tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83277400218241112202012-01-30T18:44:14.116-05:00Discover The Best Christmas MusicAtwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-74916909262796483802012-01-01T21:36:00.002-05:002012-01-01T21:37:16.109-05:002012-01-01T21:37:16.109-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0occy7nueglx8ueaEypHh1nrflU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0occy7nueglx8ueaEypHh1nrflU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0occy7nueglx8ueaEypHh1nrflU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0occy7nueglx8ueaEypHh1nrflU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Happy New Year 2012" border="0" height="250" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-auaFhYQ3ZEk/TwEXRXetGBI/AAAAAAAAAwA/Oe6VCrg6k_c/s400/Happy-New-Year-2012-Images_web.jpg" title="Happy New Year 2012" width="400" /><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"> Let 2012 be a year of education, inspiration, and progression!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-7491690926279648380?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/DTH_IaFUqV0" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-new-year-2012.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-37388624644121814612011-12-31T10:26:00.000-05:002011-12-31T10:26:10.646-05:002011-12-31T10:26:10.646-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SJJtxDykMuR2kytBNOw3MrH_FEs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SJJtxDykMuR2kytBNOw3MrH_FEs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SJJtxDykMuR2kytBNOw3MrH_FEs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SJJtxDykMuR2kytBNOw3MrH_FEs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Mahalia Jackson - The Christmas Songs" border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y6RIBxZ-YvI/Tv8pKTlbntI/AAAAAAAAAv0/Liso2WzwZkE/s320/The+Christmas+Songs.jpg" title="Mahalia Jackson - The Christmas Songs" width="320" /><br /> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li>Silent Night, Holy Night</li> <li>O Little Town of Bethlehem</li> <li>Hark! The Herald Angels Sing</li> <li>Sweet Little Jesus Boy</li> <li>A Star Stood Still</li> <li>Christmas Comes to Us All Once a Year</li> <li>Joy to the World</li> <li>O Come, All Ye Faithfull</li> <li>What Can I Give</li> <li>Go Tell It on the Mountain</li> <li>Bless This House</li> <li>Wolkin' to Jerusalem</li> <li>My Story</li> <li>The Lord Prayer</li> <li>Come to Jesus</li> <li>He's My Light</li> </ol> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-3738862464412181461?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/8t1cTku8YD0" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/mahalia-jackson-christmas-songs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-62766601484118215402011-12-26T20:09:00.002-05:002011-12-26T20:10:38.484-05:002011-12-26T20:10:38.484-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GMlyawi-UH-EHJz_Vy_7w4VmsAE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GMlyawi-UH-EHJz_Vy_7w4VmsAE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GMlyawi-UH-EHJz_Vy_7w4VmsAE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GMlyawi-UH-EHJz_Vy_7w4VmsAE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mTg2qMmLrxI/TvkaorZ500I/AAAAAAAAAvE/vX2d_m_ESAY/s1600/Christmas-2011-New-Year.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mTg2qMmLrxI/TvkaorZ500I/AAAAAAAAAvE/vX2d_m_ESAY/s320/Christmas-2011-New-Year.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="color: #6aa84f; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!</span></div> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-6276660148411821540?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/TEekNjCUX50" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-christmas-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-28488299069053343282011-12-18T21:55:00.001-05:002011-12-18T21:55:14.191-05:002011-12-18T21:55:14.191-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NxY1VjrIDUqaeb9Fhy5Lbz4dw3E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NxY1VjrIDUqaeb9Fhy5Lbz4dw3E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NxY1VjrIDUqaeb9Fhy5Lbz4dw3E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NxY1VjrIDUqaeb9Fhy5Lbz4dw3E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Lady Antebellum - A Merry Little Christmas" border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-USal-9Dw3YY/Tu6nSg-7LUI/AAAAAAAAAuY/Ecyp8psk0u8/s320/img_001.jpg" title="Lady Antebellum - A Merry Little Christmas" width="320" /> <br /> <br /> <b>Lady Antebellum - A Merry Little Christmas</b>, a review by Matt Bjorke, Roughstock.com<br /> <br /> Earlier this year, after the massive success of “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum was asked by the folks at Target if they’d provide the major shopping brand an exclusive Holiday music collection.&nbsp; Lady Antebellum thought about it and decided it would be a fun thing to do and delivered A Merry Little Christmas to fans through Target about a month ago.&nbsp; With sales already over 100,000 copies, the album is already a success and proves the trio’s cross-genre appeal with four classic songs being mixed in with one original and a cover of the 1990’s Mariah Carey neo-classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” <br /> <br /> The ‘title track’ to A Merry Little Christmas, “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” kicks off the EP and while it’s served up pretty much the way it has always been presented, the orchestra is accented by fiddler Jonathan Yukdin’s solo and I have to say that Charles Kelley’s musky tenor is a great fit for this song and when harmonizing with Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood, it sound quite exquisite.&nbsp; Hillary does a fine job singing the Mariah Carey tune&nbsp; while their version of “Blue Christmas” isn’t as good as the iconic Elvis version, it does show off some of the blusier tones of Charles Kelley’s vocals. <br /> <br /> The lone new tune on the album is the band’s co-write with Tom Douglas, “On This Winter’s Night.” It feels like a song that could end up being a ‘classic’ in the years to come&nbsp; with a fantastic story about a Christmas with a young family and, specifically how the mother and father handle the situation.&nbsp; The W.O. Smith School’s children’s choir joins in on the song and while this could derail quite a few holiday albums, their performance is tastefully added into the song as a response to Charles and Hillary’s lyrical call.&nbsp; “Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let It Snow” is a song that’s hard to ‘ruin’ and their take on “Silver Bells” is modern yet reverential to the classic. <br /> <br /> The whole A Merry Little Christmas EP is tastefully made although I do have to wonder why previously released “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” wasn’t included on the disc.&nbsp; Perhaps the trio and their label partner Capitol Nashville figured their fans already owned that song. That aside, the album is a nice addition to any holiday music fan’s collection.<br /> <br /> <b>Track List:</b><br /> <ol> <li>Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas</li> <li>All I Want For Christmas Is You</li> <li>Blue Christmas</li> <li>On This Winter's Night</li> <li>Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow</li> <li>Silver Bells </li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-2848829906905334328?