Another fun one from Stan Freberg. This is one of 5 versions of this song released in November of 1955. The original was by Art Mooney and his orchestra with 6-year-old Barry Gordon on vocals. Stan does the main vocals on this one, with friend and fellow voice actor Daws Butler doing the burglar.

One for Christmas Eve.

Jesus the Born One

Barb, I really liked the first one, Jezusa Narodzonego The music is wonderful, and made me want to dance. I looked around YouTube to find out what country they were from, but never found out.  The language sounded like it could be either Polish or Czech??   

Google says it's Polish.

Here's a classic from 1956. This was written by Jester Hairston and originally recorded by the De Paur Chorus in 1955. This version was a big hit on both sides of the pond and made the song popular. The most well known version these days is probably the one by German group Boney M, which was a medley with "Oh My Lord", from 1978.

Marilyne like you I also guessed Czech but when I put Jezusa Narodsonego into a translator it came back as I had typed it and so I changed it to Polish to English and voila out came Jesus the Born One - looking at the embroidery on the man in white's pants I recognized it from my favorite childhood books by Kate Seredy, the Good Master which takes place on the "steppes" of Poland which is the area that borders Ukraine - what gets me is here is another area of the world that brings this traditional happy dance music into the Christmas service in a church. 

OH lordy if I just read your post Oldiesman you shared it by using Google to verify - tip of the hat...

Merry Christmas everyone.

Quote from: RAMMEL on December 24, 2024, 05:37:07 PMMerry Christmas everyone.

My favorite version of that song. Frank and Dean were obviously having a blast there.

Here's a classic I grew up listening to every Christmas. My mom has this album and it's been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. This is from 1977.

For Bubble, et.al.


Happy Chanukah!

Hope everyone had a good day with friends and family. Now that Christmas is over (or almost over, depending on where you live), I'll get back to the "normal" non-Holiday music. Here's a fun one that was the followup to the immensely popular "Chipmunk Song". This was released in February of 59 and like "The Chipmunk Song", was a big hit.

A great budget cover of a Marty Robbins classic, complete with a cool fuzz guitar solo

A hillbilly novelty tune from 1948. Novelty song or not, you'd never get away with this today. This was also recorded by Arthur Godfrey and several others.

I planned to post this song on Christmas Day, but I got involved with family, so here it is, three days late.  There are quite a few versions with different lyrics, but I like this one sung by Burl Ives.  I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

Loved this musical version of a long and deeply moving novel

To offset a revolution we have tragic romance  - the waltz from the movie, Anna Karenina... Shostakovish The Second Waltz

Here's a fun somewhat obscure one from 1964. Jimmy Jenson was a singer from Alexandria Lakes, Minnesota who apparently was pretty well known in his hometown and throughout the state. Although he was born in the US, he went by the name "The Swingin' Swede" and often did Swedish-American parodies (along the lines of Yogi Yorgesson and similar artists). He died in 2015 at the age of 84.

A great song from beloved Australian folk group The Seekers, from their 2013 farewell tour. This was the last song they performed on their original farewell tour back in 1968. It's based on a Russian folk song (known as "Stenka Rasin") about a cossack who must leave his lover to go off to war. Lead singer Judith Durham was 70 years old at the time and could still sing just as well as she could in the 60s. She died in 2022 at the age of 79.

Wonderful to see The Seekers,  from their farewell tour in 2013.   Judith Durham, sounded great for age 70.  Too bad she is no longer with us.   

Here's a rarity - a straight non-comic song from Stan Freberg. This was the flip side of his famous "John and Marsha" bit, from early 1951. Catchy tune.

It's still 2024 here in California!  Patricia and I are the last members here to ring in the New Year.  Two more hours for me, but I'll likely be asleep, so I'll wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR, and play this beautiful rendition of Auld Lang Syne by The Irish Rovers.

Almost 2 hours into the new year here in Ohio. Here's a classic from ABBA.

Here's one for the men of the forum...

Two more of one of my top Westerns:
Christopher Lee? Oooookay, didn't know he did an album.

Inka Gold I don't remember if I ever posted this before

Another song from the same Christopher Lee album.