46-More Santa Songs

Another day, another batch of songs featuring the big guy, Santa Claus.  This follows on from two other collections of songs featuring St. Nick, or Father Christmas, or Papa Noel or whatever name you happen to prefer for the big man with the beard.  He's the most popular secular Christmas character we've got, and there are no shortage of songs that feature him or mention him in some way, so it was easy to put together another collection for him. And if you think the quality of the shares has gone down this late in the season, think again.  There's great stuff here. The very first selection shown, The Story Of Santa's Kewtee Bear, well that one alone features Fred Flintstone and Betty Boop telling the story of Santa's unknown and wisecracking little helper, Kewtee Bear. Who else could tell Santa that the chimneys didn't get smaller, he got fatter! There's even a bit of calypso here just to see if you're still paying attention.  All this goodness comes to us from the vast collection at The Internet Archive, and I thank them profusely for it. I find new goodies over there around every bend in the road. And I'm sure you'll find new goodies to enjoy in today's download!

MEGA

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

1. Lionel Barrymore-Buddy Cole, Organist-A Visit From St. Nicholas ('Twas The Night Before Christmas)
2. Mary Carton With Mickey Carton's Orchestra-Did Santa Claus Come From Ireland?
3. Jimmy Dorsey And His Original Dorseyland Jazz Band-Vocal Chorus By Pat O'Conner-Dixieland Band From Santa Claus Land
4. Dick Robertson And His Orchestra-Hello, Mister Kringle
5. "Buttons" Brown With Enoch Light And His Orchestra-I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
6. Alan Reed, Narrator, With Mae Questel, Orchestra Directed By Ray Carter-The Story Of Santa's Kewtee Bear-Side 1
7. Kenny Roberts-Grandfather Kringle
8. Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians-Vocal Chorus By Kenny Gardner And The Lombardo Trio-He'll Be Coming Down The Chimney (Like He Always Did Before)
9. Unknown Artist-Here Comes Santa Claus!
10. Steve Allen And Ricky Vera With Orchestra Directed By George Cates-How Can Santa Come to Puerto Rico?
11. Don Baker At The Organ With Chimes-Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
12. Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye-Vocal Refrain By The Three Kadets-Santa Claus Is On His Way (Ya Vienen Los Reyes)
13. Alan Reed, Narrator, With Mae Questel, Orchestra Directed By Ray Carter-The Story Of Santa's Kewtee Bear-Side 2
14. Sam Manning With The Melodettes Accompanied By The Felix Krazy Cats-Looking For Me Santa Claus

45-Wintertime

Two days in and 2021 seems OK so far.  I'm going to keep monitoring it though, and see how it goes. In the meantime, I've got another collection of songs for you. I started by grabbing all the songs that featured the word Wintertime in the title, then just Winter, but that didn't give me a very large collection at this late date, so I expanded the theme a little to include all sorts of things that might occur in the winter time. A ski song, plenty of snow songs, some skating, frost, a sleigh ride, you get the idea. It's a pretty eclectic mix of things, but I'm sure it's a wonderful collection of music. As you've heard me say 45 times already this season, all of these wonderful 78 transfers have been taken from the collection at The Internet Archive. And if you think I'm sharing a lot, you should see the vast amount of stuff I haven't touched. It's not all Christmas/winter related, so it seems to go on forever as you sift through it. Anyhow, only a small sampling today of what they have to offer, but a good collection I'm sure you'll enjoy.

MEGA

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

1. The Starlighters With Orchestra-I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (From The Twentieth Century Fox Picture "On The Avenue")
2. Russ Morgan And His Orchestra-Vocal Chorus By Russ Morgan And The Morganaires-Look Out The Window (The Winter Song)
3. Horace Heidt And His Brigadiers-Vocal Chorus Larry Cotton-Loveland In The Wintertime
4. Vera Lynn With Bob Farnon And His Orchestra-Once Upon A Wintertime
5. American Radio Warblers With Preston Sellers At The Organ-Skaters Waltz
6. The Three Suns-Vocal By Artie Dunn-Sleigh Ride In July (From International Film "Belle Of The Yukon")
7. Gene Rodemich's Orchestra-Snowflake (From "Greenwich Village Follies")
8. George Cates And His Orchestra-Vocal By The Heartbeats-Snowflakes
9. Ambrose And His Orchestra (At The Embassy Club, London) (With Vocal Chorus)-Snowman
10. James P. Johnson-Snowy Morning Blues
11. Dick McDonough And His Orchestra-Vocal Chorus, Chick Bullock-There's Frost On The Moon (Spring In My Heart)
12. Ames Brothers With Orchestra Directed By Ray Bloch-Winter's Here Again
13. Curt Massey With Tony Vale And His Orchestra-Frosty The Snowman
14. Ray Bloch And His Orchestra-Vocal By The Eldorado Five-Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
15. Ray McKinley And His Orchestra-Vocal: Ray McKinley, With Jean Friley And Some Of The Boys-Little Jack Frost Get Lost
16. Eastern Slope Inn Orchestra Under The Direction Of Charles Zumstein-Memories Of Skiland
17. The Great White Way Orchestra-When Winter Comes
18. Betty Sanders-Wintertime

44-Scoop The Fourth

Happy New Year to you and yours! Here's hoping that 2021 is a much better year than 2020. I'll get back into the Christmas music today after spending yesterday sharing some New Year music with you.  And today is one of those days with no theme, just a random collection of goodies pulled from whatever I've got left in the pile.  As is usually the case, it's all from 78s that I've sourced from the huge collection offered up for free at The Internet Archive. I've downloaded, de-clicked, de-noised, edited and copied everything to MP3 just for fun, and I'm sharing it with you so that you can appreciate this old music like I do. It's a great mix of stuff today, I'm sure you'll find something in there to enjoy.  And as I keep saying, let me know in the comments if you find anything in here you like.

MEGA

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

1. Little Jimmy Dickens-Barefooted Little Cowboy
2. Dick Robertson And His Orchestra-Don't Wait 'Till The Night Before Christmas
3. Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye-Vocal Refrain By Don Cornell, Laura Leslie, The Kaydets And The Kaye Choir-Here Comes Santa Claus
4. Johnnie Johnston-Orchestra Conducted By Sonny Burke-If Winter Comes
5. Don Baker At The Organ With Chimes-Jingle Bells
6. Tex Williams And Trio With Orchestra-The Winter Song
7. Art Kassel And His Orchestra-Winter Wonderland
8. Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra And Choir-You're All I Want For Christmas
9. Julius La Rosa-Orchestra Conducted By Archie Bleyer-Campanelle
10. Nicola Paone And His Gang-Christmas Serenade
11. Joe Moss And His Society Dance Orchestra-Vocal Chorus By Dick Robertson-Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
12. Russ Morgan And His Orchestra-Vocal Chorus By Russ Morgan And The Morganaires-The Night Before Christmas Song
13. Bill Boyd And His Cowboy Ramblers-The Skaters Waltz
14. Jiminy Cricket-T'Was The Night Before Christmas
15. Eddie Howard And His Orchestra-When Christmas Rolls Around
16. Robert Rheims, Organ And Chimes-I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas
17. Max Goberman, Conductor-Cradle Song
18. Elsie Baker-Contralto With Orchestra-Little Christmas Shoes (From "Dutch Ditties For Children")