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/9BYy6J5YfhY" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/lady-antebellum-merry-little-christmas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-33810110192597342332011-12-18T21:25:00.002-05:002011-12-18T21:25:58.174-05:002011-12-18T21:25:58.174-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x3o0ZYMkKA32AbguGMchj1xs-6o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x3o0ZYMkKA32AbguGMchj1xs-6o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x3o0ZYMkKA32AbguGMchj1xs-6o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x3o0ZYMkKA32AbguGMchj1xs-6o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Johnny Mathis - Merry Christmas (1958)" border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lmDGjidXTFU/Tu6gf1L62dI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/5H7tT07n4TQ/s320/cover.jpg" title="Johnny Mathis - Merry Christmas (1958)" width="320" /> <br /> <br /> <b>Johnny Mathis - Merry Christmas (1958)</b> a review by Dennis MacDonald, Allmusic.com<br /> <br /> Of the several Christmas LPs Johnny Mathis has recorded, this one gets the nod. With empathetic arrangements by Percy Faith, it's impossible to say how many babies were born the following September after parents heard Johnny Mathis crooning "The Christmas Song." Smo-o-o-oth!<br /> <br /> <b>Track List:</b><br /> <ol> <li>Winter Wonderland</li> <li>The Christmas Song</li> <li>Sleigh Ride</li> <li>Blue Christmas</li> <li>I'll Be Home for Christmas</li> <li>White Christmas</li> <li>O Holy Night</li> <li>What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)</li> <li>The First Noel</li> <li>Silver Bells</li> <li>It Came Upon a Midnight Clear</li> <li>Silent Night</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-3381011019259734233?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/XDPJYEoXxSU" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/johnny-mathis-merry-christmas-1958.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-80127539778775133452011-12-17T10:21:00.001-05:002011-12-17T10:21:31.154-05:002011-12-17T10:21:31.154-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jmyyLdGRoSXyDOdCdlvBg2-cEFM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jmyyLdGRoSXyDOdCdlvBg2-cEFM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jmyyLdGRoSXyDOdCdlvBg2-cEFM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jmyyLdGRoSXyDOdCdlvBg2-cEFM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Best-Loved Christmas Carols: The Stories Behind Twenty-Five Yuletide Favorites" border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2SpZr087K_4/TuyzB-VsrII/AAAAAAAAAts/QBOD27tVwBQ/s320/9781402741876.jpg" title="Best-Loved Christmas Carols: The Stories Behind Twenty-Five Yuletide Favorites" width="243" /> <br /> <br /> <b>Best-Loved Christmas Carols</b>: The Stories Behind Twenty-Five Yuletide Favorites<br /> <br /> Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly.” “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.” “Good King Wenceslas.” These are just three of the beautiful, enduring Christmas carols featured in this lavish book and CD set—and every one has become an integral part of the holiday. Exquisitely illustrated pages showcase fine art from the world’s great museums and libraries, along with fascinating information on each carol and its lyrics.<br /> <br /> The audio recordings come from widely renowned musical ensembles, and a superlative introduction provides historical perspective, with background on the origin of carols, the influence of medieval guilds and Mystery plays, and carols from different eras.<br /> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li>Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)</li> <li>Angels from the Realms of Glory</li> <li>Away in a Manger</li> <li>Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)</li> <li>Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly</li> <li>Es ist ein Ros entprungen (Lo, How a Rose Eer Blooming)</li> <li>The First Nowell (The First Noël)</li> <li>God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen</li> <li>Good Christian Men, Rejoice</li> <li>Good King Wenceslas</li> <li>Hark! The Herald Angels Sing</li> <li>The Holly and the Ivy</li> <li>It Came upon a Midnight Clear</li> <li>Joy to the World</li> <li>Les Anges dans nos campagnes (Angels We Have Heard on Hight)</li> <li>O Little Town of Bethlehem</li> <li>O Tannenbaum</li> <li>Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)</li> <li>The Twelve Days of Christmas</li> <li>Veni, Emmanuel (O Come, O Come Emmanuel)</li> <li>Wassail Song (Here We Come A-Caroling)</li> <li>We Three Kings of Orient Are</li> <li>We Wish You a Merry Christmas</li> <li>What Child Is This</li> <li>While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-8012753977877513345?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/LSuIbzIFoOU" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-loved-christmas-carols-stories.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-5251819718571630832011-12-17T09:01:00.000-05:002011-12-17T09:01:06.242-05:002011-12-17T09:01:06.242-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0NFkw1Tr41ARGIOsKaTze4il9Q0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0NFkw1Tr41ARGIOsKaTze4il9Q0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0NFkw1Tr41ARGIOsKaTze4il9Q0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0NFkw1Tr41ARGIOsKaTze4il9Q0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="An Irish Christmas" border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R2m712fG3zM/TuygNPAo62I/AAAAAAAAAtk/dTLAy5wKanE/s320/img_002.jpg" title="An Irish Christmas" width="320" /> <br /> <br /> <b>An Irish Christmas</b><br /> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li>The Holly She Bears A Berry - Voice Squad</li> <li>An Irish Blessing - Roma Downey</li> <li>Parting Glass - Voice Squad</li> <li>Away In A Manger - Slane National School</li> <li>Dromcolliher Set - Ger Kiely And Band</li> <li>Flower Of Maherally - Brian Kennedy</li> <li>Oh Holy Night - Phil Coulter</li> <li>Adeste Fideles - Celtic Tenors</li> <li>Oiche Ciuin - Slane National School</li> <li>My Irish Molly - Maura O'Connel</li> <li>Codail A Linbh - Moya Brennan</li> <li>Be Thou My Vision - Roma Downey &amp; Aoife Ni Fhearraigh</li> <li>Remember Me - Brian Kennedy</li> <li>Pig's Head - Frank Mccourt</li> <li>Danny Boy - Celtic Tenors</li> <li>Steal Away - Phil Coulter</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-525181971857163083?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/pZG3KCwyqy0" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/irish-christmas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-67206623802711380302011-12-16T23:52:00.002-05:002011-12-16T23:53:16.966-05:002011-12-16T23:53:16.966-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7cQSb-lWcO5pXM6lGW691TEcLPo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7cQSb-lWcO5pXM6lGW691TEcLPo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7cQSb-lWcO5pXM6lGW691TEcLPo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7cQSb-lWcO5pXM6lGW691TEcLPo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="The Polar Express (Original Movie Soundtrack)" border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nG7BjTTtjDE/TuwfzGAWwvI/AAAAAAAAAtc/SPvKy8nFUZY/s320/img_001.jpg" title="The Polar Express (Original Movie Soundtrack)" width="320" /> <br /> <br /> <b>The Polar Express (Original Movie Soundtrack), A Review</b><br /> by James Christopher Monger, Allmusic.com<br /> <br /> The soundtrack to Robert Zemeckis' groundbreaking film adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg's popular children's book The Polar Express celebrates the season with both classic and contemporary holiday flair. Composers Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri provide the latter, relying on swelling choral arrangements, tender ballads, and polarizing yuletide offerings from Stephen Tyler and Josh Groban.