"""Silver Bells"" ranks #13 on ASCAP's list of most-played holiday songs. ""I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"" was written and composed by Tommie Connor in 1952 and originally recorded by thirteen-year-old Jimmy Boyd. The song reached #1 on the Billboard charts in 1952, and on the ""Cash Box Magazine"" chart at the beginning of the following year. Boyd's record was condemned by the Roman Catholic Church in Boston on the grounds it mixed sex with Christmas. Boyd was widely photographed meeting with the Archdiocese to explain the song. ""Santa Baby"" was written by Joan Javits and Philip Springer in 1953."
"1953. The song was commissioned by Saks Fifth Avenue to promote the store's Christmas card for the year, which featured an original sketch by artist Perry Barlow, who drew for ""The New Yorker"" for many decades. The song describes a scene where a child walks downstairs from his bedroom on Christmas Eve to see the mother kissing ""Santa Claus"" under the mistletoe. Boyd's record was condemned by the Roman Catholic Church in Boston when it was released on the grounds that it mixed kissing with Christmas. Boyd was photographed meeting with the Archdiocese to explain the song. After the meeting,"
"appear regularly on ""Hollywood on Television"", a show he co-hosted with Betty White. With his popularity rising, Boyd started to be seen on other television shows, including CBS-TV's ""The Frank Sinatra Show"". Boyd recorded the song ""I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"" for Columbia Records in 1952, when he was 13 years old. It became a hit, selling over two and a half million records in its first week's release and Boyd's name became known internationally. Boyd was presented with two gold records. Boyd's record went to number one on the charts again the following year at Christmas, and continues"
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus ""I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"" is a Christmas song with music and lyrics by British songwriter Tommie Connor. The song has been recorded by many artists, with the most famous version being attributed to The Jackson 5. The original recording by Jimmy Boyd, recorded on July 15, 1952, when he was 13 years old, reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" pop singles chart in December 1952, and on the ""Cash Box"" chart at the beginning of the following year. It later reached Number 3 in the UK Charts when issued there in November"
"2001. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus ""I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"" is a Christmas song with music and lyrics by British songwriter Tommie Connor. The song has been recorded by many artists, with the most famous version being attributed to The Jackson 5. The original recording by Jimmy Boyd, recorded on July 15, 1952, when he was 13 years old, reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" pop singles chart in December 1952, and on the ""Cash Box"" chart at the beginning of the following year. It later reached Number 3 in the UK Charts when issued there in"
"the Ebony Club, which, because she lost her cabaret card, was against the law. Her manager, John Levy, was convinced he could get her card back and allowed her to open without one. ""I opened scared,"" Holiday said, ""[I was] expecting the cops to come in any chorus and carry me off. But nothing happened. I was a huge success."" Holiday recorded Gershwin's ""I Loves You, Porgy"" in 1948. In 1950, Holiday appeared in the Universal short film ""Sugar Chile Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet"", singing ""God Bless the Child"" and ""Now, Baby or Never"". By the"
"Santa Baby ""Santa Baby"" is a 1953 Christmas song written by Joan Javits (the niece of Senator Jacob K. Javits) and Philip Springer, sung originally by Eartha Kitt. The song is a tongue-in-cheek look at a Christmas list addressed to Santa Claus by a woman who wants extravagant gifts such as sables, yachts, and decorations from Tiffany's. The song has been covered by a number of artists, including Madonna in 1987, and Kylie Minogue, whose version was released in 2000 originally as a B-side to her UK number 10 song ""Please Stay"". Minogue's version of the track eventually peaked at"
"Pretty Little Baby ""Pretty Little Baby"" is a 1965 single released by soul singer Marvin Gaye on the Tamla label. Co-written by Gaye, Clarence Paul and David Hamilton and produced by Paul, the song described the narrator's longing and pleading to his woman to not leave his side after the two had an argument. The song was originally written and recorded as a psychedelic holiday song called Purple Snowflakes. This version was eventually shelved and wouldn't be released until 1992, when it was released on the Motown Christmas compilation ""Christmas In the City"". The song was Marvin's second Top 40"
"by Mary Martin and other members of the original Broadway cast of the 1959 musical ""The Sound of Music"". Vic Dana first charted with ""Little Altar Boy"" in 1961 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, where he reached number 45, and Bing Crosby reached number two on the Christmas Singles chart in 1963 with ""Do You Hear What I Hear?"". ""Christmas Holiday"" was composed by Craig Vincent Smith, a member of The Good Time Singers folk group that regularly appeared on ""The Andy Williams Show"" . Smith also composed ""Salesman"", recorded by The Monkees for their 1967 album ""Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn"
