Vintage 1050s Holiday Music | Janet Lynn and Will Zeilinger | A Slice of Orange

Vintage 1950s  Holiday Music

by

Janet Elizabeth Lynn

 

I thought it would be nice to listen to some of the music that we still hear during the Christmas Holidays. I’ve included the links for your “waltz down memory lane”.  Here are the top ten Christmas hits in the1950s.

(In chronological order of release)

Vintage 1950s Holiday Music | Perry Como(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays

 

Perry Como

Home for the Holidays was written by Al Stillman and Robert Allen. It was a hit in 1955, but has also been recorded by numerous other artists. Listen on YouTube

 

 

Vintage 1950s Holiday Music | Bing Crosby | A Slice of OrangeI Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

 

Bing Crosby

In 1956, Bing Crosby’s version was released as a single.  Longfellow’s poem resulted when his personal peace was shaken. His second wife of 18 years was tragically burned in a fire, leaving him a widower of six children. Soon after, Longfellow’s oldest son, Charles Appleton Longfellow, joined the Union Army, he was severely wounded in the battle. He wrote the poem December,1863. The lyrics were by Johnny Marks and John Baptiste Calkin. Listen on YouTube

 

 

Vintage 1950s Holiday Music | Barry Gordon | A Slice of OrangeNuttin’ for Christmas 

 

Barry Gordon

Also known as “Nothing for Christmas,” Nuttin’ for Christmas was a novelty Christmas song written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett. It became a hit during the 1955 Christmas season when it appeared in Billboard’s pop charts by five different artists. The highest-charting of the five recordings was released by Art Mooney and His Orchestra, with six-year-old Barry Gordon as lead vocalist. Listen on YouTube

 

 

Vintage 1950s Holiday Music | Harry Belafonte | A Slice of OrangeMary’s Boy Child 

 

Harry Belafonte

Mary’s Boy Child a 1956 Christmas song, written by Jester Hairston. It is widely performed as a Christmas carol.  Harry Belafonte heard the song being performed by a choir and sought permission to record it. It was recorded for his album An Evening with BelafonteListen on YouTube

 

 

 

Vintage 1950s Holiday Music | Bobby Helms | A Slice of OrangeJingle Bell Rock

 

Bobby Helms

The song was written and performed by Bobby Helms in 1957 and has received frequent airplay during every Christmas season since. The song has hit the Billboard charts a record six times since its original release. Listen on YouTube

 

 

 

Vintage 1950s Holiday Music | Elvis Presley | A Slice of OrangeBlue Christmas

 

Elvis Presley

A Blue Christmas was written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson and most famously performed by Elvis Presley. Elvis Presley cemented the status of Blue Christmas as a rock-and-roll holiday classic by recording it for his 1957 LP Elvis’ Christmas Album. Listen on YouTube

 

 

 

Vintage 1950s Holiday Music | Chuck Berry | A Slice of OrangeRun Rudolph Run

 

Chuck Berry

Run Rudolph Run was written by Johnny Marks and Marvin Brodie. The song was first recorded by Berry in 1958 released as a single. Listen on YouTube

 

 

 

Vintage 1950s Holiday Music | Brenda Lee | A Slice of OrangeRockin’ Around the Christmas Tree

 

Brenda Lee

Written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958, Rocking Around the Christmas Tree was a rockabilly/rock-and-roll flavored Christmas tune. While it was ignored in its first two seasons, the song hit #16 on the Billboard pop chart during the Christmas season of 1960. Eight million copies were sold the first thirty years. Listen on YouTube

 

 

Vintage 1950s Holiday Music | David Seville | A Slice of OrangeThe Chipmunk Song

 

David Seville

The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) is a Christmas song written by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (a.k.a. David Seville) in 1958. Bagdasarian sang and recorded the song, varying the tape speeds to produce high-pitched “chipmunk” voices for  the chipmunks:  Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. Listen on YouTube

 

 

Vintage 1950s Holiday Music | The Harry Simeone Chorale | A Slice of OrangeThe Little Drummer Boy

 

The Harry Simeone Chorale

This song was originally called Carol of the Drums, a Czech folksong which Katherine Davis translated to English in 1941.  When the Twentieth-Century Fox Records label contracted Simeone to make a Christmas album in 1958, he assembled a group he called The Harry Simeone Chorale and searched for recording material. Simeone changed the title to The Little Drummer BoyListen on YouTube

 

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Will Zeilinger and Janet Lynn had been writing individually until they got together and wrote the Skylar Drake Mystery Series. These hard-boiled tales are based in old Hollywood of 1955. Janet has published seven mystery novels, and Will has three plus a couple of short stories. Their world travels have sparked several ideas for murder and crime stories. This creative couple is married and lives in Southern California.
  • Veronica Jorge says:

    How lovely! Thank you.

  • mariannehdonley says:

    I agree–lots of fun. I’d forgotten about Nuttin’ for Christmas.

  • janet lynn says:

    Quite frankly, I don’t remember the song but Will does and has been singing verses to me all day!

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