Julie Andrews – The Secret of Christmas
The concept of the “overproduced” record is an interesting one.
The Kingston Trio – Last Month of the Year
The Kingston Trio is, quite straightforwardly, the most important band in the history of music that people don’t normally know about.
A Music Box Christmas: Enchanting 19th-Century Music Boxes from the Collection of Rita Ford
The fantastic thing about recording technology is that it allows us to travel in time.
Louvin Brothers – Christmas With The Louvin Brothers
The album Christmas With The Louvin Brothers surely must have sounded incredibly old-fashioned in 1961.
Strictly Parang: The Best of Trinidad Parang
The history of recorded Christmas music is full of disparate traditions.
The Carpenters – Christmas Portrait
Richard Carpenter and Karen Carpenter of the Carpenters were born in 1946 and 1950 respectively. In the mid-fifties they were no more than 10 and 6 years old.
Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Charlie Brown Christmas
Frank Sinatra, infamously, once asked composer Hugh Martin to “jolly up” the lyrics to “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”.
Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song
Nat King Cole, perhaps the greatest popular music voice of the 20th century, was a heavy smoker.
Burl Ives – Christmas Day In The Morning
Say the name Burl Ives and mention Christmas and the association will often run to a jolly old man persona, singing “Holly Jolly Christmas” slathered in lavish orchestr