"to explain the song. The following Christmas the ban was lifted. Between February 1953 and November 1954, Boyd made five appearances on ""The Ed Sullivan Show"". In that era, an appearance on Ed Sullivan's program (or even being introduced in the audience as was often the case of film stars and athletes), was considered by the entertainment industry and the public alike to be the pinnacle of success. In one of Boyd's five appearances, he replaced the scheduled popular singer of the time, Gisele MacKenzie. Boyd was in New York on his way to Montreal for a concert. After the"
"time—It was 'I Remember You' by Frank Ifield. We took the record, and as a throw in, they had a group and asked us if we would take them, too. The group turned out to be the Beatles and we got a five-year contract on the Beatles as a pickup on the Frank Ifield contract."" In the mid-1960s, Vee-Jay signed the former successful child singer Jimmy Boyd, known for the hit ""I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus""; Boyd was then twenty-five years old. The company ventured into folk music with Hoyt Axton and New Wine Singers, and also picked up"
"at the top of ""Billboard"" magazine's Best Seller chart that same year. Kay Thompson first performed her song ""The Holiday Season"" as well as her ""Jingle Bells"" variation on December 22, 1945. ""The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)"" was a number three hit for Nat King Cole's King Cole Trio when it was first issued in 1946. The Harry Simeone Chorale reached number 13 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 with ""The Little Drummer Boy"" upon its first release in 1958. In a 2005 interview Williams discusses how ""The Andy Williams Show"" figured into his recording of ""It's"
"a mistletoe festival and crowns a 'Mistletoe Queen'. One of the earliest references to mistletoe traditions in popular music is the 1952 hit 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus', which was originally sung by Jimmy Boyd and has been covered by many singers. The song was written by British songwriter Tommie Connor and recorded in the US. The 1958 US hit 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' refers to couples wanting to stop beneath the mistletoe. In 1988, the British singer Cliff Richard released a popular Christmas song called 'Mistletoe and Wine'. More recent Christmas songs referring to mistletoe traditions include"
"best-selling single of all time as of 2018. Popular Christmas music produced from after World War II until the present day has generally remained thematically, lyrically, and instrumentally similar to the songs produced in the early 20th century. Since the dawn of the rock era in the mid-1950s, much of the Christmas music produced for popular audiences has had explicitly romantic overtones, only using Christmas as a setting. The 1950s also featured the introduction of novelty songs that used the holiday as a target for satire and source for comedy. Exceptions such as ""The Christmas Shoes"" (2000) have re-introduced Christian"
"Blues singer Eddie C. Campbell recorded a Christmas novelty song, titled ""Santa's Messin' With The Kid"" (1977 from ""King of the Jungle""), in which Santa is ""messing with"" the wife of the Kid, until ""The Kid ran him out o' town"": Messin' with the Kid ""Messin' with the Kid"" is a rhythm and blues-influenced blues song originally recorded by Junior Wells in 1960. Chief Records owner/songwriter/producer Mel London is credited as the songwriter. Considered a blues standard, it is Junior Wells's best-known song. ""Messin' with the Kid"" was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame and has been recorded by"
"in it he pronounced Santa Claus as ""Santy Claus"". Autry performed the song in his 1949 movie ""The Cowboy and the Indians"". He re-recorded it again for Columbia in 1953 and once more for his own Challenge Records label in 1957. Other artists to record the song include Doris Day (1949), Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters (recorded May 10, 1949), Elvis Presley (1957), the Ray Conniff Singers (1959), Keely Smith (1960), Alvin and the Chipmunks (1961), Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans (1963), Hank Thompson (1964), in excerpt by The Beach Boys as part of their song ""Child"
"Columbia Choir. ""The Christmas Waltz"" was written for Frank Sinatra and debuted as the flipside to his 1954 cover of ""White Christmas"". ""It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"" was written for ""The Andy Williams Show"" and first appeared on ""The Andy Williams Christmas Album"" in 1963. ""We Need a Little Christmas"" was first performed in the 1966 Broadway musical ""Mame"". ""Where Can I Find Christmas?"" comes from the 1973 TV special ""The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas"", and the medley of ""Every Christmas Eve"" and ""Giving (Santa's Theme)"" was part of the soundtrack of the 1985 film """"."
