Alan Mills – Christmas Songs From Many Lands
Alan Mills could elocute. He had a distinguished voice with authority. He was a classically trained operatic bass.
Funky Christmas
There are – which I’m sure surprises precisely none of you – a lot of artists past their prime who record Christmas music.
Mae West – Wild Christmas
When was the last time you heard a Christmas album that was actually fun? I don’t mean funny, in the sense of being a humorous novelty or something awful that a more maliciou
Sammy Kaye – Christmas Serenade
What’s the first Christmas album? Well, of course, this would have been before the vinyl record was invented in the late 1940s.
Mighty Sparrow – Christmas With Sparrow
By pure sales figures alone, the traditional pop crooner, softly singing into electrified microphones, is the king of Christmas music.
June Christy – This Time Of Year
Christmas, even to those who despise it, is a singularly meaningful holiday.
Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas
Ella Fitgerald, jazz critic Frank Rich wrote in a reflection published after her death, “is American song”.
Willie Colón – Asalto Navideño
Sometimes, the world of Christmas records can seem pretty isolated from the rest of music.
Mahalia Jackson – Silent Night: Songs for Christmas
Sometimes, it’s not about the notes someone sings, about their purity and quality and intrinsic meaningfulness. Sometimes, it’s about the pauses.
A Christmas Gift for You From Philles Records
What more can be said about an album that countless rock critics have named the greatest Christmas record of all time? No Christmas record has been lauded as much as A Christmas Gi