Christmas Through The Years (1928-1997)
| Christmas Through The Years (1928-1997) | |
| Created by: | RetroJoe |
| Tracks: | 26 |
| Length: | 01:19:29 |
| Keywords |
1. Mix Contest Christmas 2008 2. Mix Contest Christmas 2008 3. Mix Contest Christmas 2008 |
| Created on | 12/24/08 10:53pm |
| Level | 3 |
| Points | 1710 |
| Total visitors | 25 |
| Unique visitors | 17 |
| This mix was ranked #3 out of 3 entries for this contest | |
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This is mostly a traditional mix, with some more swinging or rocking songs thrown in and not too heavy on the holy perspective. Hope you all can enjoy it and have a wonderful holiday season!
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| 1 | The Crystals : Santa Claus Is Coming To Town |
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I guess this was never a single (if it was it surely would have been a hit). Phil Spector at his best. Thought I'd start the mix off with a bang!
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Track 1 from A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Length: 00:03:28 Year: 1963 |
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I guess this was never a single (if it was it surely would have been a hit). Phil Spector at his best. Thought I'd start the mix off with a bang! SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Bing Crosby : Christmas Carols, Part 2 |
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I chose Part 1 of this in an earlier year for Christmas, and the second part was so good I had to use it for another Christmas. This contains the songs Good King Wenceslas and We Three Kings of Orient Are (originally recorded in 1949).
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Track 2 from Bing Crosby Sings Christmas Songs
Length: 00:03:23 Year: 1986 |
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I chose Part 1 of this in an earlier year for Christmas, and the second part was so good I had to use it for another Christmas. This contains the songs Good King Wenceslas and We Three Kings of Orient Are (originally recorded in 1949). SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Jerry Butler : O Holy Night |
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This song was performed soulfully with great artistic merit back in 1974.
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Track 3 from Soulful Christmas
Length: 00:02:56 Year: 2001 |
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This song was performed soulfully with great artistic merit back in 1974. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Frank Sinatra : Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas |
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Originally recorded in 1947 (from Meet Me in St. Louis). I have a soft spot for Frank in the '40s.
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Track 4 from A Merry 1940s Christmas
Length: 00:02:49 Year: 2004 |
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Originally recorded in 1947 (from Meet Me in St. Louis). I have a soft spot for Frank in the '40s. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | The Drifters : The Christmas Song |
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This song from 1964 ends beautifully.
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Track 5 from Soulful Christmas
Length: 00:02:30 Year: 2001 |
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This song from 1964 ends beautifully. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Paul Whiteman : Christmas Melodies |
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The oldest of the songs on this mix (1928) features Bix Beiderbecke on trumpet. Great sounding restoration of the original. The melodies are O Holy Night and Adeste Fideles.
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Track 6 from Bix Restored, vol 4
Length: 00:04:25 Year: 2003 |
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The oldest of the songs on this mix (1928) features Bix Beiderbecke on trumpet. Great sounding restoration of the original. The melodies are O Holy Night and Adeste Fideles. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | Dickie Valentine : Christmas Island |
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This one is easy on the ears, complete with Christmas chimes! (1956)
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Track 7 from A Perfect Christmas
Length: 00:02:41 Year: 2008 |
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This one is easy on the ears, complete with Christmas chimes! (1956) SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Fats Domino : Frosty The Snowman |
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Bouncy little number recorded no later than 1993 (think it more likely earlier).
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Track 8 from Soulful Christmas
Length: 00:02:32 Year: 2001 |
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Bouncy little number recorded no later than 1993 (think it more likely earlier). SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Hoosier Hotshots : The Man With The Whisker |
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This was done by a very popular group at the time (1938) when it reached #11 on the charts. A fun little tune!
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Length: 00:02:39 |
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This was done by a very popular group at the time (1938) when it reached #11 on the charts. A fun little tune! SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Gene Autry : Up On The Housetop |
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A true classic from 1957.
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Track 10 from Rudolph and Other Christmas Classics
Length: 00:02:49 Year: 2003 |
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A true classic from 1957. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Bob B. Soxx : Here Comes Santa Claus |
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Like the first track, this was a great track from Phil Spector's Christmas Album of 1963.
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Track 11 from A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector
Length: 00:02:07 Year: 1963 |
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Like the first track, this was a great track from Phil Spector's Christmas Album of 1963. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | The O'Jays : Christmas Ain't Christmas (Without The One You Love) |
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You probably heard this one before, but it's worth repeating (1969).
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Track 12 from Soulful Christmas
Length: 00:02:20 Year: 2001 |
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You probably heard this one before, but it's worth repeating (1969). SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Nat King Cole : O Come All Ye Faithful |
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Doesn't get much better than Nat King Cole for Christmas (1963).
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Track 13 from Precious Moments Christmas Collection CD
Length: 00:02:26 Year: 1999 |
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Doesn't get much better than Nat King Cole for Christmas (1963). SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Mr. Acker Bilk : Greensleeves |
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This is of course the same tune used for the song What Child Is This (when sung at Christmas time) (1961).