"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord ""Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord"" is a 1978 Christmas single by Boney M., a cover of Harry Belafonte's 1956 hit, put in medley with the new song ""Oh My Lord"" (Farian/Jay). The single was recorded in a hurry early November, included in the group's live set and rushed out at the end of the month, topping the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and became Christmas number one, spending eight weeks in the charts. It was the second single for the group in the UK's all-time best selling singles list. The"
"Child of Winter (Christmas Song) ""Child of Winter (Christmas Song)"" is a Christmas song written by Brian Wilson and Stephen Kalinich (and incorporating in its structure the opening verse from ""Here Comes Santa Claus"" by Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman). It was recorded by the American rock band the Beach Boys and was released as a single in 1974 backed with ""Susie Cincinnati"". It was the only Beach Boys single between the albums ""Holland"" and ""15 Big Ones"". An early version with Dennis Wilson on lead vocals and Carl Wilson singing the bridge is reported to exist. When released in"
"in swimming trunks. The chorus consists of Ford singing; ""Gimme gimme gimme"". Several critics identified the song as a parody or cover of Eartha Kitt's 1953 single ""Santa Baby""; Ford's performance was compared with those of American singer Britney Spears and American girl group Destiny's Child. For the second track ""I Don't Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You"", American boy band NSYNC offers a pop interpretation of Christmas music. American group TLC's interpretation of ""Sleigh Ride"" contains elements of soul music and hip hop, while P.O.D.'s ""Rock the Party"" incorporates influences from industrial music. American comedian Jimmy Fallon provides"
"The song is a tongue-in-cheek look at a Christmas list of a woman who wants the most extravagant gifts for the holiday. ""Santa Baby"" was originally sung and recorded by Eartha Kitt and became a huge hit at #4 in 1953. Jackson 5 Christmas Album was the only holiday album released by Motown family quintet The Jackson 5. Released in October 1970, the album showcased the brothers' harmonies and vocals. Lead singer Michael Jackson is prominently featured on the album tracks. Included on the Christmas Album is the Jackson 5's hit single version of ""Santa Claus Is Coming to Town""."
"Mathis' ""Do You Hear What I Hear?"" and Harry Simeone Chorale's ""Little Drummer Boy"". The Pinnacle Media Worldwide survey divided its listeners into music-type categories: Among the most-hated Christmas songs, according to Edison Media Research's 2007 survey, are Barbra Streisand's ""Jingle Bells?"", the Jackson 5's ""Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"", Elmo & Patsy's ""Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"", and ""O Holy Night"" as performed by cartoon characters from Comedy Central's ""South Park"". The ""most-hated Christmastime recording"" is a rendition of ""Jingle Bells"" by Don Charles's Singing Dogs, a revolutionary novelty song originally released in 1955, and re-released"
"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) ""Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"" is a rock song originally sung by Darlene Love and included on the 1963 seasonal compilation album, ""A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records"". The song was written by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry (Phil Spector also is co-credited), with the intention of being sung by Ronnie Spector of The Ronettes. According to Darlene Love, Ronnie Spector was not able to put as much emotion into the song as needed. Instead, Love was brought into the studio to record the song, which became a big success over time and"
"Judy's Scary Little Christmas Judy’s Scary Little Christmas is an original musical written by James Webber and David Church, with music and lyrics by Joe Patrick Ward. It is a spoof on television variety shows of the 1950s, satirizing celebrities’ public images and private lives. The fictional story employs a metaphysical plot twist (as in the television series, ""The Twilight Zone"") and spiritual redemption through a ghost (as in Charles Dickens’ novel, ""A Christmas Carol"".) The show contains campy humor based on the sensationalized personal lives of the celebrities, with satirical references to pop culture and politics of the 1950s"
"the boy seems to be the only human until they meet Father Christmas with his reindeer, and the boy is given a scarf with a snowman pattern. In the film, the song was performed by St Paul's Cathedral choirboy Peter Auty, and reissued in 1985 (on Stiff Records) and 1987. In 1985, an altered version was recorded for use in a TV advertising campaign for Toys ""R"" Us. As Auty's voice had then broken, Blake recommended the Welsh chorister Aled Jones, whose recording reached number five in the UK pop charts, and who became a popular celebrity on the strength"
