12-It's Christmas Every Day Of The Year

Day 12 and the singles just keep right on a-flowing. Though to be honest, there is one thing I'm regretting about this year. Only sharing one share a day with you folks is a little boring. I feel sort of isolated, kinda like we're not engaging very much. I don't know if it feels the same way to you, but that's how it feels to me. I make the one post and that's it. I suppose that's a lot like how most of you experience the blog, you visit once a day and that's it. But I'm used to some of these years where I had posts going up every few hours, it seemed like there was always something new and exciting going on. Not that this once-daily giant post isn't exciting, but it's a long time until the next high. Maybe next year I can go back to the old format. We'll just have to wait and see. Anyhow, today in the pile is a bunch of songs performed by sister acts. I'd hoped to have more of them, but this was all I could scrape together. I've padded it out with songs featuring female vocals, so that's kinda nice. I took a look around to see if I could make a similar collection of brother acts, but I was only able to find one song. Odd double standard there, don't ya think?  It's a good collection either way, I think you'll enjoy it.

1. Cassietta George-The Greatest Gift
2. Cheryl Poole-It's Christmas Every Day Of The Year
3. De John Sisters-Orchestra Under Direction Of Ray Ellis-The Only Thing I Want For Christmas (Is Just To Keep The Things That I've Got)
4. Felice Taylor-It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It's Spring)
5. Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra And Chorus-Vocal Refrain By Judy Valentine-White Christmas
6. Jo Stafford And Gordon MacRae-Choir Directed BY Paul Weston-Songs Of Christmas Part 1: Hark The Herald Angels Sing; The First Noel; O Come All Ye Faithful; Gesu Bambino
7. Julie Koblish-Christmas Spirit
8. Mindy Carson With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra And Chorus-Christmas Chopsticks
9. Paul & Paula-Harmonica: Charlie McCoy-I'll Be Home For Christmas
10. Spike Jones And His City Slickers Featuring The Bell Sisters-Barnyard Christmas
11. The Beverley Sisters, Accompaniment Directed By Bob Sharples-The Little Drummer Boy
12. The Davis Sisters-The Christmas Boogie
13. The Duncan Sisters-Orchestra Conducted By Monty Kelly-Jolly Ole Fellow
14. The King Sisters & Family With The Music Of Alvino Rey-Chree-See-Mus
15. Thomas Sisters-¿Donde Esta Santa Claus? (Where Is Santa Claus)
16. Toni Wine-My Boyfriend's Coming Home For Christmas
17. Willis Sisters-Blue Christmas
18. Carmel Quinn-Arranged & Conducted By Ted Auletta-The Solitary Life
19. Danny Kaye-Andrews Sisters With Vic Schoen And His Orchestra-A Merry Christmas At Grandmother's House
20. Dea Woodman & Woody Woodman Combo-On Another Christmas Day
21. Hunt Sisters (Anitta-Cheryl-Ione)-Silent Night (Holy Night)
22. Janet Johnson & The Anita Kerr Singers-A Christmas Story
23. Jenny Lynn-Arranged & Conducted By Randy Van Horne-Jingle Bells
24. Juanita Miller-Let It Snow, Let It Snow
25. Lena Hix-I Want My Daddy For Christmas
26. Mireille Mathieu Acompañada Por La Gran Orquesta De Paul Mauriat-Navidades Blancas (White Christmas)
27. The Cones Sisters-Jingle Bell Rock
28. The Crafty Ladies-Deck The Halls
29. The De Castro Sisters With Skip Martin Orchestra-Christmas Is A-Comin'
30. The Di Mara Sisters-My Very First Christmas
31. The Fontane Sisters And Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra-Silver Bells
32. The Lennon Sisters-Christmas Moon
33. The McGuire Sisters-Frosty The Snowman
34. The Schiavone Sisters-Christmas Child (O' Bambino)
35. The Singing Princess-Tony Mottola Orchestra-I Saw Three Ships
36. The Wilson Sisters-All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
37. Annick Aïrosa Et Sa Guitare-Les Cloches De Belem (Papai Noël)
38. Milleridge Singers-We Wish You A Merry Christmas
39. Dinah Shore-Christmas Party
40. Dolly Nunn-Nuttin' For Christmas
41. Dorothy Collins-Oh Holy Night
42. Patti Page-Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
43. Petula Clark-The Peter Knight Orchestra And Chorus-Direction By M. Barclay And A. Freeman-Rocking
44. Seymour (The Heartbeat Trumpet) With Chimes And Organ-The First Noel
45. Deniece Williams-Sparrow Christmas ID

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11-The Animals' Christmas Song

