Jingle Bells?
Barbra’s Streisand’s 1967 ‘A Christmas Album’ starts off with the best Jingle Bells ever, and travels to some beautiful classics.
Williams Double Jolly
Andy Williams released 2 Christmas LPs in 1963 and 1965. The ‘Christmas Album’ is classic music making harking to the smooth sounds of the 50’s and 60’s, while ‘Merry Christmas’ has a more jazzy feel to it. AmazonMP3: The Andy Williams Christmas Album AmazonMP3: Merry Christmas
Fielder Christmas Pops
Fiedler and the Boston Pops combine the best of pop and classical in this great instrumental/chorus album.
The Yule Log
Remember those days when the TV stations would play Christmas Music all day long? Some even had a yule log fireplace as the image. Well, it goes back to WPIX TV in the 1960’s, where it all got started. Check out the website for a lot of info: The Yule Log.com. Here is the log, without the music…..
THE Christmas Album
This is THE Christmas Album. Johnny Mathis with the Percy Faith Orchestra is a staple of my holiday music listening, and one that I could not do without.
Merry Mixmas to you
Holiday music and dance music do not always seem to go together, even though the classics tunes can have a beat to them. Of course many DJ have remixed and remade some classic tunes into some quite fun tracks. ‘Merry Mixmas’ is one of the better ones out there, a fav being Kay Starr’s ‘Man With The Bag’. Of course your mileage will vary, and some attempts to modernize old recordings can fall a bit flat, but overall, this is…
Christmas with the Lennon Sisters
From 1961 but evoking the 50’s sound, the Lennon Sisters have a charming holiday collection, with enough of the smooth Lawrence Welk sound to give the music an easy listening feel.
Most Requested Christmas Songs
The Sony compilations ’16 Most Requested Christmas Songs’ and ‘Christmas Encore’ combine many of the tracks from Goodyear into 2 albums.
Goodyear Great Songs of Christmas Commercial 1965
Crossroads: Our First Christmas Tree
Based on a true story of the first Christmas tree in an American church, Crossroads: Our First Christmas Tree is an episode from the 1950’s tv show ‘Crossroads’. This is actually a really good half-hour show, with some nice themes on the real meaning of Christmas. It is also a staple on many of those holiday public domain dvd sets you find this time of year. Check out the episode at archive.org: http://archive.org/details/OurFirstChristmasTree