Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American
singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers
such as "Botch-a-Me", "Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There" and "This Ole
House". She also had success as a jazz vocalist.
Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly due to problems related to depression
and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her White
Christmas co-star Bing Crosbyasked her to appear with him at
a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She continued recording
until her death in 2002.
"Suzy Snowflake"
is a song written by Sid Tepperand Roy C. Bennett, made famous by Rosemary Clooneyin 1951 and released
as a 78 RPM record by Columbia Records, MJV-123.
Suzy is a snowflake playfully
personified. It is commonly regarded as a Christmas song, although it makes no mention of the
holiday. The child-oriented lyrics celebrate the fun of winter.
A cartoon short based on the song
was made in 1953 by Centaur Productions, with stop-motion animation created by Wah Ming Chang. It is annually shown during the
Christmas season on WGN-TVin Chicago, along with another production by Centaur, "Hardrock,
Coco and Joe" and an early UPA version of "Frosty the Snowman". WJAC-TVin Johnstown, PAalso runs these three cartoon shorts
during the Christmas season.
Clooney later re-recorded the song
for her 1978 Mistletoe Records album Christmas with Rosemary Clooney.
It has been covered by other artists, most notably Soul Coughingin 1997.
Here comes
Suzy Snowflake
Dressed
In a snow white gown
Tap-tap-tapping
At your window pane
To tell you
She's in town
If you wanna make
A snow man
I'll help you make one
One-two-three
And if you wanna take
A sleigh ride
Whoop the ride's on me
Here comes
Suzy Snowflake
Look at her
Tumbling down
Bringing joy
To every girl and boy
Suzy's come to town
If you wanna take
A snowman
I'll help you take one
One-two-three
And if you wanna make
A sleigh ride
Whoop the ride's on me
Here comes
Suzy Snowflake
Look at her
Tumbling down
Bringing joy
To every girl and boy
Suzy's come to town.
BLUE
CHRISTMAS
ELVIS
PRESLEY
SONGWRITERS: BILL
HAYES & JAY JOHNSON
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: ELVIS’ CHRISTMAS ALBUM
LABEL: RCA VICTOR
GENRE: CHRISTMAS SONG
YEAR: 1957
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 –
August 16, 1977), also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer,
musician and actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural iconsof the 20th century and is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or
simply "the King". His energized interpretations of songs and
sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix
of influences across color lines during a transformative
era in race relations, led him to great success—and
initial controversy.
Presley was born in Tupelo,
Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis,
Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old.
His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Recordswith producer Sam
Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American
musicto a wider audience. Presley, on
rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Mooreand bassist Bill Black,
was a pioneer of rockabilly,
an uptempo, backbeat-driven
fusion of country musicand rhythm and blues.
In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontanajoined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victoracquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel
Tom Parker, who would manage him for more
than two decades. Presley's
first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January
1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. With a
series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records,
he became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll.
In November 1956, Presley made his film debut
in Love
Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley
relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most
commercially successful work. He held few concerts, however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to
devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and soundtrack albums, most
of them critically derided. In 1968, following a seven-year
break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed
television comeback special Elvis,
which led to an extended Las Vegasconcert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973,
Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the
world, Aloha from Hawaii. Years of prescription
drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his
Gracelandestate at the age of 42.
With his rise from poverty to significant
fame, Presley's success seemed to epitomize the American Dream.
He is the best-selling solo music artist of all time,
and was commercially successful in many genres, including pop,
country, R&B, adult
contemporary, and gospel.
He won three Grammy Awards,
received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awardat age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame.
Presley holds several records; the most RIAAcertified
goldand platinum albums, the most albums charted on the Billboard 200,
and the most number-one albums by a solo artist on the UK Albums Chartand the most number-one singles by any act on the UK Singles Chart.
In 2018, Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Elvis' Christmas Album (also reissued as It's
Christmas Time) is the third studio
albumand first Christmas albumby American singer and musician Elvis Presleyon RCA Victor,
LOC -1035, a deluxe limited edition, released October 15, 1957, and recorded at
Radio Recordersin Hollywood.
It has been reissued
in numerous different formats since its first release. It spent
four weeks at Nº. 1 on the Billboard
Top Pop Albumschart, and was the first of two Christmas-themed albumsPresley would record, the other being Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas,
released in 1971. The
publication Music Vendor listed Elvis' Christmas Album on their singles charts
for two weeks in December 1957 – January 1958, with a peak position of No. 49.
According to the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA), Elvis' Christmas Album along with its reissues has shipped
at least 17 million copies in the United States. It is the first Presley title
to attain Diamond
certificationby the RIAA, and is also the best-selling Christmas album of all
time in the United States. With total sales of more
20 million copies worldwide, it remains the world's best-selling Christmas
album and one of the best-selling albums of all time.
I'll have a Blue
Christmas without you
I'll be so blue just thinking about you
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree
Won't be the same dear, if you're not here with me
And when those blue
snowflakes start falling
That's when those blue memories start calling
You'll be doin' all right with your Christmas of with
But I'll have a blue, blue, blue Christmas
You'll be doin' all
right, with your Christmas of white,
But I'll have a blue, blue blue Christmas.
LIGHT A CANDLE IN THE CHAPEL
FRANK SINATRA
SONGWRITERS: DAVE BINDER; DUKE LEONARD;
ED G NELSON & HARRY PEASE
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: LIGHT A CANDLE IN THE CHAPEL
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: CHRISTMAS SONG
YEAR: 1942
Francis Albert Sinatra (/sɪˈnɑːtrə/;
December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor and producer
who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th
century. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time,
having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.
