Tuesday, December 08, 2020

14-The Jingle Bells

I know I just yesterday told you that I'm trying not to duplicate the same song in a playlist around here, but rules were made to be broken. Today I have a pile of versions of that venerable old Christmas classic, Jingle Bells, for you.  It's played in any number of different ways, I don't think you're going to be bored with it at all. After I collected up all the music I wanted to share with you this year (courtesy of The Internet Archive), Jingle Bells appeared to be the song I had gathered up the most versions of. And I certainly didn't grab every version they have, just the ones that didn't look familiar. So download this collection and set it to play at random.  There are some surprises in here, I can almost guarantee you are going to hear versions that you haven't heard before. Enjoy!

MEGA

Update-4 Jan 2023-Added tracklist to allow searching.

1. Gustav Winkler-Gy Holdorf Med George Swensson's Ensemble-Bjældeklang (Jingle Bells)
2. Freddie Mitchell Orch. Featuring Rip Harrigan On Piano-Jingle Bell Boogie
3. Leo Watson With The Vic Dickenson Quintet-Jingle Bells
4. Riley-Farley And Their Orchestra-Jingle Bells
5. Slam Stewart Quintet-Jingle Bells
6. The Keynotes, Vocal, With Primo Scala And His Banjo And Accordian Orchestra-Jingle Bells
7. Glenn Miller And His Orchestra-Vocal Refrain By Tex Beneke, Ernie Caceres And The Modernaires-Jingle Bells
8. Ozzie Nelson And His Orchestra-Vocal Chorus By Ozzie Nelson And Harriet Hilliard-Jingle Bells
9. RCA Victor Salon Orchestra Under The Direction Of Rosario Bourdon With Male Quartet-Jingle Bells Fantasy
10. Joe Gumin And His Orchestra-Jingle Bells
11. Dick Powell With The Foursome-Instrumental Accompaniment Directed By Harry Sosnik-Jingle Bells
12. Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians-Vocal Chorus By Kenny Gardner And The Lombardo Trio-Jingle Bells
13. George Cates And His Orchestra-Vocal By Tom Mack And The Heartbeats-Jingle Bells Around The World-Sung In English, German, Italian, Franch, Spanish
14. Cowboy Copas, Vocal With String Band-Jingle Bells
15. Robert Rheims, Organ, Chimes And Bells-Jingle Bells















4 comments:

  1. Great collection! I am eager to hear Cowboy Copas and Leo Watson.

    I see you have taken the opportunity to sneak in an organ, bells and chimes record.

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  2. I avoided the organ and chime record for a long time at the archive, but they have a habit of sneaking in when you least suspect 'em... :)

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  3. There'll be more organ & chimes, don't worry. :)

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