FATS WALLER

 

A World of  Christmas Music

(that’s not all sleigh bells)  

 

by Fred Roberts
Music Editor

Category: Angsty Christmas cheer
Song Title: Cindy Wants to Cry
Artist: Gary Wilson
Year: 2016
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zID8H6fOS0

Category: Winter snow warnings
Song Title: Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow
Artist: Frank Zappa
Year: 1974
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLIppgE45wM

Category: Christmas in the Garage
Song Title: Gloria
Artist: The Electric Prunes
Year: 1968
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4c-bRNBl3A

Category: Slavic Christmas spirit
Song Title: Mizerna Cicha
Artist: Czerwone Gitary
Year: 1967
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z171t4Jl9_s

Category: Scrooges of the world beware
Song Title: Wicked Men
Artist: Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus
Year: 1977
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcnTLCiIelY

Category: Nomination for new Christmas evergreen instrumental
Song Title: Et si on était tous riches
Artist: Manu Louis
Year: 2017
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSGIo98Z3L0

Category: It’s all about Him!
Song Title: Jesu Kristo
Artist: David Waciuma and the Rapture Voices
Year: 1976
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzHXlatOjJs

Category: Jazzing up the yuletide
Song Title: Swingin’ them Jingle Bells
Artist: Fats Waller
Year: 1936
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyIH7F1-LE4

Category: White Christmas with rolled r’s
Song Title: White Christmas
Artist: Richard Tauber
Year: 1944
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kS4IaH2J1I

Category: Soulful holiday sentiments
Song Title: Thank you my Angel
Artist: Over the Rhine
Year: 1996
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXzHcoRQkno