AudioAntique wrote: Wed Oct 27, 2021 7:43 pm
My perennial favoirte: "I Just Go Nuts at Christmas" by Yogi Yorgessen.
Rob
"It's a time for kids to flip their lids, while their Papa goes in hock"
Re: What are your favorite Christmas 78 records?
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2021 2:21 pm
by howardpgh
"Shake Hands With Santa Claus" by Louis Prima.
Re: What are your favorite Christmas 78 records?
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2021 4:59 pm
by EdiBrunsVic
The record noted by AudioAntique is also a favorite. The flip side is Yingle Bells, which is also funny and was one of my grandmother's favorite songs.
Re: What are your favorite Christmas 78 records?
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2021 2:44 am
by WDC
Not on 78 but 45, yet still my favorite:
Clyde Lasley - Santa came home drunk [1960]
(Double-click the video above or click this link to watch the video on YouTube in high quality.)
Re: What are your favorite Christmas 78 records?
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2021 3:54 am
by gramophoneshane
Another favourite of mine from WWII is
"Will Santa Claus wear a tin helmet". by Mel Rose and his orchestra.
My favorite will always be the first recording of Sleigh Ride by Arthur Fielder on the Red RCA Victor label. I teach it to my students each year and look forward to the next year when I can teach it again.
This just comes to mind.
Eddie Cantor with St. Brendan's Boys Choir with Jerry Joyce's Orchestra's recording of "The Only Thing I want For Christmas" ( Is Just To Keep The Things That I've Got) on Columbia 35325.
Re: What are your favorite Christmas 78 records?
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:30 am
by ddamico361
nostalgia wrote: Wed Oct 27, 2021 4:48 pm
Thanks for adding songs and records, this is a fabulous way to learn about new recordings for Christmas. Many of these songs and recordings are totally new to me, and it is also an excellent way to make a wish list.
I will myself upload some Scandinavian Christmas 78 recordings in the next few days, realizing they are not on YouTube or elsewhere online, so I had to add them myself.
Please let us know. I am not at all familiar with Scandinavian Christmas 78 recordings.
David Damico
Re: What are your favorite Christmas 78 records?
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:02 pm
by JerryVan
"Silent Night", by just about anyone, in any language. Also, "Noel", (but not so much "The First Noel").
Re: What are your favorite Christmas 78 records?
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 10:59 pm
by AmberolaAndy
As for Christmas 78s, there’s a reason why that Bing Crosby set is so common. Some of his best stuff is on that album.