<br /> <br /> Tyler struts his stuff on the amiable but derivative "Rockin' on Top of the World," a three-chord rave-up that finds the Aerosmith mouthpiece channeling a pack of howler monkeys, but it's Groban's syrupy, future American Idol favorite "Believe" that serves as the soundtrack's commercial centerpiece. Tom Hanks does his best Gene Wilder on the whimsical and strangely unnerving title track, a wonderfully unhinged performance that will have Willy Wonka fans clamoring for more, and the winsome vocals of preteens Matthew Hall and Meagan Moore give the ballad "When Christmas Comes to Town" a real sense of wonder. Silvestri's orchestral pieces are effective in tone, yet ape Danny Elfman's Edward Scissorhands theme so shamelessly that lawyers on both sides must have had words early on in the production.<br /> <br /> The Polar Express is ambitious for sure, but the fact that its most sincere pieces are the six classics that make up its caboose is telling.<br /> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li>The Polar Express - Tom Hanks</li> <li>When Christmas Comes To Town - Matthew Hall &amp; Meagan Moore</li> <li>Rockin On Top Of The World - Steven Tyler</li> <li>Believe - Josh Groban</li> <li>Hot Chocolate - Tom Hanks</li> <li>Spirit Of The Season - Alan Silvestri</li> <li>Seeing Is Believing - Alan Silvestri</li> <li>Santa Claus Is Comin To Town - Frank Sinatra</li> <li>White Christmas - Bing Crosby</li> <li>Winter Wonderland - Andrews Sisters</li> <li>Its Beginning To Look Like Christmas - Perry Como</li> <li>Silver Bells - Kate Smith</li> <li>Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - Bing Crosby &amp; The Andrews Sisters</li> <li>Suite From The Polar Express - Alan Silvestri</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-6720662380271138030?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/3ZfU6q1SVe0" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/polar-express-original-movie-soundtrack.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-36899266280635882172011-12-16T23:22:00.003-05:002011-12-16T23:22:58.154-05:002011-12-16T23:22:58.154-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DpOzDYhStD9FqqiWjl3z4qJLuVc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DpOzDYhStD9FqqiWjl3z4qJLuVc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DpOzDYhStD9FqqiWjl3z4qJLuVc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DpOzDYhStD9FqqiWjl3z4qJLuVc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Sky Radio Presents Christmas Numbers Ones" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wr4uLY92LfQ/TuwYmZZNtzI/AAAAAAAAAtU/ROzvtLh_W8s/s1600/cover.jpg" title="Sky Radio Presents Christmas Numbers Ones" /> <br /> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li>Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) - John Lennon &amp; Yoko Ono</li> <li>Last Christmas - Wham!</li> <li>Do They Know Its Christmas - Band Aid</li> <li>All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey</li> <li>White Christmas - Bing Crosby</li> <li>A Winter's Tale - Queen</li> <li>Driving Home From Christmas - Chris Rea</li> <li>Wonderful Christmas Time - Paul McCartney</li> <li>Mistletoe &amp; Wine - Cliff Richard</li> <li>Christmas Was A Friend Of Mine - Fay Lovskey</li> <li>Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley</li> <li>A Christmas Song - Shawn Phillips</li> <li>The Christmas Song - Christina Aguilera</li> <li>Lonely This Christmas - Mud</li> <li>Santa Baby - Kylie Minogue</li> <li>8 Days Of Christmas - Destiny's Child</li> <li>Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade</li> <li>Christmas Through Your Eyes - Gloria Estefan</li> <li>When A Child Is Born - Johnny Mathis</li> <li>Its Gonna Be A Cold Cold Christmas - Dana</li> <li>Eenzame Kerst - Andr Hazes</li> <li>Mister Snowman (Bonus Track) - Sky Radio Tune</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-3689926628063588217?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/lwnMzdfT89k" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/sky-radio-presents-christmas-numbers.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-27600228064001607912011-12-14T11:13:00.002-05:002011-12-14T11:13:57.510-05:002011-12-14T11:13:57.510-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uarV213jK1wdIGCXxCLrVBJfKW0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uarV213jK1wdIGCXxCLrVBJfKW0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uarV213jK1wdIGCXxCLrVBJfKW0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uarV213jK1wdIGCXxCLrVBJfKW0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="The Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas" border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H4vzXfGRbrg/TujKa2ngN0I/AAAAAAAAAtI/jpcmbUILEFU/s320/img_001.jpg" title="The Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas" width="320" /> <br /> <br /> <b>The Time–Life Treasury of Christmas</b><br /> Description by Wikipedia<br /> <br /> The Time–Life Treasury of Christmas is a mail order Christmas music collection produced by Time–Life Music in cooperation with RCA/Ariola International. It was first available in 1986, and contained 45 songs on three LP records, two cassettes or two compact discs.<br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li>White Christmas - Bing Crosby</li> <li>Winter Wonderland &amp; Sleigh Ride - Dolly Parton</li> <li>The Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale</li> <li>O Little Town Of Bethlehem - André Previn</li> <li>The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Roger Whittaker</li> <li>Hark, The Herald Angels Sing - Nat King Cole</li> <li>O Holy Night - Perry Como</li> <li>The Christmas Song - The Carpenters</li> <li>Carol Of The Bells, Deck The Halls - The Robert Shaw Chorale</li> <li>'Twas The Night Before Christmas - Fred Waring &amp; The Pennsylvanians</li> <li>Here Comes Santa Claus - Elvis Presley</li> <li>Santa's Beard - The Beach Boys</li> <li>Christmas In My Home Town - Charley Pride</li> <li>Away In A Manger - Ed Ames</li> <li>Silent Night - Jim Reeves</li> <li>Home For The Holidays - Perry Como</li> <li>Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry</li> <li>Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano</li> <li>Good King Wenceslas - Morton Gould &amp; The RCA Symphony Orchestra</li> <li>Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms</li> <li>Here We Come A-Caroling, O Tannenbaum, I Saw Three Ships - Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Orchestra</li> <li>Ave Maria - Leontyne Price &amp; The Choir of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, NY</li> <li>Ding Dong Merrily On High - Roger Whittaker</li> <li>If Every Day Was Like Christmas - Elvis Presley</li> <li>Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee</li> <li>Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Perry Como</li> <li>Jingle Bells - Jim Reeves</li> <li>What Child Is This - Andre' Previn</li> <li>Adeste Fideles - Luciano Pavarotti</li> <li>I'll Be Home For Christmas - Perry Como</li> <li>God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Julie Andrews</li> <li>Christmas In Dixie - Alabama</li> <li>Do You Hear What I Hear - Bing Crosby</li> <li>Joy To The World - Robert Shaw Chorale</li> <li>Blue Christmas - Glen Campbell</li> <li>It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus</li> <li>Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland</li> <li>Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte</li> <li>Rocking - Roger Whittaker</li> <li>Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Dean Martin</li> <li>The First Noel - Sergio Franchi</li> <li>Silver Bells - Kate Smith</li> <li>A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives</li> <li>It's Begining To Look Like Christmas - Perry Como</li> <li>We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-2760022806400160791?