Born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken,
New Jersey, Sinatra was greatly influenced
by the intimate easy listening vocal style of Bing
Crosbyand began his musical career in the swing erawith bandleaders Harry
Jamesand Tommy Dorsey.
Sinatra found success as a solo artist after he signed with Columbia Recordsin 1943, becoming the idol of the "bobby
soxers". He released his debut album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra, in
1946. But by the early 1950s his professional career had stalled and he turned
to Las Vegas,
where he became one of its best known residencyperformers as part of the Rat Pack.
His career was reborn in 1953 with the success of From
Here to Eternity, with his performance
subsequently winning an Academy Awardand Golden
Globe Awardfor Best Supporting Actor. Sinatra
released several critically lauded albums, including In
the Wee Small Hours(1955), Songs for Swingin' Lovers!(1956), Come Fly with Me(1958), Only the Lonely(1958) and Nice 'n'
Easy(1960).
Sinatra left Capitol in 1960 to start his own
record label, Reprise Records,
and released a string of successful albums. In 1965, he recorded the
retrospective album, September
of My Yearsand starred in the Emmy-winning
television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music. After
releasing Sinatra
at the Sands, recorded at the Sands
Hotel and Casinoin Vegas with frequent
collaborator Count Basiein early 1966, the following year he recorded one of his most famous
collaborations with Tom Jobim,
the album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos
Jobim. It was followed by 1968's Francis A. & Edward K.with Duke Ellington.
Sinatra retired for
the first time in 1971, but came out of retirement two years later. He
recorded several albums and resumed performing at Caesars Palace,
and released "New York, New York" in 1980. Using his Las Vegas shows as a
home base, he toured both within the United States and internationally until
shortly before his death in 1998.
Sinatra
forged a highly successful career as a film actor. After
winning an Academy Award for From
Here to Eternity, he starred in The Man with the Golden Arm(1955),
and received critical acclaim for his performance in The Manchurian Candidate(1962). He
appeared in various musicals such as On
the Town(1949), Guys
and Dolls(1955), High Society(1956), and Pal Joey(1957), winning another Golden Globe for the latter. Toward the end
of his career, he frequently played detectives, including the title character
in Tony Rome(1967). Sinatra would later receive the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Awardin 1971. On television, The Frank Sinatra Showbegan on ABCin 1950, and he continued to make
appearances on television throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Sinatra was also
heavily involved with politics from the mid-1940s, and actively campaigned for
presidents such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman,
John F. Kennedyand Ronald Reagan.
Sinatra was
investigated by the FBI for his alleged relationship with the Mafia.
While
Sinatra never learned how to read music, he worked very hard from a young age
to improve his abilities in all aspects of music. A perfectionist, renowned for
his dress sense and performing presence, he always insisted on recording live
with his band. His bright blue eyes earned him the popular nickname "Ol'
Blue Eyes". Sinatra led a colorful personal life, and was
often involved in turbulent affairs with women, such as with his second wife Ava Gardner.
He later married Mia Farrowin 1966 and Barbara
Marxin 1976. Sinatra had several violent
confrontations, usually with journalists he felt had crossed him, or work
bosses with whom he had disagreements. He was
honored at the Kennedy
Center Honorsin 1983, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedomby
Ronald Reagan in 1985, and the Congressional Gold Medalin 1997.
Sinatra was also the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards,
including the Grammy
Trustees Award, Grammy
Legend Awardand the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He was
collectively included in Timemagazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential
people.After Sinatra's death, American
music critic Robert Christgaucalled him "the greatest singer of the 20th century", and
he continues to be seen as an iconic figure.
Light a candle in the chapel
At the closing of each day
Keep it burning while you're
yearning
For the one who went
away
Say a pray'r and ask
the angel
To guide and to watch from above
Light a candle in the chapel
For the one you love
Say a pray'are and
ask the angel
To guide and to watch from above
Light a candle in the chapel
For the one you love.
I’LL BE
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
PERRY
COMO
SONGWRITERS: BUCK
RAM; KIM GANNON & WALTER KENT
COUNTRY: ITALYXU. S. A.
ALBUM: PERRY COMO SINGS MERRY CHRISTMAS MUSIC
LABEL: RCA VICTOR
GENRE: CHRISTMAS SONG
YEAR: 1953
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (/ˈkoʊmoʊ/; May 18,
1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian-Americansinger, actor and television personality. During a career spanning
more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victorfor 44 years, after signing with the label in 1943.
He recorded primarily vocal pop and was
renowned for recordings in the intimate, easy-listening genre pioneered by
multi-media star Bing Crosby.
"Mr.
C.", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records and pioneered a weekly
musical variety television show. His weekly television shows and seasonal
specials were broadcast throughout the world. In the
official RCA Records Billboard
magazinememorial, his life was summed up in
these few words: "50 years of music and a life well lived. An example to
all."
Como received five Emmysfrom 1955 to 1959, a Christopher
Award(1956) and shared a Peabody Awardwith good friend Jackie Gleason in 1956. He was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & SciencesHall of Fame in 1990 and received a Kennedy
Center Honorin 1987. Posthumously, Como received
the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awardin 2002 and was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Famein 2006.
He has the distinction of having three stars on the Hollywood
Walk of Famefor his work in radio, television,
and music.
Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music was Perry Como's
first Christmas album, originally issued by RCA Victoras a 78 RPM album set in 1946. The original release included "O
Little Town of Bethlehem" which was replaced in 1947 by Irving Berlin's
famous song "White
Christmas". This album, along with Como's later stereophonicChristmas albums, Season's Greetings from Perry Comoand The Perry Como Christmas Album, from
1959 and 1968 respectively, are among the all-time best-selling Christmas
albums. RCA has reissued Merry Christmas Music several times.
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