"The Cherry-Tree Carol ""The Cherry-Tree Carol"" is a ballad with the rare distinction of being both a Christmas carol and one of the Child Ballads (no. 54). The song itself is very old, reportedly sung in some form at the Feast of Corpus Christi in the early 15th century. The versions eventually collected by Francis James Child are thought to be a combination of up to three separate carols that merged through the centuries. The ballad relates an apocryphal story of the Virgin Mary, presumably while traveling to Bethlehem with Joseph for the census. In the most popular version, the"
"some commending its creativity and individuality from other Christmas songs and others criticizing its sexual innuendos and deeming it ""not for the family"". Due to strong digital sales, it reached number 79 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart in January 2009. It also reached number 18 on the Japanese RIAJ Digital Track Chart and number 23 on the ""Billboard"" Holiday/Seasonal Digital Songs chart in the United States in late 2010. In December 2009, it was available for free download on Amazon as part of the site's ""25 Days of Free"" promotion. The song has been included in several Christmas compilation"
"million copies and is the second best-selling Christmas album of all-time behind ""Elvis' Christmas Album"", which has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide. The original 1945 release and subsequent re-releases and re-packages spent a total of 36 weeks at no. 1 on the ""Billboard"" pop albums chart. The original album consisted of ten songs on five 78 records, all of which had been previously released. Each one had a holiday theme with the exception of ""Danny Boy"", paired with ""I'll Be Home for Christmas"" on its original record. Prior to the long-playing album era, such assemblies were not uncommon"
"recording of ""I'll Be Home for Christmas"" spent two weeks at number three upon its first release in 1943. In 1949, recordings of ""Blue Christmas"" by Russ Morgan, Ernest Tubb, and Hugo Winterhalter made the ""Billboard"" charts. That same year marked the first charting of ""What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"", thanks to The Orioles. 1952 saw the release of ""I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"", with versions by Molly Bee, Jimmy Boyd, and Spike Jones all making the charts that holiday season. Frank Sinatra's recording of ""The Christmas Waltz"" was released in 1954, and John Lennon and Yoko"
"Rendered with a pop-soul feel, the Jackson 5's versions of ""I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"" and ""Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"" remain frequent radio requests during the holiday season. The album spent all four weeks at the number one position on Billboard magazine's special Christmas Albums chart that the magazine published in December 1970, making it the best-selling holiday album of that year. It has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide.[2] In 2003, Universal Motown re-released the album with ""Little Christmas Tree"" (from A Motown Christmas). In 2009, this configuration was released as Ultimate Christmas Collection with Christmas"
"carried out by MSN Music, where it was voted the UK's most popular Christmas song. The song is virtually never played in the United States, having not been released as a single there in 1973. It can be heard playing in the background during five episodes of the British television programme ""Doctor Who"": ""The Christmas Invasion"" (2005) in Mickey Smith's garage, ""The Runaway Bride"" (2006) at Donna's first wedding reception, ""Turn Left"" (2008) inside a pub, ""The Power of Three"" (2012) in a hospital and ""Last Christmas"" (2014) to keep a woman distracted from the monsters in the episode. The"
"for which he recorded more than 150 singles that reached the ""Billboard"" Pop, R&B, and Country charts, has yet to be matched by any Capitol artist. His records sold 50 million copies during his career. His recording of ""The Christmas Song"" still receives airplay every holiday season, even hitting the Billboard Top 40 in December 2017. Child actor Cole Sprouse was named after him. His hit singles include ""Straighten Up and Fly Right"" 1944 #8, ""The Christmas Song"" 1946/1962 #?/#65, ""Nature Boy"" 1948 #1, ""Mona Lisa 1950 #1, ""Frosty, The Snowman"" 1950 #9, ""Too Young"" 1951 #1, ""Unforgettable"" 1951 #12,"
"a version by American ""a capella"" group Pentatonix which had already been released on their Christmas album shortly before Cohen's death, were added into Christmas music playlists on radio stations in the United States and Canada. Christmas songs introduced in theater, television, and film include ""White Christmas"" from ""Holiday Inn"" (1942), ""Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"" from ""Meet Me in St. Louis"" (1944), and ""Silver Bells"" in ""The Lemon Drop Kid"" (1950). Some musical films have been set around Christmas time, and because of that some of the songs are popular during the holiday season, including: A popular form"