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/6c_nQ81hBuY" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/time-life-treasury-of-christmas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-75037133861722630252011-12-14T10:42:00.000-05:002011-12-14T10:42:10.478-05:002011-12-14T10:42:10.478-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bi56W2SM-RyMogbc46lnYIt9Ea8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bi56W2SM-RyMogbc46lnYIt9Ea8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bi56W2SM-RyMogbc46lnYIt9Ea8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bi56W2SM-RyMogbc46lnYIt9Ea8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="The All Time Greatest Christmas Songs" border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I0ZOTALtT5g/TujDTRiPMnI/AAAAAAAAAtA/I3W_tmxoV9A/s320/img_001.jpg" title="The All Time Greatest Christmas Songs" width="320" /> <br /> <br /> <b>Album:</b> All Time Greatest Christmas Songs<br /> <b>Release Date:</b> Dec 3, 1999<br /> <b>Label:</b> Sony Music Distribution<br /> <b>Type:</b> Various Artists<br /> <b>Genre:</b> Christmas<br /> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li>All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey</li> <li>Last Christmas - Wham!</li> <li>I Met An Angel (On Christmas Day) - Celine Dion</li> <li>Ay, Ay, Ay It's Christmas - Ricky Martin</li> <li>Love On Layaway - Gloria Estefan</li> <li>The Power of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood</li> <li>Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Babyface</li> <li>This Is The Time - Michael Bolton (Duet With Wynonna)</li> <li>When My Heart Finds Christmas - Harry Connick, Jr.</li> <li>I Don't Need Anything This Christmas - Shawn Colvin</li> <li>Bells Are Ringing - Mary Chapin Carpenter</li> <li>Christmas Auld Lang Syne - Marc Anthony</li> <li>Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea</li> <li>I Need You (Christmas Mix) - 3T</li> <li>Give Love On Christmas Day - Solid Harmony</li> <li>Let Love Be Love - Juice, S.O.A.P, Christina Feat. Remee</li> <li>Christmas Time - Backstreet Boys</li> <li>Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid</li> <li>Silent Night - Charlotte Church</li> <li>White Christmas - Bing Crosby</li> <li>Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Frank Sinatra</li> <li>The Little Drummer Boy - Johnny Cash</li> <li>Sleigh Ride - Andy Williams</li> <li>Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Doris Day</li> <li>The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) - Mel Torme</li> <li>Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Johnny Mathis</li> <li>Winter Wonderland - Tony Bennet</li> <li>Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry</li> <li>This Christmas - Gladys Knight &amp; The Pips</li> <li>It's Gonna Be A Cold, Cold Christmas - Dana</li> <li>Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie</li> <li>Lonely This Christmas - Mud</li> <li>Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens</li> <li>Christmas Was A Friend of Mine - Fay Lovsky</li> <li>Step Into Christmas - Elton John</li> <li>A Christmas Song - Shawn Phillips</li> <li>It May Be Winter Outside - Love Unlimited</li> <li>Winter In America - Doug Ashdown</li> <li>2000 Miles - Pretenders</li> <li>O Come All Ye Faithful - Art Garfunkel</li> <li>It Came Upon The Midnight Clear - Manhattan Transfer</li> <li>Silent Night, Holy Night - Mahalia Jackson</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-7503713386172263025?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/Hd9-0_224qw" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/all-time-greatest-christmas-songs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-28527318347699778882011-12-13T22:53:00.001-05:002011-12-13T22:58:38.950-05:002011-12-13T22:58:38.950-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hC2UpAWqnLYwb-JPYDjwPam233Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hC2UpAWqnLYwb-JPYDjwPam233Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hC2UpAWqnLYwb-JPYDjwPam233Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hC2UpAWqnLYwb-JPYDjwPam233Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Sweet Sounds Of Christmas" border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F9j0oQrIrvA/TugdrUS5CWI/AAAAAAAAAs4/qyDG1LsiitU/s320/img_001.jpg" title="Sweet Sounds Of Christmas" width="320" /> <br /> <br /> <b>Liner Notes</b><br /> (no author mention)<br /> <br /> With the arrival of the Christmas holiday season there comes a bevy of all sweet things to brighten the thoughts of children and grown-ups alike: sweet sights, sweet tastes, sweet dreams and the sweetest sounds. Here on this album we have a sampling of some of the finest carols, hymns and songs from some of the many lands where Christmas is celebrated.<br /> <br /> Just as the sweet sounds of Christmas differ greatly from country to country, so do the festive customs. And each nation has its own traditional taste treats associated with the season. As we listen to the sweet sounds of Christmas from points around the globe, it's fun to think about the sweets and "goodies" that the people in the various lands are enjoying as their own special customs.<br /> <br /> Eggnog, as we know it, is probably the "American" of the holiday sweets although it bears a marked resemblance to a spiced wine and milk mixture the English call syllabub. However, our first sounds for the holiday are those of an American carol that has indeed become a classic, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear." And it is hauntingly performed by Billy Vaughn.<br /> <br /> Next a song from the land where the traditional treat is the buche de Noel - a mouth-watering cake in the form of a yule log. The French composer Adolphe Adam's love "O Holy Night" is sung by Pat Boone.<br /> <br /> Moving on to a lighter moment, the Anita Kerr Singers provide a "Little Drummer Boy" that's as crisp as a candy cane. Next comes one of the tenderest songs of the season's fare. In praise of the Mother of the Christ Child is "Ave Maria" interpreted most movingly by Eddie Fisher.<br /> <br /> In Germany at Christmastime there are too many hundreds of cakes, cookies and other assorted goodies to count. Pfeffermusse, Printen and Lebkuchen are just a few of the sensational things to think about while Liberace plays "Oh, Tannenbaum." The Christmas Tree, so the story goes, resulted from an old German legend which told of people seeing a single tree in the forest in full bloom on Christmas Eve with a lovely child seated among its glowing branches.<br /> <br /> Eddie Fisher returns with "Do You Hear What I Hear?" which is followed by the close, sweet harmonizing of the Mills Brothers singing one of the all-time favourites of the Christmas hymns, "O Little Town of Bethlehem."<br /> <br /> England is justifiably famous for its Christmas Pudding. Or Plum Pudding or Figgy Pudding... call it what you will... there aren't as many names as there are variants in recipes over the centuries. Just look up whatever recipe you have handy because this is a steamed dessert the whole family can enjoy helping put together. You'll all soon discover why it's been a mainstay in England even longer than the "Coventry Carol," one of the earliest of the true English carols dating back to the fifteenth century and heard here in Liberace's timeless rendition.<br /> <br /> Two more classics bring this platter of festive sweets to a close: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" with the Anita Kerr Singers and "Joy to the World" sung by Pat Boone.<br /> <br /> If these treats set you thinking, play the album again, Get the family all together in the kitchen to whip up some of our favorite family sweets or some treats that are special favorites at your house. For isn't the family together on the sweetest of all the many real joys of Christmas?<br /> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li>Billy Vaughn - It Came Upon a Midnight Clear</li> <li>Pat Boone - O, Holy Night</li> <li>The Anita Kerr Singers - Little Drummer Boy</li> <li>Eddie Fisher - Ave Maria</li> <li>Liberace - Oh, Tannenbaum</li> <li>Eddie Fisher - Do You Hear What I Hear?