Description
**THIS IS A VINYL LP**
Release Date: 2020
Label: Bear Family
Track List
Side A
- Christmas Ball – Georgie Auld & his Orchestra feat. Bill Darnell
- Jingle Bells – Knuckles O’Toole & The Brigadiers
- Jing-A-Ling, Jing-A-Ling – The Andrews Sisters
- It Ain’t Snowin’ Outside – Georgie Auld & his Orchestra feat. Bill Darnel
- Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson & Hs ‚Pops‘ Concert Orchestra
- Mister Santa Dorothy Collins
- Come On Santa, Let’s Have A Ball – Kay Martin & Her Body Guards
Side B
- Ole! Santa – Dinah Washington
- Mambo, Santa, Mambo – The Enchanters
- Here Comes Santa Claus In A Red Canoe – The Surfers
- I’ve Had A Very Merry Christmas – Jerry Lewis
- Happy New Year Baby – Johnny Otis & His Orchestra
- What Are You Doing New Years Eve – Ramsey Lewis Trio
- Auld Lang Syne – Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
Notes
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…
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!
