This album from last year and this singer does not get the credit he deserves. This was a great album and this is a timeless Christmas video. Enjoy:
What God Wants for Christmas
Christmas music
Osmond Brothers Christmas Medley of 1969
Andy Williams’ Christmas television specials of the 1960s and 1970s were traditional seasonal viewing back in the day and the Osmond brothers practically grew up on those episodes. More or less discovered by Williams after an appearance at Disneyland in the early 1960s the Osmonds went on to a storied career as teen idols and television shows of their own later during the 1970s. In this clip we catch them mid-stride — long before Donnie became an international star or Marie took center stage. It’s great nostalgic stuff:
Review: MoTab with the Muppets Christmas Concert
The annual Christmas concert of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has become a staple of Christmas television on PBS and has provided release after release of reliably solid Christmas entertainment on both DVD and CD for years now. But I will admit to being a bit apprehensive attending the 2014 Christmas Concert in Salt Lake City titled Keep Christmas With You featuring Sesame Street’s Muppets. As better than 21,000 people streamed into the Conference Center for the first time a great many attendees were children, many of them young and small. How were they going to occupy their time and keepRead more
The History of Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Eddie Cantor, a comedian from the 1930s was given a new Christmas song to sing for his radio audience in 1934. Targeted at kids, the songwriters were frustrated at their inability to get it recorded and sold. Record labels thought the appeal too narrow to be successful. Cantor sang it live in a performance that was never recorded. The song proved such a hit it was recorded later by Tom Stacks in this memorable arrangement: The song was written in October 1933 by Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots, reportedly on a New York subway car while traveling to aRead more
Joe Bonamassa Has a Lonesome Christmas
Love the blues? You’ll love this on day #130 of the Countdown to Christmas as Joe Bonamassa tells us about his Lonesome Christmas:
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
Quick trivia question: what group has sold more Christmas albums than any other in the past 30 years? That would be Mannheim Steamroller, that improbable group of classic rock/classical/baroque combo that makes music like no other. Steamroller hung around the fringes of popular music for nearly a decade until they released their first Christmas album in 1984 titled Mannheim Steamroller Christmas. This album went platinum six times and finally launched Mannheim Steamroller into the mainstream. On this day in 1984, this single was released marking the debut of the album and consequently it causes us to declare that with justRead more
Glen Campbell’s Christmas Variety Shows Coming to DVD
Two Christmas specials of the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Variety Show dating from the 1970s will be made available on DVD this fall. The shows originally aired in December 1969 and December 1970, and featured a mix of sketches and musical performances. Among Campbell’s guest on the episodes were singers Anne Murray and Jerry Reed, and comedians George Gobel and Shecky Greene. The DVD sells for a list price of $19.96 but will be discounted for pre-orders from various online vendors. The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour aired on CBS from January 1969 to June 1972. The legendary dimpled-chin singer hasRead more