</li> <li>The Mills Brothers - O Little Town of Bethlehem</li> <li>Liberace - Coventry Carol</li> <li>The Anita Kerr Singers - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas</li> <li>Pat Boone - Joy to the World</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-2852731834769977888?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/b64m-NslFzY" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/sweet-sounds-of-christmas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-59563185414056022622011-12-11T23:33:00.001-05:002011-12-11T23:41:52.828-05:002011-12-11T23:41:52.828-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y1YB8_-eJa6nT7Riq-lha6oCOn0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y1YB8_-eJa6nT7Riq-lha6oCOn0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y1YB8_-eJa6nT7Riq-lha6oCOn0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y1YB8_-eJa6nT7Riq-lha6oCOn0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Christmas - Radio Shack Special Collector's Edition" border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_tMSdEWanB0/TuWEba9Wx2I/AAAAAAAAAsw/uIXijpB5aGk/s320/img_001.jpg" tile="Christmas - Radio Shack Special Collector's Edition" width="320" title="We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Radio Shack Special Collector's Edition" alt="We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Radio Shack Special Collector's Edition" /> <br /> <br /> <b>Review</b><br /> by The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch<br /> <br /> This collector edition 7 inch single was released by Radio Shack in 1968 on RCA records. It has two tracks on each side: Side 1 has Jingle Bells sung by Julie Andrews and It Came Upon A Midnight Clear performed by Vic Damone. On side two the tracks are: Joy To The World with Jack Jones and We Wish You A Merry Christmas by Marian Anderson.<br /> <br /> The record was released in 1968.<br /> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> Side 1<br /> <ol> <li>Jingle Bells - Julie Andrews</li> <li>It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Vic Damone</li> </ol> Side 2<br /> <ol> <li>Joy To The World - Jack Jones</li> <li>We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Marian Anderson</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-5956318541405602262?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/MggSoBK0mAo" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/we-wish-you-merry-christmas-radio-shack.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-92001596905394648862011-12-11T22:56:00.001-05:002011-12-11T22:58:53.154-05:002011-12-11T22:58:53.154-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qZhZ9bsUtF6IP2654cR8Ek68Rz0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qZhZ9bsUtF6IP2654cR8Ek68Rz0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qZhZ9bsUtF6IP2654cR8Ek68Rz0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qZhZ9bsUtF6IP2654cR8Ek68Rz0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Vanessa Williams - Star Bright" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bnD6qDmzq_8/TuV7yeT-nnI/AAAAAAAAAso/4B9ojkayy1g/s1600/Star_Bright_album_cover.jpg" title="Vanessa Williams - Star Bright" /> <br /> <br /> <b>Review</b><br /> by Wikipedia.org<br /> <br /> Star Bright is the fourth studio album and first Christmas album by Vanessa Williams, released in the United States on November 5, 1996 by Mercury Records. The album achieved critical acclaim and success as one of the best-selling holiday albums of 1996 and 1997. It peaked at number thirty-six on the Billboard 200, number twenty-four on the Top R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Albums, and number five on the Top Holiday Albums.<br /> <br /> The album went on to be nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album and was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies. Although no official singles were released from the album, "Do You Hear What I Hear/The Little Drummer Boy" became an instant holiday classic becoming the most played holiday record of 1996 and reaching number fifteen on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.<br /> <br /> Also, again while the album released no official singles, a video was shot in 1993 for "What Child Is This?" that was originally featured on the A&amp;M Records Christmas compilation A Very Special Christmas 2. It was re-release under the name of The Christmas Collection: The Best Of Vanessa Williams.<br /> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li>Silver and Gold</li> <li>Joy to the World</li> <li>Mary's Little Boy Child</li> <li>Silent Night</li> <li>Winter Weather</li> <li>The Little Drummer Boy</li> <li>Merry Christmas, Darling</li> <li>Rise Up, Shepherd and Follow</li> <li>Prelude: I Dream a World</li> <li>December Lullaby</li> <li>The Holly and the Ivy</li> <li>Christmas Is</li> <li>Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-9200159690539464886?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/p5bD7UOO884" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/vanessa-williams-star-bright.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-17521842181694519612011-12-11T22:41:00.001-05:002011-12-11T22:44:47.165-05:002011-12-11T22:44:47.165-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gqkFtpIiBWwIPrA7rlyRabz38AE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gqkFtpIiBWwIPrA7rlyRabz38AE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gqkFtpIiBWwIPrA7rlyRabz38AE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gqkFtpIiBWwIPrA7rlyRabz38AE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve" border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x-OPvn5vY50/TuV4XfBmsHI/AAAAAAAAAsg/HciymDAt004/s320/img_001.jpg" title="Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve" width="320" /> <br /> <br /> <b>Review</b><br /> by David Jeffries, Allmusic.com<br /> <br /> The story that unfolds during Trans-Siberian Orchestra's third Christmas CD deals with angels visiting New York City, which gives this orchestrated rock group a chance to draw upon a wide variety of modern music.<br /> <br /> The jaunty "Christmas Nights in Blue" sounds like it was influenced by Louis Jordan and is the coolest moment the orchestra has ever offered, while the driving "Christmas Jam" is Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein" with some sleigh bells. Not that the group was ever "traditional," but the songs here sound less influenced by the old Christmas standards, and they're generally more fun and uplifting. The quiet numbers are delicate and beautiful, and there are a number of them in the album's fourth quarter.<br /> <br /> The problem with the album is it's nearly choked with too much material, with a great number of the songs existing solely to move the story along. That's when the album gets too emotive, too forced, and too Electric Light Orchestra without Jeff Lynne.<br /> <br /> Good new is, whittle out the dreck and you've still have plenty left to enjoy. Even though it won't win them any new fans, The Lost Christmas Eve is rumored to be an "end of the trilogy" album. If so, the trilogy ends with a big, theatrical bang, and Trans-Siberian Orchestra fans wouldn't have it any other way.<br /> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li>Faith Noel</li> <li>The Lost Christmas Eve</li> <li>Christmas Dreams</li> <li>Wizards in Winter</li> <li>Remember</li> <li>Anno Domine</li> <li>Christmas Concerto</li> <li>Queen of the Winter Night</li> <li>Christmas Nights in Blue</li> <li>Christmas Jazz</li> <li>Christmas Jam</li> <li>Siberian Sleigh Ride</li> <li>What Is Christmas?