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Various Artists - Headin For The Christmas Ball (14 Swing And R&B Xmas Crooners) - [Vinyl]

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A nostalgic and varied Christmas compilation, not only for the holidays, either danceable or dreamy with a mixture of swing and jazz, rhythm & blues and crooner pop! Christmas Ball 14 Swing And R&B Christmas Crooners on red vinyl! Bear Family's latest edition of 'Season's Greetings' for 2020! Nostalgic Christmas with 14 Lindy Hop-Jitterbug-Boogie-Jive and Easy Listening rarities of the years 1947-1962! Among them the title song Christmas Ball, as well as the B-side of the rare 1951 Coral single of the Georgie Auld Orchestra with the great singer Bill Darnel! Knuckles O'Toole & The Brigadiers orchestral version of Jingle Bells is also included, as well as New Year's goose bumps classic Auld Lang Syne in the worn version by Guy Lombardo, and the famous version of the classic Sleigh Ride in the interpretation of orchestra leader Leroy Anderson, also known from the movie 'Polar Express'! Besides The Andrews Sisters there are more ladies with their great voices, above all the stunning Dinah Washington, the crooner lady Dorothy Collins and last but not least Kay Martin, who makes it quite slippery and erotic. Joined by Jerry Lewis, a comedian and movie star from Hollywood's golden era, with a really rare recording! Also available as CD (BCD17611) - with bonus tracks! Christmas Ball! With this compilation we want to give more exuberance to the celebration of love, even if some songs are nostalgic and dreamy and you might even feel taken back to your own childhood. This Christmas disc invites you to the Christmas ball, to dancing, to swinging, to contemplation and exuberance among family members, friends, like-minded people and guests. This music brings glamour into every hut, with all the candles, lights and crackling stoves, while it's snowing and stormy outside Again a parade of rarities for Christmas As always, part of the concept is to focus on rare recordings that are not found on every Christmas collection. For example, a complete single of the Georgie Auld Orchestra with the fantastic singer Bill Darnel, which was released on Coral at the time and contains the title song Christmas Ball, as well as the accompanying B-side, It Ain't Snowin' Outside is included. An exotic component comes from The Surfers with Hawaiian sounds and The Enchanters with a mix of doo wop and mambo! To make you laugh, the LP also contains some novelty recordings of greats like Jerry Lewis and Kay Martin. Film star Jerry Lewis had legendary comedic talents in Hollywood's golden era! Rare recordings, but listen for yourself! TRACK LISTING: 01 Christmas Ball - Georgie Auld & his Orchestra feat. Bill Darnell 02 Jingle Bells - Knuckles O'Toole & The Brigadiers 03 Jing-A-Ling, Jing-A-Ling - The Andrews Sisters 04 It Ain t Snowin Outside - Georgie Auld & his Orchestra feat. Bill Darnel 05 Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson & Hs Pops Concert Orchestra 06 Mister Santa - Dorothy Collins 07 Come On Santa, Let s Have A Ball - Kay Martin & Her Body Guards 08 Ole! Santa - Dinah Washington 09 Mambo, Santa, Mambo - The Enchanters 10 Here Comes Santa Claus In A Red Canoe - The Surfers 11 I ve Had A Very Merry Christmas - Jerry Lewis 12 Happy New Year Baby - Johnny Otis & His Orchestra 13 What Are You Doing New Years Eve - Ramsey Lewis Trio 14 Auld Lang Syne - Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians

Various Artists - Headin For The Christmas Ball (14 Swing And R&B Xmas Crooners) - [Vinyl]

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