HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Wishing everyone out there a safe and happy holiday. Now a little music for your listening pleasure:

"Christmas In Killarney" - Bing Crosby (1951)

"Der Trommelmann" - Marlene Dietrich (1964)

"Someday At Christmas" - Stevie Wonder (1966)

"Thank God It's Christmas" - Queen (1984)

"It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year" - Johnny Mathis (1986) 

"The Christmas Song" - Toni Braxton (2001)

THE SECOND TUNE OF CHRISTMAS

Irving Berlin wrote "White Christmas" for the 1942 musical film, "Holiday Inn" and it was actually done as a duet with Bing Crosby and actress Marjorie Reynolds (although her voice was dubbed by singer, Martha Mears). Bing recorded a solo version and it topped the charts that year.

Later, the song would appear again in another musical, appropriately titled, "White Christmas" in 1954 which also starred Bing Crosby.

This is another song that has been recorded by many, many people but Mr. Crosby's version is the only one in the Guiness Book of World Records as the Best Selling Single Of All Time with 50 million copies being sold.

"White Christmas" - Bing Crosby (1942)

THE FIFTH TUNE OF CHRISTMAS

The odd pairing of the elder Hollywood crooner and the younger glam-rock god was put together for what would turn out to be Bing Crosby's last television Christmas special, which merged the very familiar holiday song, "The Little Drummer Boy" with an original song written for the show, "Peace on Earth". This was done, apparently, because David Bowie hated the drummer boy song and didn't want to sing it. That turned out to be a blessing in disguise because it gave the song a fresh take and a Christmas classic was born.

"The Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth" - Bing Crosby & David Bowie (1977)

Here is the clip from the TV special: