornelius.  Yeah, I can’t see it, either.
 
 
#3 – “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” Gene Autry, 1949
 
The original version of the story of “Santa’s 9th Reindeer.”  I remember singing it in Cub Scouts and the troop all goofing with it; repeating the ‘reindeer’ in the chorus and adding words to the lyrics.
 
 
#4 – “Happy Holidays/Holiday Season,” Andy Williams, 1963

“Happy Holiday” was originally sung by Bing Crosby in the 1942 film “Holiday Inn.”  “The Holiday Season” was added later to make this classic medley.

 
#5 – “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” Andy Williams, 1963
 
Another wonderful standard from Andy Williams.  I’ve always wondered: Was telling ghost stories at Christmas time really a thing way back when?
 
 
#6 – “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” Brenda Lee
 
To my ears, Brenda Lee sounds as if she’s singing about ‘punkin’ pie’ but that only adds to the song’s charm.
 
 
 

 

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