</li> <li>For the Sake of Our Brother</li> <li>The Wisdom of Snow</li> <li>Wish Liszt (Toy Shop Madness)</li> <li>Back to a Reason, Pt. 2</li> <li>Christmas Bells, Carousels &amp; Time</li> <li>What Child Is This?</li> <li>O' Come All Ye Faithful</li> <li>Christmas Canon Rock</li> <li>Different Wings</li> <li>Midnight Clear</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-1752184218169451961?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/YNZKmL68j3A" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/trans-siberian-orchestra-lost-christmas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-15957728714467668392011-12-11T22:29:00.001-05:002011-12-11T22:31:56.878-05:002011-12-11T22:31:56.878-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XFJihS9yELLa7gtZ-97Dzg-QhYw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XFJihS9yELLa7gtZ-97Dzg-QhYw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XFJihS9yELLa7gtZ-97Dzg-QhYw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XFJihS9yELLa7gtZ-97Dzg-QhYw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Christmas Attic" border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GTG_jsPNvac/TuV1O7cHutI/AAAAAAAAAsY/-akguvjTX6I/s320/img_001_web.jpg" title="Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Christmas Attic" width="320" /> <br /> <br /> <b>Review</b><br /> by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com<br /> <br /> Trans-Siberian Orchestra's second album, Christmas Attic, may not be as focused or serious as Christmas Eve, but it is just as enjoyable and maybe even more consistent, thanks to Paul O'Neill's increasingly impressive compositions and an improved musicality. <br /> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li>The Ghost of Christmas Eve</li> <li>Boughs of Holly</li> <li>The World That She Sees</li> <li>Midnight Christmas Eve</li> <li>The March of the Kings/Hark! TheHerald Angels Sing</li> <li>The Three Kings and I (What Really Happened)</li> <li>Christmas Canon</li> <li>Joy/Angels We Have Heard on High</li> <li>Find Our Way Home</li> <li>Appalachian Snowfall</li> <li>The Music Box</li> <li>The Snow Came Down</li> <li>Christmas in the Air</li> <li>Dream Child (A Christmas Dream)</li> <li>An Angel's Share</li> <li>Music Box Blues</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-1595772871446766839?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/f39Jm14eEwY" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/trans-siberian-orchestra-christmas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-85817704477472030692011-12-10T20:05:00.001-05:002011-12-10T20:11:10.026-05:002011-12-10T20:11:10.026-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vfHKZc7-0lQsjDWEeiyu7MdDLPo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vfHKZc7-0lQsjDWEeiyu7MdDLPo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vfHKZc7-0lQsjDWEeiyu7MdDLPo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vfHKZc7-0lQsjDWEeiyu7MdDLPo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other" border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FtSNwZPlwcs/TuQCwwkDJLI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/DrWpSfDWYkQ/s320/img_001.jpg" title="Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other " width="320" /> <br /> <br /> <b>Review</b><br /> by Alex S. Garcia, Allmusic.com<br /> <br /> What would happen if members of Savatage decided to write some Christmas songs? Easy: Trans-Siberian Orchestra. This "supergroup" is the brainchild of Jon Oliva and Paul O'Neill (respectively the leader-keyboardist and the producer of Savatage). They hired Al Pitrelli (Asia, Savatage) to play guitars, Robert Kinkel to help with keyboards, John Middleton (also a member of Savatage) on bass, and Jeff Plate on drums. Lead vocals are shared by six vocalists, while some of the backing vocals are handled by Savatage lead singer Zachary Stevens.<br /> <br /> Christmas Eve and Other Stories is a concept album: all the songs are built as chapters of a book, each telling part of a larger story. The plot here is of a young angel sent down to Earth to find and bring back to the Lord "the one thing that best represents everything good that has been done in the name of this day." The angel's quest takes him all over the world, through Russia and Sarajevo, until he finally hears the prayer of a father. This last piece is the strongest moment on the album and makes for a miniature story within the larger story. It is basically told in a trilogy of songs: in the first, "Ornament," we hear the father's prayer, explaining how he hasn't seen his daughter in many years. In "Old City Bar," the angel finds the daughter, standing alone outside a bar, and talks to the bartender who, out of a random act of kindness, takes all the cash from his register drawer and gives it to the girl so she can go home. The third song, "This Christmas Day," has the father praising God, thanking him for bringing his daughter back to him on this night of all nights. It is a very touching story, pondering the thought that "If you want to arrange it/This world you can change it/If we could somehow make this/Christmas thing last/By helping a neighbor/Or even a stranger." Musically, the band has taken some traditional Christmas songs ("O Come All Ye Faithful," "O Holy Night," "The First Noel") and mixed in some modern rock music.<br /> <br /> The result is stunning and very impressive. It is filled with energy that simply blows you away. The already classic "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" is a gripping instrumental based on "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (although you might have to listen carefully to hear it). Fans of progressive music should like this one. And if you're into the more recent works of Savatage (like Handful of Rain or Dead Winter Dead) you'll really love this.<br /> <br /> <b>Track Listing</b><br /> <ol> <li>An Angel Came Down</li> <li>O Come All Ye Faithful/O Holy Night</li> <li>A Star to Follow</li> <li>First Snow</li> <li>The Silent Nutcracker</li> <li>A Mad Russian's Christmas</li> <li>The Prince of Peace</li> <li>Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24</li> <li>Good King Joy</li> <li>Ornament</li> <li>The First Noel</li> <li>Old City Bar</li> <li>Promises to Keep</li> <li>This Christmas Day</li> <li>An Angel Returned</li> <li>O Holy Night</li> <li>God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-8581770447747203069?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/aEhpA8u_VeY" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/trans-siberian-orchestra-christmas-eve.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-24336210295673996582011-12-10T18:35:00.001-05:002011-12-10T18:37:49.068-05:002011-12-10T18:37:49.068-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/srhlb2mVDbb9NN5-EkIdqP6Nb1Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/srhlb2mVDbb9NN5-EkIdqP6Nb1Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/srhlb2mVDbb9NN5-EkIdqP6Nb1Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/srhlb2mVDbb9NN5-EkIdqP6Nb1Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B6LQFZZSLQY/TuPtGPQ6qJI/AAAAAAAAAsI/rDHEbze6y6Q/s320/img_003.jpg" width="320" title="Jim Reeves - Christmas Songbook" alt="Jim Reeves - Christmas Songbook" /> <br /><br /><b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li>Silver Bells</li> <li>Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)</li> <li>Blue Christmas</li> <li>An Old Christmas Card</li> <li>Teach Me How to Pray</li> <li>C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S.</li> <li>Precious Memories</li> <li>Jingle Bells</li> <li>The Merry Christmas Polka</li> <li>In the Garden</li> <li>Silent Night</li> <li>O Come All Ye Faithful</li> <li>It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)</li> <li>A Beautiful Life</li> <li>Padre of Old San Antone</li> <li>Senor Santa Claus</li> <li>Mary's Boy Child</li> <li>May the Good Lord Bless &amp; Keep You</li> <li>O Little Town of Bethlehem</li> <li>The Flowers , Sunset, Trees</li> <li>An Evening Prayer</li> <li>White Christmas</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-2433621029567399658?