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Spike Jones - Let's Sing a Song for Christmas (1956)

Entertainment Weekly

It's choral-style holiday schmaltz long on the treacle.

Verve's Let's Sing a Song of Christmas is an excellent collection of Spike Jones' Christmas recordings, featuring no less than 20 tracks, including "All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)," "Jingle Bells Medley," "Nuttin' for Christmas," "The Angel in the Christmas Play," "Frosty the Snowman," "Christmas Alphabet Medley" and "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?." There have been other collections of Jones' holiday tunes, but this one is arguably the best, given its generous selection. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:

01. Jingle Bells Medley: Santa Claus Is Comin To Town/The Christmas Song/Jingle Bells

02. All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)

03. The Night Before Christmas Song

04. Rudolph, The Red Nose Reindeer

05. Silent Night

06. Sleigh Ride

07. My Birthday Comes On Christmas

08. Snow Medley: The First Snow Fall/Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

09. Nuttin' For Christmas

10. Deck The Halls Medley: Deck The Halls With Holly/Away In A Manger/It Came Upon A Midnight Clear...

11. White Christmas Medley: Winter Wonderland/Silver Bells/White Christmas

12. The Angel In The Christmas Play

13. Christmas Cradle Song

14. Frosty The Snowman

15. Hark Medley: Hark, The Herald Angels Sing/O, Little Town Of Bethlehem/Joy to the World...

16. Christmas Alphabet Medley: Christmas Alphabet/Merry Christmas Polka/Christmas In America

17. Wouldn't It Be Fun To Be Santa Claus's Son/Christmas Island

18. Victor Young Medley: It's Christmas Time/Sleep Well, Little Children

19. Here Comes Santa Claus

20. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

Personnel:

Spike Jones; George Rock (vocals, trumpet); The City Slickers, The Jud Conlon Singers, The City Slicker Juniors, The Saint Victor's Boys Choir, The Allie-Kai Malahinis (vocals).

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One of the goofiest Christmas albums you'll ever hear! Spike cut this one with his City Slickers in the mid 50s -- and it's kind of got the feel of a TV show gone crazy. Many of the songs start out in a sweet mode -- often with vocals by a female singer or kids -- but then a lot of them go very crazy, almost in a way that makes you think they're just doing the songs poorly, until you realize that Spike's winking at you from the sidelines, letting you know that the messed-up set of tunes is part of his own Grinchy masterplan to dismantle Christmas. We've treasured this one for years on vinyl -- and we're stunned but pleased to see it on CD! Titles include "The Night Before Christmas", "All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)", "Deck The Halls Medley", "Christmas Alphabet Medley", "Here Comes Santa Claus", and "My Birthday Comes On Christmas Day". At first you may be shocked that this isn't the loony Spike Jones you know and love. But then the craziness peeps in; after some straight, wholesome numbers, there's ''Jingle Bells'' sung in pig latin. First and foremost, it's a 50's period piece for those into retro Americana; George Rock's goofy little-boy voice in ''All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)'' wouldn't crack up most children whose sense of humor has been sharpened by the speed gags of ''The Simpsons.'' But what shines through is the work that went into this album, the laborious arrangements of unfamiliar songs. (Ever heard ''Wouldn't It Be Fun to Be Santa Claus's Son?'' Neither had I.) Most of the album is devoted to the Jud Conlon chorus, in serious renditions of favorite Christmas songs. The Conlon performances and arrangements are beautiful and memorable; some of these arrangements were used almost verbatim by The Carpenters years later. Two excellent vocal groups make guest appearances. Vocalist George Rock does his little-kid imitation several times, and there are some cuts by a children's chorus (billed as The City Slicker Juniors).

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The only orchestra leader in history who successfully conducted with a baton in one hand and a pistol in the other!

Original News:

YouTube page with several SJ video clips.

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