Christmas With Nat King Cole

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Earlier on, Cole's shift to traditional pop led some jazz critics and fans to accuse him of selling out, but he never abandoned his jazz roots; as late as 1956 he recorded an all-jazz album, After Midnight, and many of his albums after this are fundamentally jazz-based, being scored for big band without strings, although the arrangements focus primarily on the vocal rather than instrumental leads. a b c Kim, Wook (December 14, 2012). "Music Yule Laugh, Yule Cry: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Beloved Holiday Songs". Time. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013 . Retrieved November 3, 2020. ...the song was written during a sweltering patch of weather in the summer of 1944. The music was written by Mel 'The Velvet Fog' Tormé—he was inspired by a few lines he saw jotted down in a pad by his friend and lyricist Bob Wells. They began writing the song as a way to temporarily distract themselves from the heat—it was finished in 45 minutes. Nat King Cole was the first to record the song. He did four different recordings (with his trio and as a solo performer) between 1946 and 1961—the final version is the likely the one you're most familiar with. Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 52" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved January 1, 2022. Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved December 31, 2022. Some reviewers were disappointed that this collection didn't contain more songs with Karen singing. Others felt that the album was unnecessarily long and could have included fewer songs.

Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs". Archived from the original on February 24, 2020 . Retrieved June 3, 2019. Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day ( Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt& Frank Edwin Wright III) (2005) Edwards, Gavin (2019-11-30). "40 Essential Christmas Albums". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 2021-12-24. In 1960, Cole's longtime collaborator Nelson Riddle left Capitol to join Reprise Records, which was established by Frank Sinatra. Riddle and Cole recorded one final hit album, Wild Is Love, with lyrics by Ray Rasch and Dotty Wayne. Cole later retooled the concept album into an Off-Broadway show, I'm with You. Holiday 100: The week of January 2, 2021". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.Autry, the singing cowboy, had the original recording on three of the most popular Christmas songs of the 20th century: “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman” and “Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane).” Autry co-wrote the last song and sang them all with his languid, disarming tenor. Autry released a Christmas single every year during his peak years, and this anthology offers 26 different songs, all of them a pleasure to hear. —Geoffrey Himes

The Cole family moved to the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, [14] where he attended Wendell Phillips Academy High School, [15] the school Sam Cooke attended a few years later. [16] He participated in Walter Dyett's music program at DuSable High School. [17] He would sneak out of the house to visit clubs, sitting outside to hear Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines, and Jimmie Noone. [18] Early career [ edit ] Nat King Cole, Paramount Theater, New York City, November 1946 Mel Tormé - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)". Allmusic.com. AllMusic, Netaktion LLC. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020 . Retrieved November 3, 2020. Comp Date: 1944He was the father of singer Natalie Cole (1950–2015), who covered her father's songs in the 1991 album Unforgettable... with Love. Before she treaded ever so slightly into secular pop fare, Amy Grant was a giant in Christian music—and she’s still seen as such. There’s one branch of Christian music in particular that she does better than just about any pop star—Christmas music. A Christmas Album is unapologetically spiritual and sonically quite bold, full of sweeping orchestral arrangements, weird synthy pathways and twangy, down-home touchy-feelies (It’s impossible not to yearn for home when you hear “Tennessee Christmas,” whether you hail from the South or not) alike. I can’t readily supply another Christmas album that sounds like this one. The horns on jaunty instrumental number “Praise the King” sound like an actual choir of angels, and I’m convinced the spirited “Love Has Come” will thaw even the iciest hearts. If you need an album to play for the Scrooge in your life, you can’t go wrong with Amy Grant’s hearty Christmas masterpiece. —Ellen Johnson Crosby, Bing; etal. (December 5, 2014). "The Christmas Song (1946) - Bing Crosby". YouTube: Croonr1. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. a b c d e f Zirpolo, Mike (December 15, 2018). " 'The Christmas Song' and Nat 'King' Cole". Swing & Beyond.