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/VYB8XQ7kuws" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/jim-reeves-christmas-songbook.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-15118144721643396412011-12-04T21:11:00.001-05:002011-12-04T21:12:52.737-05:002011-12-04T21:12:52.737-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pqopnFBXh0uCpNr7vfLp1bFlHHI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pqopnFBXh0uCpNr7vfLp1bFlHHI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pqopnFBXh0uCpNr7vfLp1bFlHHI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pqopnFBXh0uCpNr7vfLp1bFlHHI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas" border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wDnpKAdIbJs/TtwoYMfbqjI/AAAAAAAAAsA/BeGDSwP9-WE/s320/img_001.jpg" title="Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas" width="320" /> <br /> <br /> <b>Review</b><br /> by William Ruhlmann, Allmusic.com<br /> <br /> The obligatory Stevie Wonder Christmas album is par for the course, with standards like "The Little Drummer Boy" coming off better than the new songs written for the project.<br /> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li>Someday at Christmas</li> <li>Silver Bells</li> <li>Ave Maria</li> <li>The Little Drummer Boy</li> <li>One Little Christmas Tree</li> <li>The Day That Love Began</li> <li>The Christmas Song</li> <li>Bedtime for Toys</li> <li>Christmas Time</li> <li>Twinkle Twinkle Little Me</li> <li>A Warm Little Home on the Hill</li> <li>What Christmas Means to Me</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-1511814472164339641?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/mUnUlb4NSNA" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/stevie-wonder-someday-at-christmas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-28810552245579382842011-12-04T21:00:00.001-05:002011-12-04T21:02:33.998-05:002011-12-04T21:02:33.998-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9VrfIMNqyxFBHC4rEcPQguoI4nY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9VrfIMNqyxFBHC4rEcPQguoI4nY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9VrfIMNqyxFBHC4rEcPQguoI4nY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9VrfIMNqyxFBHC4rEcPQguoI4nY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Perry Como - Season's Greetings from Perry Como" border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ySEbMDs4mXw/Ttwl1qz7kuI/AAAAAAAAAr4/rrAMDRrQ5LE/s320/img_001.jpg" title="Perry Como - Season's Greetings from Perry Como" width="320" /> <br /> <br /> <b>Review</b><br /> by Marvin Jolly, Allmusic.com<br /> <br /> A holiday album in the classic Perry Como mold, Season's Greetings is warm and relaxed, with lush renditions of "Winter Wonderland," "The Christmas Song," "O Holy Night" and seven other Christmas favorites.<br /> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li>(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays</li> <li>Winter Wonderland</li> <li>Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</li> <li>The Christmas Song</li> <li>Santa Claus Is Coming to Town</li> <li>White Christmas</li> <li>Here We Come A-Caroling/We Wish You a Merry Christmas</li> <li>God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen</li> <li>O Holy Night</li> <li>The Story of the First Christmas: O Little Town of Bethlehem/Come, ...</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-2881055224557938284?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/IHXI8XcczWc" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/perry-como-seasons-greetings-from-perry.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-49544995745802445982011-12-04T20:33:00.001-05:002011-12-04T20:37:37.205-05:002011-12-04T20:37:37.205-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZBp0mv1uG6O1I3m-_MPrb82avSU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZBp0mv1uG6O1I3m-_MPrb82avSU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZBp0mv1uG6O1I3m-_MPrb82avSU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZBp0mv1uG6O1I3m-_MPrb82avSU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Nat King Cole - Christmas Album" border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F0kMWpDmNXM/Ttwfjal6HLI/AAAAAAAAArw/W0gQEkCU1aA/s320/Nat+King+Cole+Christmas+Album.jpg" title="Nat King Cole - Christmas Album" width="320" /> <br /> <br /> <b>Review</b><br /> by David Sprague, Amazon.com<br /> <br /> Countless singers have recorded the now-famous title track to this 14-song collection, but none have explored its evocative nuances as fully as the man who first brought it into our living rooms--Nat King Cole. Then again, his honeyed throat and refined delivery allowed him to make just about any song his own--even ubiquitous carols such as "O Holy Night" and "Adeste Fideles." Cole's gift--the thing that made him beloved by grandmas and jazzbos alike--was his ability to conjure images so vivid, you need only close your eyes in order to see, say, a snow-swept town square ("Caroling, Caroling") or that holy scene from 2,000 years ago ("Away in a Manger").<br /> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li>The Christmas Song</li> <li>Deck the Hall</li> <li>Frosty the Snowman</li> <li>I Saw Three Ships</li> <li>Buon Natale (Means Merry Christmas to You)</li> <li>Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)</li> <li>O Little Town of Bethlehem</li> <li>The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot</li> <li>O Tannenbaum</li> <li>The First Noel</li> <li>The Little Christmas Tree</li> <li>Hark! The Herald Angels Sing</li> <li>The Happiest Christmas Tree</li> <li>Joy to the World</li> <li>O Holy Night</li> <li>Caroling, Caroling</li> <li>A Cradle in Bethlehem</li> <li>Away in a Manger</li> <li>God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen</li> <li>Silent Night</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-4954499574580244598?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/wEUFLeaLMj8" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/nat-king-cole-christmas-album.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-31439952968132419462011-12-04T10:00:00.001-05:002011-12-04T10:05:41.670-05:002011-12-04T10:05:41.670-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m0t_db3224X_SYt_ekF5o6K4Utk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m0t_db3224X_SYt_ekF5o6K4Utk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m0t_db3224X_SYt_ekF5o6K4Utk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/m0t_db3224X_SYt_ekF5o6K4Utk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Jim Reeves - Twelve Songs Of Christmas" border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vCeEdUy0uP8/TtuLIQefzwI/AAAAAAAAAro/JZjUNA-N18Q/s320/img_001.jpg" title="Jim Reeves - Twelve Songs Of Christmas" width="320" /><br /> &nbsp;<b>&nbsp;</b><br /> <b>Review</b><span style="font-size: small;"><br />by David A. Milberg, Allmusic.com</span><br /> <div id="review"> <div class="text"> <br /> The '60s C&amp;W sound is still great in the '90s.</div> </div> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li>Jingle Bells</li> <li>Blue Christmas</li> <li>Señor Santa Claus</li> <li>An Old Christmas Card</li> <li>The Merry Christmas Polka</li> <li>White Christmas</li> <li>Silver Bells</li> <li>C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S</li> <li>O Little Town of Bethlehem</li> <li>Mary's Boy Child</li> <li>Oh Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)</li> <li>Silent Night</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-3143995296813241946?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/-M6v_GA9kW4" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/jim-reeves-twelve-songs-of-christmas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-18200244165878284702011-12-04T07:22:00.001-05:002011-12-04T09:51:08.899-05:002011-12-04T09:51:08.899-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XgOdb8TGiTK1vatOcfWklUoq9NE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XgOdb8TGiTK1vatOcfWklUoq9NE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XgOdb8TGiTK1vatOcfWklUoq9NE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XgOdb8TGiTK1vatOcfWklUoq9NE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Jessica Simpson - Happy Christmas" border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gM3BP1i2gp0/TttmCFmjAZI/AAAAAAAAArg/EaVO7lgFq2A/s320/img_002.jpg" title="Jessica Simpson - Happy Christmas" width="320" /> <br /> <br /> <b>Review</b><br /> by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com<br /> <br /> Left without a major-label contract after her country makeover didn’t stick, there was one clear option for Jessica Simpson: sign with Ellen DeGeneres’ fledgling Eleven Eleven label to cut her second Christmas album.<br /> <br /> Compared to 2004’s brassy Rejoyce: The Christmas Album, Happy Christmas exists on a small stage: Simpson doesn’t belt songs out, doesn’t seem intent on wowing an audience with her pizzazz. Instead, she slips into whatever old-fashioned mode works for the song at hand, kicking off proceedings with the Phil Spector-styled “My Only Wish,” jauntily navigating a medley of “Here Comes Santa Claus/Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” putting on her serious face for “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” adopting her inner choir nerd for “Carol of the Bells,” singing amiably with John Britt on “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and with Willie Nelson on “Merry Christmas Baby.”<br /> <br /> She may be intent on being all things to all people, but her eagerness to please suits the season and helps make Happy Christmas a better holiday soundtrack than Rejoyce.<br /> <br /> <b>Track List</b><br /> <ol> <li> My Only Wish</li> <li>Here Comes Santa Claus/SantaClaus Is Coming to Town</li> <li>O Come O Come Emmanuel</li> <li>I'll Be Home for Christmas</li> <li>Happy Christmas (War Is Over)</li> <li>Mary Did You Know</li> <li>Merry Christmas Baby</li> <li>Kiss Me for Christmas</li> <li>Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas</li> <li>Carol of the Bells</li> <li>[Untitled]</li> <li>[Untitled]</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-1820024416587828470?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/dcWzWHZ14Mg" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/12/jessica-simpson-happy-christmas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-27960651030017639412011-11-28T00:48:00.001-05:002011-11-28T00:52:27.387-05:002011-11-28T00:52:27.387-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IfbIQ7LDmdaZpu4EdPXp4sz5Zzo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IfbIQ7LDmdaZpu4EdPXp4sz5Zzo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IfbIQ7LDmdaZpu4EdPXp4sz5Zzo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IfbIQ7LDmdaZpu4EdPXp4sz5Zzo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Jack Jones - The Jack Jones Christmas Album" border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lVRTGNtf0o8/TtMhYcIwtjI/AAAAAAAAArY/66cXansCEF0/s400/The%2BJack%2BJones%2BChristmas%2BAlbum.jpg" title="Jack Jones - The Jack Jones Christmas Album" width="320" /><br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></b><br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Review</span></span></b><br /> by William Ruhlmann, Allmusic.com<br /> <br /> For his second seasonal collection, recorded in 1969 (following 1964's The Jack Jones Christmas Album), Jack Jones took a more eclectic, contemporary approach, including spiritual (if not specifically holiday) songs like the socially conscious "Some Children See Him" (which posited a multi-racial Christ child) and the recent Edwin Hawkins Singers hit "Oh Happy Day." "Little Altar Boy" was also given a gospel arrangement, while "O Little Town of Bethlehem" was rendered a cappella with chorus. "Christmas Day" from the recent musical Promises, Promises may have seemed like a standard-in-the-making, though it did not become one. Still, Jones sounds more comfortable on traditional fare like "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "Silver Bells."<br /> <br /> <b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Track List</span></b><br /> <ol> <li>Sleigh Ride</li> <li>White Christmas</li> <li>The Village Of St. Bernadette</li> <li>My Favorite Things</li> <li>I’ll Be Home For Christmas</li> <li>Angels We Have Heard On High</li> <li>Silent Night/O Come All Ye Faithful</li> <li>Do You Hear What I Hear</li> <li>Lullaby For Christmas Eve</li> <li>The Christmas Song</li> <li>Mistletoe And Holly</li> <li>The Christmas Waltz</li> <li>God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen</li> <li>It Came Upon A Midnight Clear/The First Noel</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-2796065103001763941?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/wyEELY9bGIE" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/11/jack-jones-jack-jones-christmas-album.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8327740021824111220.post-43958233778078482092011-11-27T23:24:00.001-05:002011-11-27T23:26:41.031-05:002011-11-27T23:26:41.031-05:00 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sDqMafiFLK_oPOwmNleSs72Id94/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sDqMafiFLK_oPOwmNleSs72Id94/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sDqMafiFLK_oPOwmNleSs72Id94/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sDqMafiFLK_oPOwmNleSs72Id94/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img alt="Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0lCoJSOJuco/TtMNOGvwTaI/AAAAAAAAArM/oyoUFcqLBW8/s1600/img_001.jpg" title="Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra" /> <b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></b><br /> <br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Review</span></span></b><br /> by Jim Smith, Allmusic.com<br /> <br /> It can be argued that Sinatra never sounded fully comfortable singing Christmas carols, and this record is no exception. While his other albums of the period are bursting with dash and sensitivity, this is a distant, even slightly lackadaisical performance. It's no dud on its own, but compared to the classic Christmas records of other artists, and especially to Sinatra's best work, it is unusually somber. Gordon Jenkins' adventurous arrangements are occasionally intrusive, but the album has touches of magic during "The Christmas Waltz" and "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear."<br /> <br /> <b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Track List</span></b><br /> <ol> <li>Jingle Bells</li> <li>The Christmas Song</li> <li>Mistletoe and Holly</li> <li>I'll Be Home for Christmas</li> <li>The Christmas Waltz</li> <li>Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas</li> <li>The First Noel</li> <li>Hark! The Herald Angels Sing</li> <li>O Little Town of Bethlehem</li> <li>Adeste Fideles (O, Come All Ye Faithful)</li> <li>It Came Upon a Midnight Clear</li> <li>Silent Night</li> <li>White Christmas</li> <li>The Christmas Waltz [Alternate Version]</li> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8327740021824111220-4395823377807848209?l=dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DrDrakesChristmasMusic/~4/1KjUoFZJcv4" height="1" width="1"/>Atwell Drakehttps://profiles.google.com/109897447054648639709noreply@blogger.com0http://dr-drakes-christmas-music.blogspot.com/2011/11/frank-sinatra-jolly-christmas-from.html