Event Recap Chat with Duke Allen about Christmas Flipsides and Flops

[Duke Allen]

Record labels and producers often guessed wrong when they predicted which side of a 45-rpm single would be the A side, as we seen with Patti Page. Here's another "B" that made good -- this one embodies doo-wop. (You can actually hear the backup group singing "dooooo... WOP!") "Dig That Crazy Santa Claus" by Oscar McLollie and HIs Honey Jumpers. This one rocks.

 

[Storeytime]

Sorry, I missed the last 5 minutes. Microsoft Edge crashed my computer. Went over to Chrome.

 

[e_xander]

One of my favorite songs that I was introduced to by Kringle Radio!

 

[MerryCarey]

 

[Jeff Westover]

It's all archived @Storeytime

 

[Jordan Rivers]

I know this one

 

[MerryCarey]

I played that on one of my hours last year ... the whole hour was harmony groups.

 

[SBellsRikki]

wow, this is her voice at age 77?

 

[Duke Allen]

73, but who's counting. certainly not Mae!

 

[MerryCarey]

Thanks for the correct info, Duke.

 

[Storeytime]

That's some swinging Kats!

 

[Duke Allen]

Trivia time: When did the recording industry let rock-'n'-roll into Christmas?

 

[SBellsRikki]

@Storeytime love that movie

 

[e_xander]

1950?

 

[Jeff Westover]

56?

 

[Jordan Rivers]

No clue

 

[MerryCarey]

No clue here, either.

 

[SBellsRikki]

I'm going with whatever Duke says...

 

[Jeff Westover]

hahaha

 

[Duke Allen]

Rock-’n’-roll didn’t mix with Christmas until 1957. That’s when Elvis Presley came out with a Christmas album on RCA. Dot countered with a Pat Boone Christmas EP (seven-inch "extended play" record with four songs) but otherwise none of the hot young singers went there, because their record labels were keeping Christmas safe from rock.