Event Recap Chat with Duke Allen about Christmas Flipsides and Flops

[Jeff Westover]

@MerryCarey let me know if I can help with any of those files

 

[e_xander]

This is what I love about Duke....his knowledge of all these lesser known songs.

 

[MerryCarey]

Thanks, Jeff. I think we're good.

 

[Jeff Westover]

The question is where did Duke acquire this knowledge...he's not old enough to have been contemporary to all these

 

[Duke Allen]

In answer to e_xander's question, I used to work professionally in radio a lo-o-o-ong time ago. Kringle Radio gives me the chance to play deejay again, and play obscurities that I think more people should hear. Funny thing, records I played five years ago have since "gone public" and you her them in supermarkets now!

 

[Storeytime]

I could see Duke and Jon having a very entertaining radio hour talking about the little known songs.

 

[Duke Allen]

You HEAR them, I mean. My typing fingers are exceeding the speed limit!

 

[Jeff Westover]

Indeed...mix in Ken from SoundsofChristmas and you'd have a real party

 

[Jeff Westover]

No worries @Duke Allen

 

[Duke Allen]

Merry, have you got "Hooray for Santa Claus" handy? Story on this one!

 

[e_xander]

Happens to me all the time, @Duke Allen

 

[MerryCarey]

Yep ... here it comes.

 

[Jeff Westover]

@Stapesblog hello!

 

[Duke Allen]

This is a 1964 record that, as some of you diehard Christmas-movie fans know, is the theme song of the children's movie "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians." The artist here is Al Hirt.

 

[Storeytime]

OK, you got me on this one. I thought I had heard every Christmas song ever recorded.

 

[Stapesblog]

@Jeff Westover sorry for the late arrival!

 

[Jeff Westover]

New to me too

 

[MerryCarey]

 

[SBellsRikki]

Agreed @Storeytime

 

[Jeff Westover]

We're having a great time here, @Stapesblog -- but no worries, you can catch up on the archives