"Christmas Time Is Here" is part of the soundtrack of 1965's "A Charlie Brown Christmas". Written by Lee Mendelson (who died on Christmas Day in 2019) and Giovanbattista Guaraldi, it's a piano solo that begs your own personal accompaniment.
Bing Crosby and David Bowie performed a special version of "Little Drummer Boy" on their final Christmas special. Think of it as a holiday mash-up. It's warm, a little wacky, and a now it's one for the ages.
Fans say "2000 Miles" is really about band guitarist James Honeyman-Scott, who passed away the previous year due to a drug overdose. Songwriter Chrissie Hynde was evasive when asked about song's personal meaning on "Countdown" in 1983.
It was first released as a single in 1966, and later became part of an album.
The hymn "O Holy Night" is one of the most famous Christmas carols in the world.
Andy Williams' "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" is his most famous Christmas song. Williams cites "scary ghost stories" as one of the charms of the season.
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" was originally released as a protest song against the Vietnam War. The track rose again on the charts in December 1980 after John Lennon's death. In that context, this song is more heart-breaking than heart-warming.
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" was originally sung by Bing Crosby in 1943. Elvis Presley included a stellar version of the track on his 1957 album "Elvis' Christmas Album". The irony is that Presley spent Christmas of '58 and '59 away from home in Germany as he had been drafted by the Army.
"Silent Night" is a Christmas carol written in Austria in the early 1800s. Bing Crosby recorded it in 1935. Crosby: "I had intended no sacrilege by singing in my usual ballad manner" The record's sale must have brought those two beautiful songs closer to many people.
"Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" is actually titled "The Christmas Song". It was written by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé in 1945. Nat King Cole recorded four versions of the song. The one we hear most often is his 1961 recording.
This classic track was first sung by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical “Meet Me in St. Louis.”
"White Christmas" was originally sung by Bing Crosby in the 1942 film "Holiday Inn". The Irving Berlin song is a seasonal touchstone that illuminates the best of who we are. When it was originally released, it served as a balm to U.S. troops serving overseas.
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