13-Santa's In A Jam
I finally remembered the third thing that inspired me to share these big drops of songs from 45's. (I mentioned here the first two things, but I couldn't remember the third thing...) For the past couple of years, Sony has been dropping packages of remastered Christmas singles. Last year I think there were three sets of songs from the 50's, then this year they have released one set each of songs from the 40's and the 60's. They're great collections of Christmas tracks that were released as singles on many of the labels that have since come under their corporate umbrella. All these tracks sound about as good as they're ever gonna get and there are some really obscure numbers included. Some of the tracks are things that I've recorded and shared this year, but I'm hoping I don't get in trouble for sharing my scratchy old records. I usually stick to things that you can't find anywhere else, but I'm kind of making some exceptions to that this year. Don't expect any new or popular releases to show up here, but there may be some obscure stuff that I've duplicated. (And FYI, they've also released a stack of albums from the past that you might be interested in.) But none of that is here or there, you just want to know what's in the pile today. Let's see if I can figure it out. Oh, yeah, this is an easy one, it's all songs about Santa! I certainly didn't have any trouble finding Santa songs so there are plenty of them here and it's a lot of fun. Enjoy!
1. Bobby Vinton-Arranged And Conducted: Ray Ellis-Dearest Santa
2. Buddy Raye-Santa Man
3. Dena Lee-How Santa Got His Name
4. Dinah Washington-Arranged And Conducted By Belford C. Hendricks-Ol' Santa
5. Eddy Arnold And His Guitar-I'm Your Private Santa Claus
6. George Jones & Tammy Wynette-Mr. & Mrs. Santa Claus
7. Greg Lake-I Believe In Father Christmas
8. Jeannie Owen-Santa's In A Jam
9. Jim Lowe & The Dream Dusters-Santa Claus Rides A Strawberry Roan
10. Johnny Hayden And The Blue Notes-A Jolly Jolly Fat Man
11. Jud Strunk-The Santa Song
12. Kathy Nelson-Orchestra Conducted By Johnny Mann-Santa Dear
13. Lillian Briggs-Orchestra Under Direction Of O.B. Masingill-Rock 'N' Roll-y Poly Santa Claus
14. Line Material-Santa's Factoree
15. Little Jo-Dear Santa
16. Louis Prima-Senor Santa Claus
17. Patsy-"Kid" Santa Claus
18. Ray Stevens With The Merry Melody Singers-Santa Claus Is Watching You
19. Roger Williams & His Friends-Orchestra Directed By Ralph Carmichael-Santa Claus-Santa Claus (We Love You Next To Our Pas And Mas)
20. Santa Claus & His Helpers-Santa, The Happy Wanderer
21. Shana Lynette-Mr Russian (Please Don't Shoot Down Santa's Sleigh)
22. Spike Jones And The City Slickers-Vocal Refrain By George Rock-I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
23. Teddy Phillips Orchestra-Vocal: Jimmy Caesar-Ole Tex Kringle
24. The Flashcats-Waiting For Santa
25. The Rocky Fellers-Santa Santa
26. Tony Sacco-Jolly Fat Man
27. Yogi Yorgesson With Johnny Duffy And The Scandahoovians-Be Kind To The Street Corner Santa Claus
28. Al Hirt-Arranged And Conducted By Dick Hyman-Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
29. Augie Rios-Orchestra And Chorus Under The Direction Of Mark Jeffrey-Ol' Fatso
30. Connie Canuso-Santa Claus And His Sleigh
31. Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours-Who's Gonna Be Your Santa Claus This Year
32. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters-Santa Claus Is Coming
33. Henry Lee Summer-Santa You Owe Me
34. Jim Cannon-Little Round Man
35. Jimmie Davis-I Love To Ride With Santa Claus
36. Johnny Lee With Mike Simpson And Orchestra-Santa's Ride
37. Kitty Kallen With Orchestra Directed By Jack Pleis-Baby Brother (Santa Claus, Dear Santa Claus)
38. M.K. Rawlings Elementary Chorus And Us-Santa's Flight Song
39. Raindolls-Santa's Theme
40. Sunshine Ruby-I Wanna Do Something For Santa Claus
41. The Elves Chorus-Mrs. Santa Claus (With Toy Band)
42. The Ferrers-Conducted By Darol Rice-Santa's Marching Song
43. Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra And Chorus-Vocal Refrain By Judy Valentine-I'd Like To Hitch A Ride With Santa Claus; That Christmas Feeling
44. Red Sovine-Is There Really A Santa Claus
45. Peter Nero-Christmas Greetings
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Nice selection! I see that you (or someone) was in Academy Records in New York, one of my former haunts.
ReplyDeleteI think I did buy that at Academy during my one and only Christmas-time trip to NYC. Anything I don't recognize and costs only a buck I'll pick up in a heartbeat! :)
DeleteI've been going through some of these comps you've posted and checking out some of the songs. Some of them are so obscure that when I try to Google information about them, this blog is one of the top hits!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could do whole posts where none of the records show up in a Google search, but that would be really, really hard. I'm usually happy if they don't appear at Discogs or 45Cat, too, though 45Cat seems to have many more singles covered than Discogs.
DeleteGreat comp- It is amazing how many totally obscure songs you found.
ReplyDeleteFavorite so far is "The Santa Song" by Jud Strunk: now we have Santa on a Moto-Ski brand snowmobile! Thanks for letting us take a tour of the many songs of the big guy!
- Steve in PA
I was very excited when I found that one, picture sleeve and all! It was in an antique mall and the guy had a whole box of them! I asked where they came from and he said it was a storage locker. You can grab the whole package at an earlier post here:
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Still listening to this one- my favorite collection so far. The song "Ol' Fatso" is hilarious! And "Mr. Russian" - nice Cold War sentiments. Great stuff!
ReplyDelete- Steve in PA