投稿日: 投稿者: 菅佐原 英二

クリスマス・ソング（２５）

2015/12/19
「非モテ」を自称する男性たちが１９日、東京都渋谷区に集まり、「クリスマス粉砕！」のシュプレヒコールを上げながら通りをデモ行進した。
　男性たちは、幸せなカップル向けに「作り上げられた」クリスマスのお祭り気分を粉砕するよう呼び掛けた。

＜「クリスマス粉砕！」非モテ男性ら渋谷でデモ：AFPBB News　より一部引用＞
https://www.afpbb.com/articles/-/3070874

これはシャレであるから本来どうでもいいことだけど、
世の中への逆恨みから無差別殺人に至るケースも実際にあるわけで、
自身の身勝手さを見つめ超克する方向性が見えないだけに、こうしたデモ行進もまた所詮子供っぽいお祭り騒ぎということにもなるだろうね。

 

Kay Starr -（Everybody’s Waitin’ For）The Man With The Bag（1950/11）
orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol

Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely – Silver Bells（1950/11）
SP盤 “Christmas Candy” のＢ面。

Though credited as being from the Paramount movie “The Lemon Drop Kid,” “Silver Bells” had been in the stores, on the radio, and on the jukeboxes in plenty of time for the start of the 1950 Christmas holiday season, while the general public didn’t get to see Bob Hope sing it on the big screen until spring 1951. No matter…the Jay Livingston & Ray Evans tune became a true seasonal classic, with the Whiting-Wakely version commonly heard on the radio and their Capitol single in regular reissue through the years.

Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely – Christmas Candy（1950/11）
前年の Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters “Here Comes Santa Claus” に似ている。

Flipside of the duo’s popular recording of “Silver Bells”

Gene Autry – When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter（1950/10/09）
SP盤 “Frosty The Snowman” のＢ面。
from the album “Merry Christmas With Gene Autry”（1950）
orchestra conducted by Carl Cotner

Gene Autry and The Cass County Boys – Frosty The Snow Man（1950/10/09 correct hit single version）
orchestra conducted by Carl Cotner
２度目の引用。

recorded June 12, 1950
1st Recording Of “Frosty The Snow Man”
One year after his mega-hit of “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer,” the versatile cowboy star of movies radio and TV returned to the record stores with another successful wintertime fantasy set to music.
Note that some existing YouTube posts of Gene’s “Frosty” may either be much later remakes, reissues swimming in added reverb, or the alternate 1950 take that has been included in some Autry CD compilations with his initial “thumpety-thump-thump” sung in a different tune from the answering chorus.

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – If I Were Santa Claus（1950）
vocal: Kenny Gardner
SP盤 “Frosty The Snowman” のＢ面。

Flip side of Lombardo’s “Frosty The Snowman.”

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Frosty The Snowman（1950）
vocal: Kenny Gardner and the Lombardo Trio
冒頭『ジングル・ベル』風。

Nat “King” Cole – Little Christmas Tree（1950）
orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo
SP盤 “Frosty The Snow Man” のＢ面。

Label credits show Mickey Rooney as writer of this song

Nat “King” Cole and The Singing Pussy Cats – Frosty The Snow Man（1950）
orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo
２度目の引用。

Foreshadowing David Seville’s Chipmunks of eight years later, the up-speed harmony group “The Singing Pussy Cats” accompanies Cole on this 1950 song hit.

Ella Fitzgerald – Santa Claus Got Stuck（In My Chimney）（1950）
SP盤 “Molasses, Molasses（It’s Icky Sticky Goo）” のＢ面。

Mindy Carson – I Want A Television Christmas（A World Of Magic All My Own）（1950）
orchestra conducted by Charles Hale
２度目の引用。

recorded November 3, 1950
This interesting bit of nostalgia, produced for in-store promotion of RCA Victor’s red-hot electronic device called’television,’ reveals an exciting new world of discovery for the American teenage girl.

Freddy Martin and his Orchestra – Christmas Time（1950/10）
vocal: Merv Griffin and The Martin Men
SP盤 “Sleigh Ride” のＢ面。

Freddy Martin and his Orchestra – Sleigh Ride（1950/10）
vocal: Merv Griffin and The Martin Men

A year after the Boston Pops had released the first version of Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” instrumental, new lyrics by Mitchell Parish opened the door for a number of artists to try their hands at a vocal arrangement. Here is Freddy Martin’s treatment, which includes a brief appearance by singer Merv Griffin. Johnny Desmond’s version is also posted.

Johnny Desmond with the Ray Charles Singers – Sleigh Ride（1950）
orchestra conducted by Tony Mottola

A year after the Boston Pops had released the first version of Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” instrumental, new lyrics by Mitchell Parish opened the door for a number of artists to try their hands at a vocal arrangement. Here is the Johnny Desmond release on MGM which was backed with his version of “Marshmallow World” （also posted to this channel, as is Freddy Martin’s 1950 “Sleigh Ride”）.

Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen And His Orchestra – Sleigh Ride（1950）
ルロイ・アンダーソンが１８４８年に作曲した管弦楽曲。
ミッチェル・パリッシュにより詞が付けられ、その歌入りバージョンを最初に録音したのがアンドリューズ・シスターズと云われている。

Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra and Chorus – White Christmas（1950）
SP盤 “Blue Christmas” のＢ面。

Released on the flipside of Winterhalter’s 1950 RCA Victor re-make of “Blue Christmas” （also posted to this channel）.

Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra and Chorus – Blue Christmas（1950）

Bing Crosby and Carol Richards – Silver Bells（1950/10）
orchestra conducted by John Scott Trotter

1st Recording Of “Silver Bells”
Though credited as being from the Paramount movie “The Lemon Drop Kid,” “Silver Bells” had been in the stores, on the radio, and on the jukeboxes in plenty of time for the start of the 1950 Christmas holiday season, while the general public didn’t get to see Bob Hope sing it on the big screen until spring 1951. This post was the earliest version of the song made for commercial record release.

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Danny Thomas – Christmas Story（1967/11）
シングル “The First Christmas” のＢ面。
produced by Joe Reisman

Doris Day – Christmas Story（1950/11/06）
with the Norman Luboff Choir
orchestra conducted by Buddy Cole
SP盤 “Silver Bells” のＢ面。

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Doris Day – Silver Bells（1950）
orchestra and chorus conducted by George Siravo

recorded September 28, 1950
Doris had one of several recorded versions of this new 1950 tune, featured in the Bob Hope film “The Lemon Drop Kid.”

Bing Crosby and Andrews Sisters – Mele Kalikimaka（1950）
orchestra conducted by Vic Schoen
SP盤 “Poppa Santa Claus” のＢ面。

Bing Crosby and Andrews Sisters – Poppa Santa Claus（1950）
orchestra conducted by Vic Schoen

Bing Crosby – Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer（1950）
with Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires and John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra

Spike Jones and his City Slickers – Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer（1950）
vocal: Rudolph （himself） with Santa Claus and The Four Reindeer
SP盤 “Mommy, Won’t You Buy A Baby Brother（Or Sister For Me）” のＢ面。

With Gene Autry’s multi-million-selling 1949 recording of “Rudolph” destined to remain a big holiday favorite for years to come, Spike figured that 1950 wasn’t too late to put out a more novel version of his own. Though it performed quite respectably, the Jones effort was easily eclipsed by the return of Gene’s blockbuster single, which reached #3 on the best-sellers.

Spike Jones and his City Slickers – Mommy, Won’t You Buy A Baby Brother（Or Sister For Me）（1950）
vocal: George Rock and The Mitchell Boychoir
クリスマス・ソング。
冒頭、『きよしこの夜（聖夜）』。
３度目の引用。

Flipside of Spike’s recording of “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer”

Perry Como – The Christmas Symphony（1950）
orchestra and chorus conducted by Mitchell Ayres
SP盤 “There Is No Christmas Like A Home Christmas” のＢ面。

recorded August 15, 1950
One of Perry’s lesser-known seasonal offerings, found on the flipside of his 1950 version of “There Is No Christmas Like A Home Christmas.”

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Perry Como – There Is No Christmas Like A Home Christmas（1968/11 version）
ペリー・コモ – ホーム・クリスマスより楽しいクリスマスはない
from the album “The Perry Como Christmas Album”（1968）ゴールデン・クリスマス・アルバム

with The Ray Charles Singers
arranged & conducted by Nick Perito
Billboard Christmas Singles Chart: 28
Perry’s remake of a song that he had first recorded and released in 1950.

Perry Como – There Is No Christmas Like A Home Christmas（1950 version）
orchestra and chorus conducted by Mitchell Ayres

recorded in NYC August 15, 1950.
Perry’s original version, re-done in 1968 in the more commonly-heard reissue.

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Percy Faith and the Shillelagh Singers – Christmas In Killarney（1950）

Gary, Phillip, Dennis, Lindsay and Bing Crosby – A Crosby Christmas – Parts 1 & 2（1950）
with the Jeff Alexander Chorus, orchestra conducted by John Scott Trotter

Bing is joined by his （and Dixie Lee’s） four sons Gary, Phillip, Dennis, and Lindsay on this two-sided offering of new tunes by Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke. “That Christmas Feeling” is a different song from the same-titled Perry Como release of 1946.

Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra – Snowy White Snow And Jingle Bells（1950）
vocal: Vaughn Monroe and The Moon Maids
SP盤 “A Marshmallow World” のＢ面。

Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra – A Marshmallow World（1950）
vocal: Vaughn Monroe and The Moon Maids

Billy Eckstine – Blue Christmas（1950）
orchestra conducted by Russ Case

Vera Lynn – Jolly Jolly Jingle（1950）
SP盤 “Christmas Time” のＢ面。

Vera Lynn – Christmas Time（1950）
with the George Mitchell Choir
orchestra conducted by Bob Farnon

Though a long-time star in the UK, Vera was still more than a year away from her first major U.S. hit when this single hit the stores in late 1950.

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Rosemary Clooney – C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S（1950, 1951/10/05, 1963/10/19）

Eddy Arnold – C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S（1949/10）
Billboard Country Singles Chart Peaks: 7 （sales, radio play）, 9 （juke box）

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Eddy Arnold – Will Santy Come To Shanty Town（1949/10）
SP盤 “C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S” のＢ面。
Billboard Country Singles Chart Peaks: 5 （radio play）, 6 （juke box）, 8 （sales）

 
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