The Christmas Covers Album

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The title is a misnomer: this 2013 collection is cobbled together from a Jones Christmas album, a Wynette Christmas album, and some holiday duets they recorded while married in the early '70s. Luminaries here include John Lee Hooker ("Blues for Christmas"), Canned Heat ("Christmas Blues"), and Sonny Boy Williamson ("Santa Claus"). But the songs belong together, even if the singers didn't: two of country music's most beautiful voices taking turns singing lonely Christmas laments. For this charity album in 1987 – the first in a long series benefiting the Special Olympics – producer Jimmy Iovine pulled in an all-star lineup, including Madonna, Sting, Whitney Houston, and John Cougar Mellencamp. They're not all strictly Christmas songs," Tracey Thorn said, "but if they mentioned winter or snow or even just being cold, that was good enough for me.

That is why I am giving you this list of Christmas album covers to laugh at, talk about and at times… gaze at. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or, in the case of carols or songs, may employ lyrics whose subject matter ranges from the nativity of Jesus Christ, to gift-giving and merrymaking, to cultural figures such as Santa Claus, among other topics. As a global company based in the US with operations in other countries, Etsy must comply with economic sanctions and trade restrictions, including, but not limited to, those implemented by the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the US Department of the Treasury. On this 2005 album, they recruit their family, plus friends including Emmylou Harris and Beth Orton, to do songs that range from "O Little Town of Bethlehem" to Jackson Browne's "Rebel Jesus. For example, Etsy prohibits members from using their accounts while in certain geographic locations.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Days to Christmas – Louis Armstrong never released a full Christmas album in his lifetime, but recorded a number of 1950s hipster holiday tunes. Just to clarify, everyone knows that cats have no reckoning of Christmas, no grasp of the English language, no understanding of the concept of rhythm or melody and definitely cannot sing, right? Naturally, it's the centerpiece of this forlorn 2006 album by Aimee Mann, where she kicks off with "Whatever Happened to Christmas? This is awful and I love Christmas songs and have many cd's but this is one that I won't be playing again.

The 1950s also featured the introduction of novelty songs that used the holiday as a target for satire and source for comedy.Cyndi Lauper may not be the first name you think of when it comes to Christmas music, but just see how long it takes to get “Feels Like Christmas” out of your head after one listen. I hear Brenda Lee sing Rockin’ Round the Christmas Tree al the time and did not realize that she was so young when she recorded it. The group, which reached viral fame singing popular songs on YouTube, covers Christmas classics on this album – using only their voices. Many of the standout tracks belong to Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson, but as ever, the engine is the Motown house band, which can find the funk in "The Little Drummer Boy. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

With tracks like "The Snow Is Falling" and "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," this collection is best enjoyed with a bottle of red wine in a room lit only by the glow of the Christmas tree.

Playing their own instruments, the teenage trio hurtle through the song, going as fast as they can without driver's licenses. But his guitar playing is as great as ever and the disc is has a warm-hearted spirit, like your gruff uncle who secretly loves to dress up as Santa for the kids. This means that Etsy or anyone using our Services cannot take part in transactions that involve designated people, places, or items that originate from certain places, as determined by agencies like OFAC, in addition to trade restrictions imposed by related laws and regulations.

Your e-mail address is only used to send you our newsletter and information about the activities of Christmas FM and partners.When Charles recorded this album in 1985, he was in the middle of a schmaltzy Nashville phase, and some of that leaks into this collection – but for much of the album, he bears down like he invented rhythm and blues. He even looks like he’s taken a couple of puppies as hostages, the sign of a truly malevolent bastard – probably not the vibe he was going for here. Peterson, one of the most accomplished pianists in jazz history, played with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Count Basie, among other luminaries. In addition to Bing Crosby, major acts that have popularized and successfully covered a number of the titles in the top 30 most performed Christmas songs in 2015 include Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Andy Williams, and the Jackson 5.