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"A Holly Jolly Christmas", also known as "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas", is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and most famously performed by Burl Ives. The song has since become one of the top 25 most-performed "holiday" songs written by ASCAP members, for the first five years of the 21st century.
Songs from the Big Front Porch, a collection of traditional folk tunes, was accompanied by guitar chords to foster a sing-along atmosphere. [51] Shaw's last solo album, Adirondack Serenade was released in 2000, coinciding with a performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts which was also streamed live on the internet. [52]
John David Marks (November 10, 1909 – September 3, 1985) was an American songwriter.He specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many holiday standards, including "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (a hit for Gene Autry and others), "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (a hit for Brenda Lee), "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (recorded by the Quinto Sisters and later by Burl Ives), "Silver and Gold ...
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas is a Christmas album by American folk singer Burl Ives, first released by Decca Records in October 1965 (recorded in 1964). It peaked at #32 on Billboard's Best Bets For Christmas album chart on December 2, 1967. [2]
Bradley also produced the recording of Ives's perennial Holiday favorite "A Holly Jolly Christmas" in Nashville. Ives had several film and television roles during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1961, he sang the folk song, "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" for a short film of the same name produced by the National Film Board of Canada. [23]
Honky Tonk Christmas is the fourth studio album and the first Christmas album by country music artist Alan Jackson.It was released on October 12, 1993, by Arista Records.The title track, "A Holly Jolly Christmas" and "I Only Want You for Christmas" charted on the Hot Country Songs charts.
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is a rockabilly song. [2] The recording features Hank Garland and Harold Bradley on guitar, Floyd Cramer on piano, Boots Randolph on saxophone, Bob Moore on double bass, and veteran session player Buddy Harman on drums. [7] The Brenda Lee recording is in the key of A-flat major. Billboard advertisement ...
Christmas Day in the Morning (Decca DL 5428, 1952) is the first of several Christmas albums by the folk singer Burl Ives. Subtitled Yuletide Folk Songs, this album includes seven traditional Christmas carols, from the well-known "What Child Is This?" to the little-known "Down in Yon Forest" and "The Seven Joys of Mary."