31-Space Age Santa Claus
Here we go with one of the best themes of all, unfortunately I think it's the one I had the fewest songs for. It's all sorts of songs about Santa that involve space travel somehow. We've got a few songs about outer space Santa, some songs about Santa going to Mars, some songs that mention Santa flying to the moon and back, as well as some things that you'll just have to hear to understand. Since it was such a small collection I had to pad it out with an even smaller collection of stuff and that turned out to be songs that imagined Santa using a CB or interacting somehow with truckers. That was a pretty popular topic back in the 70's when songs like Convoy and movies like Smokey And The Bandit were all the rage. I've even got one in here from the UK where I understand that the infatuation with truckers lasted a bit longer than it did here. Anyhow, that's two themes for the price of one, feel free to separate the songs into two individual piles if it makes you feel better. And as always, enjoy!
1. Gary Powell-Christmas Again
2. A Buchanan And Goodman Production With Paul Sherman-Santa And The Satellite Part I
3. Al (He's The King) Hirt-Hooray For Santa Claus
4. Dallas Corey And Valley View Baptist Junior Choir-It's Gonna Be A Mixed Up Xmas
5. Dave Dudley-Six Tons Of Toys
6. Elliott, Walter & Bennett-The Twelve Days Of A Atlanta Falcon Christmas
7. Fogwell Flax And The Ankle Biters From Freehold Junior School-One-Nine For Santa
8. Homemade Theatre-CB Santa
9. Lawrence Welk's Little Band Featuring Janet, Brian, Cubby And The Lennon Sisters-Outer Space Santa
10. Lee Arnold-Arranged And Conducted By Eric Weissberg-A Trucker's Christmas
11. Nashville Nine-Flakey The Astronaut
12. Richard Gillis-C.B. Santa Claus
13. Sheb Wooley-Orchestra And Chorus Under The Direction Of Gus Levene-Santa And The Purple People Eater
14. The Brian Babcock Explosion With The Circle Of Sound Singers-C.B. Santa (Big Red)
15. The Dudes-Jingle Bells
16. The Next Of Kin-Merry Christmas
17. Thurmon McKinney-Vocal Background "The Bach-Ahp Singers"-Santa Claus And The Truck Driver
18. A Buchanan And Goodman Production With Paul Sherman-Santa And The Satellite Part II
19. Barry Gordon-Orchestra And Chorus Conducted By Art Mooney-Zoomah, The Santa Claus From Mars
20. Bobby Helms-Captain Santa Claus (And His Reindeer Space Patrol)
21. Buddy DiVito-Joe Kovats Orchestra And Chorus-Give Me Your Heart For Christmas
22. Deanna-Darlene-CB Santa
23. Gus De Wert Trio And Jeannie Jay-Space Age Santa Claus
24. Jim Hubler-All I Want For Christmas Is A C.B.
25. Kevin Sellew-Santa Claus Is Coming-Instrumental
26. Line Material-The Sounds Of Christmas
27. Ralph Flanagan And His Orchestra-Winter Wonderland
28. Ray King-S-H-H Be Quiet
29. Roy Wiggins-Blue Christmas
30. Sid Campbell-Christmas Stocking
31. The Bermuda Schwartz-The Little Drummer Boy
32. Trini Lopez-Noche De Paz (Silent Night Adaptation); Let There Be Peace
33. Weber Chorus-Charles Wesley's Hark The Herald
34. Leonard Feather-Ralph Burns And Their Orchestra-Prancer
35. The Pixie Lady-Santa And His Crew
36. The Somerset Strings-O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)
37. Julius LaRosa-Conducted By Archie Bleyer-Oh, Holy Night
38. Seeburg Musicians-Frosty The Snowman (AS)
39. The Mulcays And Their Electric Harmonicas-White Christmas
40. Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians-Vocals By Kenny Gardner And The Lombardo Trio-Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
41. Paul Mickelson, Bells & Orchestra-It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
42. Larry Muhoberac With The Recordets-O Little Town Of Bethlehem
43. Jimmy McGriff-Season's Greetings
44. Johnny Desmond With Chorus And Orchestra Directed By Tony Mottola-Christmas Is A Time (That Will Never Change)
45. The Mariners-Go Tell It On The Mountain
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The Al Hirt song is one of the better songs to feature a childrens chorus; However, Al has the feel of a supporting player than being the top-billed performer on the disc. Never heard that one before; lots of fun!
ReplyDeleteWhen my friend who was on the Songs of the '60's Facebook group had his radio show in the area where I live, he would play "Captain Santa Claus & his Reindeer Space Patrol" for many Christmas seasons and would comment on the homemade space sound effects that the producer and engineer overdubbed later. The Anita Kerr Singers do a great job doing the kids voices on the Helms number.
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DeleteExcellent remastering on the Julius LaRosa selection; it sounds better than the one posted on YouTube. Great version of "O Holy Night" that is totally new to me. Will be playing this one a lot for many Christmases to come.
Deletemy friend also would play "Santa and The Purple People Eater" during the Christmas season on his radio show as well.
DeleteGreat to have the Johnny Desmond song on here; I think it was on YouTube a few years ago before the account got taken down. He sounds great here; will definitely be on the lookout for that and the Julius EP for my collection.
ReplyDeleteThis is the greatest concept yet - Santa in space and on the CB radio! "Zoomah the Santa Claus from Mars" is a Barry Gordon effort I haven't heard before.
ReplyDeleteYou keep me surprising Ernie! And gee, I love it! Thanks.
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