I've got a weird mix of themes for you today, and I still couldn't fill up the share. But it's interesting, that's for sure. First up is a bunch of animal-themed songs. Mice, goats, donkeys, pigs, puppies, even an elephant and the inevitable hippopotamus. In a very-slightly-related shift we then move on to a few songs from the fine folks at Christmas Seals, neither of which have anything to do with seals, but it made sense at the time. The third batch of songs all feature Chipmunk-style vocals, that is sped-up (and in one case slowed-down) vocals. Sometimes it's the whole song, other times it's just a line or two or a certain character in a song. There's even a disco cover of the famous Chipmunk Christmas song! It's an eclectic batch of stuff, but it makes for a bit of fun. Hope you enjoy this latest entry in this year's tribute to the humble 7" 45 RPM Christmas single! Whoops, I screwed up. Two songs in here by Linn Sheldon, one about rabbits and one about puppies. Thought I'd fixed that but I guess not. Oh, Well...

1. Bobby Starr-Jake The Flake
2. Burl Ives-Santa Mouse
3. Clinton Caldwell-Santa's Copter
4. Don Bryant-I Couldn't Wait For Christmas
5. Doug And The Slugs-White Christmas
6. Hank Snow-Nestor, The Long Eared Christmas Donkey-Stereo
7. Hunt Sisters (Anitta (Lead)-Cheryl-Ione)-Christmas Piggy (With The Apple In The Mouth)
8. Javier Solis-Lloraras En Navidad
9. Jimmy Boyd-Orchestra, Chorus Under Direction Of J. Carroll-Silent Night, Holy Night
10. Kenny And Corky-Nuttin' For Christmas
11. Kim Lovering-Ken Masters Band-Herbie (Christmas Rabbit)
12. Kitty Kallen With Orchestra Directed By Jack Pleis-The Spirit Of Christmas (The Official 1954 Christmas Seal Sale Song)
13. Les Futeruzes-Petit Papa Noel
14. Linn Sheldon-Bob Lorence Orchestra-Boofo Goes Where Santa Goes
15. Noogies-The Chipmunk Song (Please Christmas Don't Be Late)
16. Paul Tripp-Music By Ray Carter-I've Got A Date With Santa (At Half Past Xmas Time)
17. Sing Along With Santa's Pixie Helpers-The Animals' Christmas Song
18. The Jingoleers-Vocal By The Three Peggies-Christmas Morn
19. The Keith Richards Orchestra With Doodlebug & The Hampsters-There's a Hole In My Christmas Stocking (Childrens Version)
20. The Little Kids-Santa Claus Is Stuck In The Chimney
21. The Merry Elves (Milton, Ringo & Sleepy With Santa Claus)-I Love Christmas
22. The Shannonaires-Wedding Of The Painted Doll
23. The Whales Featuring Rathbone And His Tuba-The Chipmunk Song
24. The Yeaworths-Arranged & Conducted By Jack Pleis-The Ballad Of The Christmas Donkey
25. Andy Williams-The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (With Christmas Seals Intro)
26. Bill Lamb-Go To Sleep Little Lamb
27. Billy Eckstine With Bobby Tucker & His Orchestra-If I Can Help Somebody
28. Bob Kames And The Dancing Mice-Dance With Me The Christmas Tree 'Round
29. Bobby Rydell & Chubby Checker-Jingle Bells Imitations
30. Domenico Savino And The Rome Festival Orchestra-The First Noel
31. Dorothy Olsen With Norman Leyden And His Orchestra & Chorus-Little Donkey
32. Hank Thompson-I'd Like To Have An Elephant For Christmas
33. Jo March-I, Said The Donkey
34. Linn Sheldon-Bob Lorence Orchestra-Rabbits Have A Christmas
35. Liz Anderson & The Snowflakes-Arranged & Conducted By Hank Levine-Pony In My Stocking
36. Merle Haggard-Bobby Wants A Puppy Dog For Christmas
37. Michael Flanders With The Michael Sammes Singers-The Storke Carol
38. Miss L.L. And The Three Mice, Blimp, Whimp & Skimp-Arranged & Conducted By Rene' Hall-Wedding Ring For Christmas
39. Red Buttons-Orchestra Under Direction Of Elliot Lawrence-Bow-Wow Wants A Boy For Christmas
40. Red Foley And The Little Foleys Shirley, Julie And Jenny-Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
41. Ricky Zahnd And The Blue Jeaners With Tony Mottola Orchestra-Something Barked On Christmas Morning
42. Ruff-Buff-Elmo-Stuffy (Santa's Gnomes)-I Can Hardly Wait For Christmas
43. The Wilder Brothers-I Wanna Goat For Christmas
44. Sarah Vaughan-Sarah Vaughan Introducing Billy Eckstine
45. The Crafty Ladies-I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas

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