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"Do You Hear What I Hear?" is a song written in October 1962, with lyrics by Noël Regney and music by Gloria Shayne. [1] The pair, married at the time, wrote it as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis. [2] Regney had been invited by a record producer to write a Christmas song, but he was hesitant due to the commercialism of ...
Crosby was the first popular singer to record Christmas songs, and his 1942 recording of "White Christmas" for the movie Holiday Inn is the best-selling single of all time. The most prolific period for his Christmas recordings was between 1942 and 1955, including his Christmas songs recorded with The Andrews Sisters. Crosby continued to record ...
The Jingle Cats were created by producer Mike Spalla, who blends actual animal sounds into songs like "Jingle Bells," "Up on The Housetop," and "Meowy Navidad." Even if you're not a cat person ...
"Jingle Bells" is one of the most commonly sung [1] Christmas songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont. It is an unsettled question where and when Pierpont originally composed the song that would become known as "Jingle Bells". [2] It was published under the title "The One Horse Open Sleigh" in September 1857.
A demo recording was made by singer/guitarist Johnny Bond, whose recording made use of ice cubes to mimic the sound of jingling sleigh bells. This inspired the use of real sleigh bells in Autry's own recording of the song. Autry first recorded the song on August 28, 1947; [2] released as a single by Columbia Records, It became a No. 5 country ...
Among the top sides in this set are "Go Tell It on the Mountain," "The Little Drummer Boy," "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" and "The 12 Days of Christmas." [4] Gramophone in the UK was not so keen, commenting: "'12 Songs of Christmas,' with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians (Reprise FS 2022). Plenty of ...
"Platinum Bells" is a semi-remake of "Silver Bells" originally performed by Bing Crosby and Carol Richards [18] "This Christmas" originally performed by Donny Hathaway [ 19 ] "Opera of the Bells" is a remake of "Carol of the Bells" originally by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych with lyrics by Peter J. Wilhousky.
He shared fond memories of “plenty of snow, jingle bells, Christmas carollers going from house to house, sleighs in the streets, town bells ringing, nativity plays” and described an ideal ...