Golden Era Xmas Songs

Gosh - I'm so over Christmas.

Today we're nominating the Golden Era of Christmas songs - Bing, Frank, Ella, Tony, Dean. Hey! You know. Class. In a glass.

I'd like to side track and pay tribute to the guy in the baseball cap who reversed from a side street tonight into a busy Wandsworth Road - one handed! His other hand was, naturally enough, holding his phone. Kudos mate! You are my Xmas ***t.*

Nominees

1) Frank SInatra - The Christmas Waltz

2) Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song

3) Snow - Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Trudy Stephens

4) Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Dean Martin

5) Tony Bennett - Winter Wonderland.

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* Those that know me well will be able to fill in the blanked letters on this four letter word.

Life's Good

The wonders of the internet...

Here's three clips from long-forgotten TV shows showing collaborations.

First up - Keef and The Killer killing Little Queenie by Chuck Berry. Sheeet Boy! This is good.

And then, one of my favourite collaborations. Bobby Darin and Stevie Wonder doing one of my favourite songs - Tim Hardin's If I Were A Carpenter. Raw, informal, watch as these two greats light up the small screen...

Finally, one of my favourite songs - Moonlight In Vermont (beautiful, beautiful - such economy of words, such imagery)... Frank - behind the beat of course, interpreting; Ella, perfect and slinky as always. Enjoy!

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