Wednesday, January 03, 2018

Ten Lords A'Leaping

Trying to get this up before the new X Files starts in a few minutes...  I wanted to call this an early single from Jimmie Davis, but checking out his discography, I see stuff going back into the Twenties, so 1953 is hardly early.  I was previously only aware of his two 1960's vintage Christmas albums, and a single Christmas track from the '80s, so this came as quite the surprise when I found it.  For those who don't recognize the name, Jimmie Davis was a country singer who later turned to more religious fare, in the meantime serving two non-consecutive terms as governor of Louisiana.  Not a bad CV!  I don't believe that either of these tracks turned up in his later work, though I did spot a 1957 Christmas single that appears to have been re-recorded on one of his two holiday LPs.  And the songs here are pretty good, I was quite happy about what I found when the needle hit the groove.  This is Jimmie Davis-Christmas Choo Choo b/w I Love To Ride With Santa Claus (Decca 7" 45 RPM 9-28912, Mono, 1953).  You'll notice that the Anita Kerr Singers are credited on side 1.  I guess they are the ones making the train noises... If you want more train songs for Christmas, you can visit my earlier post this year, or maybe head on over to Lee's place for one of his shares earlier this season.

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4 comments:

  1. Thanks, pal - this looks good. I like Christmas and trains, so combining them has to be a winning combo.

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  2. Oo, nice. Love old country Christmas songs. Merry Trainmas to all. Thank you.

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  3. A new linky-link...

    https://mega.nz/#!sdcEUaZB!wyYSePqSFuLPFh7QA7sn8c15F1MXypwzB_tPUg-w9JI

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  4. Whoops, wrong linky-doo. Try this one...

    https://mega.nz/file/BVNCGaAZ#__fZnVzAurzz19lz4_EWYRDBlnHEl_vsZ_M9MU1dAGQ

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