47-Some Favorites
Update-5 Jan 2023-Added a tracklist for searchability.
1. Ginny Gibson, Bernie Knee And Chorus-A Good Old New England Christmas
2. Lady Sybil Smythe And Bill Jacoby-Music By Johnny White Trio-Baby, It's Cold Outside
3. Bobby Gregory And His Cactus Cowboys-Bobby's Christmas Song
4. Jack McLean And His Orchestra-Vocal By Wayne Gregg-Christmas Island
5. Eddie Davis-Christmas South Of Dixieland (Demo)
6. Jimmy Wakely With String Orchestra-It's Christmas
7. Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra-Vocal Chorus By Pat O'Connor And Sandy Evans-Jiminy Christmas
8. Jimmy Boyd With Paul Weston & His Orchestra And The Starlighters-Reindeer Rock
9. Frankie Ross & His Orchestra-Santa's Ride
10. Raymond Scott Quintet-Siberian Sleighride
11. Betty Lou-The Voice Of Tommy Riggs-Jingle Bells
12. Frank Signorelli And His Quintet-Jingling The Bells
13. Blue Barron And His Orchestra-Vocal By Betty Clark, Bobby Beers, And The Blue Notes-Jolly Jolly Jingle
14. Bill Tabbert And The "400" Quartet-Joe Lipman Orchestra-Ma! My Toys Are Broken
Great collection (with the possible exception of the Jimmy Boyd record)!
ReplyDeleteWhy is everyone so hard on Jimmy Boyd? I actually nought a CD collection (used, mind you) with many of his Xmas recordings on it. The music world loves sequels as much as the film world. Did you ever hear the atrocious sequel Eartha made to "Santa Baby"? Like I say, "Leave bad enough alone." But, hey, isn't Christmas music mostly about crap that we somehow forgive for being so--in the Christmas spirit? I learned a lot about tolerance from bad holiday songs.
ReplyDeleteDon't ask me, I like the guy...
ReplyDeleteMa! "My Toys Are Broken" is... surreal. It almost sounds like Spike Jones provided some of the backing. Seems more in the manner of a British music hall number. Interesting collection, as always!
ReplyDeleteEr, I meant, "Ma! My Toys Are Broken."
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ReplyDeleteIs that Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis on "Christmas South Of Dixieland"?
ReplyDeleteUh, I don't think it is "Lockjaw"...
It's a good batch of stuff. :)
ReplyDeleteLee-How could I pass it up? :)
Jeepster-I'm not familiar with his music, so I couldn't say if it's the same guy or not. I wanna say I saw some releases under the same name on the same label, actual releases, not demos, but now I can't find them in a hurry... :(
@Ernie,
ReplyDeleteEddie "Lockjaw" Davis is a jazz man, but not a singer as far as I know. I really don't think it's him. I am certainly open to correction though.
A little poking around at IA yields another Eddie Davis demo (also written by the same guy), and a couple more straight releases on the same label. Hard to tell if the other Eddie Davis records listed are the same guy. ART seemed to be a smaller label out of South Florida.
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