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














6 comments:

  1. Thanks Ernie for all your posts!

    Merry Christmas everyone!

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  2. the IA is quite the gold mine.
    Thanks for being quite the prospector.
    Happy Christmas, Ernie
    and everyone else too.
    God knows, we deserve one.

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  3. More good stuff! Thanks and Merry Christmas!

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  4. I really like the Mills Brothers' "On This Christmas Eve"!

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  5. Thanks so much for your kind comments!

    Jeepster-It's a great song. I found it a few years ago on 45, I believe, and felt this was a good time to revisit it. The flip side was written by Hoagy Carmichael, and I was excite this year to be able to find and share Hoagy's recording.

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