The Sounds of Christmas

[Aristaeus]

Post a video or link to your favorite Christmas songs.

One of my favorite versions of this song.
Harry James and Marion Morgan, White Christmas.

[video=youtube;J6BLrOHJVQI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6BLrOHJVQI[/video]

 

[ukali1066]

I don't do Christmas, but I find the original German Stille Nacht to be very moving, always brings to mind the WW1 Christmas truce

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4puLybRGSAw

 

[BinkieBaumont]

Christmas at Radio City 1958

From STUDIO 67 in Hollywood, it’s a re-broadcast of the BUDDIES LOUNGE HOLIDAY JUBILEE#1 from 2009! Join the HO-HO-Host, the BIG W as he explores, with eggnog in hand, the Space-Age Pop Holiday Hi-Fi musical sounds of the 1950’s and the 1960’s in LIVING STEREO!

http://buddieslounge.podomatic.com/entry/2010-11-25T00_00_44-08_00

 

[Warden]

No youtube video, but this is my favourite Christmas album

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spirit-Christmas-Past-Nostalgic-Memories/dp/B000001HIZ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1291032733&sr=1-3

 

[CopperNY]

Blackmore's Night (Ritchie Blackmore) - "Good King Wenceslas"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmmgsDfmPSI

ELVIS PRESLEY - "Santa Claus Is Back In Town" - (1957 78rpm)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_9pYpyGmwY

and, "What Child Is This?", here by Charlotte Church:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T6isuiF-x0

 

[flat-top]

For that warm and fuzzy nostaliac feeling, this is IT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cubgWvBfs24

And this is just an incredible song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqOfXumI18A

 

[Danny Ocean]

Here's a couple of my favourites:

Christmas Dream by Perry Como, from the film, "The Odessa File":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KMsMdteAc4

Not strictly a Christmas song, but it's played a lot in the UK, at this time of year. Troika, from Prokofiev's "Lieutenant Kije":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hINfOSlMANc&feature=related


Danny O

 

[dhermann1]

I've been looking every year around the internet for this album, and finally I found it. I have an old 10 inch non HiFi LP from about 1950 that I inherited from my grandmother. It's called Songs at Christmastide, by the Ilford Girls Choir. Ilford is a very poor, and in those days downright slummy, from what I've read, area in the east of London. Technically it's actually in Kent. Whatever. Being so exposed, it suffered extremely heavy bombing during the war. Somebody started this group either before or during the war. They are all "single girls" ages 15 to 23. The sound isn't great, but they sing like angels.
http://www.cdfrog.com/album/TheIlfordGirlsChoir/SongsatChristmastide-745547.htm
I often wonder whatever became of these girls. Somebody told me that one of them became a TV presenter in the north of England, but is probably long retired by now.
Edit: Drat! The link only lists the songs. They're not playable or downloadable. I guess I'll have to do something about that.

 

[CharlieB]

Favortie songs are tough. I do like the original, instrumental version of leigh Ride. How about "voices of Christmas"?

To me, Bing Crosby and Johnny Mathis will always be the voices I think of.

 

[buler]

Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians

Jingle Bells -> youtubelink


Twas the Night Before Christmas - > youtubelink

 

[Antje]

[video=youtube;009kRJKf9rg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=009kRJKf9rg[/video]

I really love this one, and I really love almost every chistmas song Elvis has made

 

[BinkieBaumont]

[video=youtube;mK77rxuXK5s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK77rxuXK5s[/video]

Heard this for the first time the other night on the Buddies Lounge


http://buddieslounge.podomatic.com/

 

[BinkieBaumont]

I Dont think its Bing & Doris, sounds more like Johny Mercer? & Rosemarie Clooney?

 

[George A.Bailey]

Sorry, one must stick to the classics. You can't have a christmas without Bing Crosby voice.

[video=youtube;PA45TnJQxhU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA45TnJQxhU[/video]

 

[BinkieBaumont]

Bing & Bowie 1976

[video=youtube;DiXjbI3kRus]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiXjbI3kRus[/video]

 

[BinkieBaumont]

Penelope Keith "Yet another Partridge in a pear tree"

http://kazza.id.au/files/AndyetAnotherPartridgeinaPearTree.mp3

 

[CopperNY]

oh, almost forgot "The Boar's Head Carol"!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x9Zczwsvhw

(haven't actually had it for dinner in about ten years though... )

 

[Berlin]

[video=youtube;DYDX75lUykw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYDX75lUykw[/video]

[video=youtube;pD2HGt73wCc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD2HGt73wCc[/video]

But I also love "Bells of christmas" sung by Sinatra; of which I unfortunatly couldnt find a youtube vid.

 

[BinkieBaumont]

[video=youtube;qzPb6bc-U08]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzPb6bc-U08[/video]

 

[RadioWave]

Bing Crosby has a monopoly on my Christmas memories.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKY29YW3erc