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Forgotten Thanksgiving thru Christmas Music and food themed Music
Sit and relax by the fire watching and listening to the greatest Christmas music of the Golden Era
Here's that beatnik himself, ED 'KOOKIE'BYRNES with YULESVILLE ..more talking than music
but we loved it then and love it now. Afterall, they don't make 'em like that anymore...
A real rare one now from the Motown House Band, the Funk Brothers from 1961 and XAMS TWIST
Forgotten Christmas Oldies Music and food themed Music
Oldies Country has put together a list of largely Christmas Forgotten Forty-Fives , as we like to call them...some not so forgotten but all pretty great. Sure, we've left out a lot of good ones but we we'll be adding more and open for sugestions... We've also got a playlist of Favorite Christmas Programs as well special categories - Rarest and Special Programming, like the above Christmas Wish from Sam Cooke on his last Christmas in 1963. Interesting that so many of these songs are from 1962 and especailly 1963 , recorded around the time of the Kennedy Assassination. More Christmas Classics came out of the 1955-'63 era than any other we believe.
Says something doesn't it? Enjoy the Good Times Again!
CHRISTMAS SAMPLER - Lesser Known and Popular Tunes & a fwe extras
FULL 1957 ELVIS CHRISTMAS ALBUM
CHRISTMAS TV SPECIALS were BIG in the '60s and a few years later...
Johnny Cash had one of the best series...with guests like Roy Orbison and the Everly Brothers. Here, in a later show, a great performance from the one and only ANDY KAUFMAN doing his uncanny inpersonation of ELVIS, which, purportedly, Elvis called the best impersonation of himself!
If you're into Original, Real Rock & Roll / Pop , this may be the best Christmas Special of them all all,
THE JOHNNY CASH CHRISTMAS SHOW from1977 featuring none other than the original SUN breathren of CARL PERKINS, JERRY LEE LEWIS and ROY ORBISON (who had been on the 1969 Cash special)... Yes, it was filmed 'out of 'the era' but if it contains people 'of the era' that's ok by us...
NOSTALGIA CRITIC - TOP 12 CHRISTMAS VIDEO SUGGESTIONS
Wondered where to get some good 'ol Christmas entertainment, ie movies, films and TV shows beyond the usual 'It's A Wonderful Life' (which is still our favorite though we need to find some new material)...
Well, here it is... INCLUDING 'It's a Wonderful Life'... but a lot of other lesser known suggestions from THE NOSTALGIA CRITIC...his TOP 12 CHRISTMAS video
(Please excuse the modern references and somewhat off-color remarks)
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Forgotten Christmas Music and food themed Music
Rare Video you can dance the TURKEY TROT to along with LITTLE EVA
and the girls (from SHINDIG, March 3, 1965)
Food-Based Oldies for Christmas Dining
So. food themed music
'Turkey Trot' by Little Eva and "
Mashed Potatoe Time' by Dee Dee Sharp ...Nice background music for the family and tell them they can continue listening when they get back home 'over the river and through the woods'
Just tap the JUKEBOX and even select your favorite song @
www.OldiesCountry.blogspot.com , then check out some more, at the bottom of page - and the very bottom see and hear Dee Dee Sharp doing a slightly difference dance tune than Turkey Trot, 'MASHED POTATO TIME' Now, heres wishing you a nice, long, music-filled Christmas Holiday!
Below are some more 'food themed' songs, courtesy of Bill Herald of Examiner.com:
- "LET'S TURKEY TROT" (Little Eva, 1963) was a No. 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for Little Eva. a North Carolina vocalist who was discovered by songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin. Her biggest hjt was "The Loco-Motion" (No. 1, 1962).
- "MASHED POTATO TIME" (Dee Dee Sharp, 1962). a song with an appropriate title for the Thanksgiving food topic, climbed to the No. 2 spot in the spring of 1962. The singer, born Diane LaRue in Philadelphia, began as a backing vocalist for Cameo Records.
- "BREAD AND BUTTER" (The Newbeats, 1964) went to the No. 2 spot on Billboard for a trio that featured the falsetto voice of Texan Larry Henley along with backup singers, Marc and Dean Mathis from Georgia.
- "CANNED HAM" (Norman Greenbaum, 1970) was the follow-up to the vocalists huge hit "Spirit In The Sky" (No. 3, 1970). It attained No. 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1970 for the Massachusetts native, who moved to Los Angeles at age 24.
- "APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE" (Jay & The Techniques, 1967) was a No. 6 song on the national pop charts in the summer of 1967. The integrated group, headed by Jay Proctor, was from Allentown, Pa.
- "SNOWMAN, SNOWMAN SWEET POTATO NOSE" (The Jaynetts, 1963) was an uncharted follow-up to "Sally Go Round The Roses" (No. 2, 1963) for a Bronx girl group was formed by producer Zell Sanders.
- "VEGETABLES" (The Beach Boys, 1968) was was performed by the legendary surf-rock group from Hawthorne, Calif., as part of the "Smiley Smile" album.
- "GREEN ONIONS" (Booker T & The MGs, 1962) went to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a group composed of Memphis studio musicians, headed by keyboardist Booker T. Jones. And "MG" stands for Memphis Group.
- "GRAVY" (Dee Dee Sharp, 1962) was an appropriate follow-up to her "Mashed Potato Time" hit, and it managed to reach the No. 9 position on the Billboard Hot 100.
- "HOME COOKIN''" (Junior Walker & The All-Stars, 1969), while it doesn't refer to a specific food item, it's included because of its title, and the single was a No. 42 Billboard charter for the South Bend, Ind., group.
- "THE TURKEY" (Paul Revere & The Raiders, 1971) was actually the B-side of a Top 40 single ("Birds of a Feather") for a group -- featuring lead singer Mark Lindsay -- formed in Portland, Ore., in 1960.
- "CHERRY PIE" (Marvin & Johnny, 1954) was an original hit for the Los Angeles doo-wop duo of Marvin Phillips and Emory "Johnny" Perry. Six years later, it was a No. 11 national charter for Skip & Flip.
Forgotten Christmas Music and food themed Music
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