Author: Jim Feliciano

A ’66 HOLIDAY MEMORY. THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS!

 

THE DEAN MARTIN CHRISTMAS ALBUM * (COMPLETE LP) * 1966

 

 

—A DEAN MARTIN CHRISTMAS ALBUM—

Dean Martin Christmas Album is a 1966 studio album by Dean Martin arranged by Ernie Freeman and Bill Justis. This was Martin’s only album of Christmas music released on Reprise Records (his only other Christmas album, A Winter Romance, having been released in 1959 on Capitol Records). Ricci James Martin, Martin’s son, wrote in a biography of his father that The Dean Martin Christmas Album was the only one of his father’s albums that was played in the Martin household, his parents seldom listening to Dean Martin’s music. Billboard magazine reported in its December 3, 1966 issue that The Dean Martin Christmas Album was on top of its “Best Bets for Christmas” chart.

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— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

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A HOLIDAY TUNES COUNTDOWN! 04 CHRISTMAS DAYS

 

 

 

—MARSHMALLOW WORLD—

“A Marshmallow World” (sometimes called “It’s a Marshmallow World“) is a popular song that was written in 1949 by Carl Sigman (lyrics) and Peter DeRose (music). The song is about winter and is commonly regarded as a Christmas song, although the lyrics make no mention of the holiday. The song compares a snowfall to marshmallows covering the ground. It also describes the snowfall as whipped cream and the sun as a big red pumpkin head. The singer “waits for it the whole year ’round.” The song was a Christmas Holiday hit for many artists such as Bing Cosby, Vic Damone, Brenda Lee and Dean Martin (which is included in his 1966 album, ‘The Dean Martin Christmas Album‘).

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DEAN MARTIN * 04 * DECEMBER 22

 

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MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR! CHRISTMAS, ’67

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— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

“THE DEAN MARTIN CHRISTMAS SHOW“

 

Guests: Dean and Jeanne Martin and their children, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Frank Jr. Aired 12-21-67 Detroit NBC WWJ-TV (Channel 4), 10:00 p.m., 52 years ago, today.

THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW * NBC-TV * THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1967

 

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A ’68 HOLIDAY MEMORY. THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS!

 

HERB ALPERT CHRISTMAS ALBUM (COMPLETE LP) * 1968

 

 

—HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS CHRISTMAS ALBUM—

Christmas Album is a late-1968 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. It was the group’s eleventh release. The LP edition of the album was issued twice. The album contains a mixture of popular Christmas-season music, mostly American secular standards. Collaborating with Alpert in the production was his usual cadre of musicians: Nick Ceroli (drums/percussion), Bob Edmondson (trombone), Tonni Kalash (trumpet), Lou Pagani (keyboards), John Pisano (guitars/mandolin) and Pat Senatore (bass). Perennial sideman, Julius Wechter, appears on marimba and percussion. Alpert provides lead vocals on “The Christmas Song” and “The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle,” and there are also appearances by a studio choir and string instruments, arranged by Shorty Rogers.

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— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

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A HOLIDAY TUNES COUNTDOWN! 06 CHRISTMAS DAYS

 

 

 

—ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE—

“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958; it has since been recorded by numerous other music artists. By the song’s 50th anniversary in 2008, Lee’s original version had sold over 25 million copies with the 4th most digital downloads sold of any Christmas single. Because of her mature-sounding voice, Lee recorded this song when she was only thirteen years old. The recording features Hank Garland and Harold Bradley on guitar, Floyd Cramer on piano, Boots Randolph on sax, Bob Moore on bass, and veteran session player Buddy Harman on drums.

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— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

 

 

BRENDA LEE * 05 * DECEMBER 21

 

 

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BIG 8 CKLW BIG 30 CHART BUSTERS! WEEK OF 12/19/72

CKLW BIG 30 RECORDS December 19, 1972

CKLW BIG 30 RECORDS December 19, 1972

CKLW BIG 30 RECORDS December 19, 1972

CKLW BIG 30 RECORDS December 19, 1972

 

CKLW DECEMBER 1972

—THIS WEEK 47 YEARS AGO—

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The CKLW BIG 30 hits in Windsor/Detroit. This survey was tabulated overall by record popularity appeal, sales, listener requests and record airplays based on the judgement of CKLW Radio.

Previewed for the week of December 19, 1972

 

 

 

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— In Memory of George Griggs —

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

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Above CKLW music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate

 

 

 

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A ’58 HOLIDAY MEMORY. THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS!

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS JOHNNY MATHIS (COMPLETE LP) * 1958

 

 

—MERRY CHRISTMAS JOHNNY MATHIS—

Merry Christmas is the first Christmas album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis and was released by Columbia Records on October 6, 1958. The selections are a mix of traditional Christmas carols (“Silent Night”, “O Holy Night”, “The First Noel”) and holiday hits (“The Christmas Song”, “White Christmas”, “Silver Bells”). The album debuted on Billboard magazine’s list of the 25 Best-Selling Pop LPs in the US in its December 15, 1958, issue and got as high as number three during its initial four-week run.

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— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

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A HOLIDAY TUNES COUNTDOWN! 07 CHRISTMAS DAYS

 

 

 

—MY FAVORITE THINGS—

“My Favorite Things” is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass released a version in 1969 as a single from their 1968 album, Christmas Album. It reached No. 45 on the Billboard 100.

(Source: WiKipedia)

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HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS * 06 * DECEMBER 20

 

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WKNR TOP 31 DETROIT KEENER HITS! WEEK OF 12/14/70

WKNR MUSIC GUIDE December 14, 1970

WKNR MUSIC GUIDE December 14, 1970

 

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— In Memory of George Griggs —

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

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Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate

 

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A HOLIDAY TUNES COUNTDOWN! 07 CHRISTMAS DAYS

 

 

 

—IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR—

“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is a popular Christmas song written in triple time in 1963 by Edward Pola and George Wyle. It was recorded and released that year by pop singer Andy Williams for his first Christmas album, The Andy Williams Christmas Album. However, the song was not released as a promotional single by Williams’ record label (Columbia Records) that year, as they instead opted to promote his cover of “White Christmas” as the official promo single from the album.

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ANDY WILLIAMS * 07 * DECEMBER 19

 

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