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Track 14 from Stranger on the Shore
Length: 00:02:45 Year: 1994 |
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This is of course the same tune used for the song What Child Is This (when sung at Christmas time) (1961). SHOW LESS
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| 15 | Connie Francis : Ave Maria |
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Beautifully rendered version of a classic by a Pop Diva of her time (1959).
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Track 15 from Christmas In My Heart
Length: 00:02:49 Year: 1990 |
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Beautifully rendered version of a classic by a Pop Diva of her time (1959). SHOW LESS
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| 16 | Canadian Brass : Angels We Have Heard On High |
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The Canadian Brass fits right in at Christmas (1981).
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Track 16 from Christmas With The Canadian Brass
Length: 00:02:43 Year: 1981 |
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The Canadian Brass fits right in at Christmas (1981). SHOW LESS
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| 17 | Vera Lynn : White Christmas |
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One of my favorite female vocalists from the UK (1943).
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Track 17 from So Fresh: Songs for Christmas 2007
Length: 00:03:23 Year: 2007 |
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One of my favorite female vocalists from the UK (1943). SHOW LESS
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| 18 | Vince and Jenny Gill : Let There Be Peace On Earth |
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An uplifting piece of music advocating the best in all of us (1997).
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Track 18 from A Country Superstar Christmas
Length: 00:04:31 Year: 1997 |
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An uplifting piece of music advocating the best in all of us (1997). SHOW LESS
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| 19 | Brenda Lee : Joy to The World |
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They didn't call Brenda Lee "Little Miss Dynamite" for nothing (she really belts out this tune) (1964).
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Track 19 from A Brenda Lee Christmas
Length: 00:02:15 Year: 1991 |
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They didn't call Brenda Lee "Little Miss Dynamite" for nothing (she really belts out this tune) (1964). SHOW LESS
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| 20 | Eddie Cantor : The Only Thing I Want For Christmas |
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I never heard this Christmas song until this year, but I like it a lot (it may have been made in 1939, but it fits with the times today).
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Track 20 from Eddie Cantor: The Columbia Years: 1922-40
Length: 00:02:55 Year: 1994 |
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I never heard this Christmas song until this year, but I like it a lot (it may have been made in 1939, but it fits with the times today). SHOW LESS
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| 21 | The Glenn Miller Orchestra : Yuletide Medley #2 |
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A snazzy instrumental of Christmas Cheery tunes (1993).
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Track 21 from In The Christmas Mood II
Length: 00:05:18 Year: 1993 |
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A snazzy instrumental of Christmas Cheery tunes (1993). SHOW LESS
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| 22 | King Curtis : The Christmas Song |
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This sax solo is top notch (1968).
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Track 22 from Soulful Christmas, vol 3
Length: 00:03:10 Year: 1968 |
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This sax solo is top notch (1968). SHOW LESS
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| 23 | Earl Grant : Silver Bells |
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This song has soul and style (1966).
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Track 23 from Treasury of Christmas: Holiday Memories
Length: 00:03:17 Year: 2002 |
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This song has soul and style (1966). SHOW LESS
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| 24 | Django Reinhardt : Christmas Swing |
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Not what you would consider traditional Christmas fare, but good music none the less and ahead of the times as well (1937).
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Track 24 from Django Reinhardt: 1937, vol 2
Length: 00:02:47 Year: 1996 |
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Not what you would consider traditional Christmas fare, but good music none the less and ahead of the times as well (1937). SHOW LESS
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| 25 | Peggy Lee : It's Christmas Time Again |
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It wouldn't be a classy Christmas without a song by the great Peggy Lee (1953).
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Track 25 from Christmas With Peggy Lee
Length: 00:03:00 Year: 2006 |
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It wouldn't be a classy Christmas without a song by the great Peggy Lee (1953). SHOW LESS
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| 26 | Vera Lynn : The Happiest New Year of All |
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This is not only appropriate to end with this song I think, but it is even more special that it is by Vera Lynn (the only artist I used twice on the mix) (1944).
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Track 26 from Merry Christmas Memories
Length: 00:03:31 Year: 2007 |
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This is not only appropriate to end with this song I think, but it is even more special that it is by Vera Lynn (the only artist I used twice on the mix) (1944). SHOW LESS
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Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
I'm downloading this too. Thankyou! Nice job.
12/27/08 7:39pm
The Yay! Badge IX
I am definitely giving this a download. You rock!
12/26/08 12:29am
Team Robot Member
Vera Lynn lived in Finchley, my home town for a very long time and my dad was her postman in the fifties. This has nothing to do with anything but I mention it anyway. I thought my mix was eclectic. Love the use of the really old stuff, and fascinated to see a couple of other ancient British artists in Dickie valentine and Acker Bilk, both favorites of my Dad. I knew Bilk was known here because of 'Stranger On The Shore' but Dickie VAlentine wasn't even that big in the UK so I am suprised to see him here. Great mixtape
12/25/08 12:37am
The Level 15 Badge
Here is a link to the mix: http://www.m egaupload.com/?d=7CT7AUUR (but note that the file for track 18 is mislabeled; see the notes above for the correct info).
12/24/08 10:58pm
