I've been at this for six Christmases' now so I decided it was time to do a little something different. This year I am going to play some holiday songs that I haven't played before.
Let's start off with this one from one third of the group Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.
This one brings back the day when Christmas was sponsored by a cigarette:
Stop for a minute and think how important this next video was. The year is 1969 it is near the end of the civil rights movement and a white man and black woman appeared together on national TV to sing a song together.
A beardless Willie Nelson sings a classic:
For those of you that love The Monster Mash I would hope you have heard this holiday offering from Bobby "Boris" Pickett:
We'll be back with more holiday songs that have never graced my blogs before. Jingle your bells baby!
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Did someone else do the Father Christmas one? I seem to recall another version but can't put my finger on it. Could be the same guy maybe just a different recording. I also like the Orbison version of Pretty Paper better.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few versions of the song. Possibly the version you are thinking of is the one U2 did. The Orbison version is ok Willie's is the original one I like bestest.
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