Saturday, December 26, 2020

37-Scoop 3

Hello! And welcome to Boxing Day at Ernie (Not Bert)! It's time for another deep scoop full of Christmas 78s pulled at random from my curated collection of tracks from The Internet Archive. There's no rhyme or reason here, it's just a large pile of shares grabbed from whatever is left in the stack. There will be more of these random piles as the season winds down, but they're still good collections of stuff. Some of it didn't fit into any of the other piles, some of it I got too late to fit in the appropriate pile, and some of it I just didn't notice until it was too late. Hopefully you'll find it a worthy addition to all I've shared with you the rest of the season.  Download it and enjoy it, hold onto the Christmas spirit for as long as you can.

MEGA

Update-5 Jan 2023-Added a tracklist for searchability.

1. Robert Rheims, Organ And Chimes-Adeste Fideles, O Come All Ye Faithful
2. Lynn & Frank Loesser-Baby It's Cold Outside (From The MGM Pic. "Neptune's Daughter")
3. Russ Morgan And His Orchestra-Vocal Chorus By Russ Morgan And The Morganaires-Blue Christmas
4. Ralph Marterie And His Orchestra-Vocal By Richard Page Choral Group-Christmas In Kilarney
5. Phil Regan With Leo Arnaud And His Orchestra And The Jud Conlon Choir-Christmas Story
6. Al Morgan-Vocal And Piano With Orchestral Accompaniment-C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
7. Jimmy Ray And His Orchestra-I Want You For Christmas
8. Richard Hayes With Jerry Murad's Harmonicats And Orchestra Conducted By George Bassman, David LeWinter At The Piano-Jing-A-Ling Jing-A-Ling (Based On A Theme Melody From Walt Disney's "Beaver Valley")
9. G. Marrone E Co.-Lu Santu Natali Parte I-Scena Dal Vero
10. Unknown Artist-Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!
11. Harry Babbitt With The Heartbeats-Orchestra Directed By George Cates-Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
12. Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians-Vocal Chorus By Kenny Gardner And The Lombardo Trio-Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
13. Johnny Desmond With The Ray Charles Singers-Orchestra Conducted By Tony Mottola-Sleigh Ride
14. Eddie Cantor And The Robert Mitchell "Boychoir" With Jerry Joyce And His Orchestra-The Only Thing I Want For Christmas (Is Just To Keep The Things That I've Got)
15. Mitch Miller And His Orchestra & Chorus-The Sleigh
16. Eddy Howard And His Orchestra-White Christmas
17. Cliffie Stone And His Orchestra-Vocal By Cliffie Stone And Trio-Here Comes Santa Claus
18. Vic Damone With Ralph Martiere's Orchestra-It's A Marshmallow World
19. Bob Harvey And His Orchestra-Vocals By Bob Harvey And The Harvey Boys-Winter Wonderland
20. Elsie Baker-Contralto With Orchestra-Around The Christmas Tree (Old Swedish Folk Song) (From "Lilts And Lyrics")


















Friday, December 25, 2020

36-Xmas

A bonus short set for your Christmas Day, this time featuring songs that use the abbreviation Xmas in place of Christmas. I don't think people meant any offense in using this shorthand, but some took it to be a symbol of the removal of Christ from Christmas. But isn't an X a symbol used in the first century to represent Christ? Granted, a lot of folks probably don't know that though. Anyhow, here's a short selection of Xmas tunes for you to celebrate the big day with, all sourced from Santa's big sack at The Internet Archive. Enjoy!

MEGA

Update-5 Jan 2023-Added a tracklist for searchability.

1. Mark Warnow-Dick Todd, Hit Parade Orchestra And Chorus-All Around The Xmas Tree
2. Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocal-How I Hate To See Xmas Come Around
3. Mickey Carter And The Riff-Tones-I Want A Boy Friend For Xmas
4. J.B. Summers With Doc Bagby's Orchestra-I Want A Present For Xmas
5. Little Willie Littlefield-Merry Xmas
6. Sonny Thompson And Orchestra-Not On A Xmas Tree
7. Alexander Wertinsky Through The Courtesy Of Mischa Balanoff And His Zvuki Rodini-Rozhdestvo V Strane Rodnoy (Xmas In My Homeland)
8. Sonny Walikis And His Squeezebox-White Xmas
9. Pearl Five-Xmas Tree Song









35-Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you and yours! Hope you have the best of days and that Santa brought you that new hi-fi you've been wanting. If you're able to stop by today, welcome! It's the day we've all been waiting for, so this is a special collection of tunes from The Internet Archive, all featuring Merry Christmas in the title. It's a short collection, but one that's filled with Christmas classics known and unknown.  I'm sure you'll find something in here to welcome in the big day!  Enjoy!

MEGA

Update-5 Jan 2023-Added a tracklist for searchability.

1. John Laurenz With Orchestra And Vocal Accompaniment-A Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year
2. Margaret Whiting With Frank DeVol And His Orchestra-Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (From The MGM Picture "Meet Me In St. Louis")
3. Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith And His Cracker-Jacks, Vocal By Roy Lear And Billie Burton-Merry Christmas Everyone
4. Frankie Laine With Harry Geller & His Orchestra, Carl Fisher-Piano, With Jud Conlon Singers-Merry Christmas Everywhere
5. David Whitfield With Stanley Black And His Orchestra-Santo Natale (Merry Christmas)
6. Men About Town With Piano Accompaniment-Christmas Party-Part II: Over The Hills To Grandma's House; Home, Sweet Home; Merry Merry Christmas
7. Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye-Vocal Refrain By Don Cornell, The Kaydets And The Kaye Choir-I Want To Wish You A Merry Christmas
8. Jerry Lewis With Orchestra Conducted By Dick Stabile-I've Had A Very Merry Christmas
9. Tex Ritter-Vocal With Western Band-Merry Christmas Polka
10. Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra-Vocal Chorus By Sonny Parker-Merry Christmas, Baby
11. Kate Smith, Orchestra Conducted By Jack Miller-The Christmas Song ("Merry Christmas To You")
12. The Weavers With Orchestra Directed By Jimmy Carroll-We Wish You A Merry Christmas











Thursday, December 24, 2020

34-Christmas Eve


If ever there were an appropriate day for a collection of tunes about the night before Christmas, it would be today, right? So here is just such a collection of songs, all sourced from the very productive elves at The Internet Archive, and collected up by yours truly just for you. Enjoy this little collection of songs and stories about the day before the big day!

MEGA

Update-5 Jan 2023-Added a tracklist for searchability.

1. Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye-Vocal Refrain By The Three Barons-(Don't Wait 'Til) The Night Before Christmas ((No Espere Hasta) La Vispera De Navidad)
2. Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians-Vocal Chorus By Lombardo Trio-Christmas Chopsticks ('Twas The Night Before Christmas)
3. Victor Novelty Orchestra-Christmas Eve (Fantasie) (From "Toyland Suite")
4. Milton Cross And Supporting Cast-Christmas Eve In A Toyshop (Side 1)
5. Gracie Fields-Vocal, With Peter Yorke And His Orchestra-Christmas Eve In Fairyland
6. Olga Guillot Orquesta Coda-Nochebuena (Christmas Eve)
7. Harry Kari And His Six Saki Sippers-The Night Before Christmas
8. Arthur Godfrey, Conducted By Archie Bleyer-'Twas The Night Before Christmas
9. Milton Cross And Supporting Cast-Christmas Eve In A Toyshop (Side 2)
10. Jim Dwyer Accompanied By The Killoran Trio-Christmas Eve in London
11. Ernest Tubb-Lonely Christmas Eve
12. Mills Brothers-On This Christmas Eve
13. Yvonne Ravell, Soprano; Harold Leaman, Piano-The Night Before Christmas-Side 1
14. Yvonne Ravell, Soprano; Harold Leaman, Piano-The Night Before Christmas-Side 2