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THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS! A 1963 HOLIDAY ALBUM MEMORY

‘A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU‘

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‘A Christmas Gift for You’ from Phil Spector (originally released as A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records) is an album of Christmas songs, produced by Phil Spector, and originally released as Philles 45 in 1963. Spector treated a series of mostly secular Christmas standards to his “Wall of Sound” treatment, and the selections feature the vocal performances of Spector’s regular artists during this period. The album peaked at No. 13 on Billboard magazine’s special, year-end, weekly Christmas Albums sales chart in December 1963. The album, released in the United States on November 22, 1963—the same day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated—was an immediate relative failure (in reception) at that time.

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PHIL SPECTOR * A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU (COMPLETE LP)

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A HOLIDAY RECORDS COUNTDOWN! 09 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

‘LITTLE SAINT NICK‘

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“Little Saint Nick” is a Christmas-themed hot rod song about Santa Claus and his sleigh, written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love of the American rock band the Beach Boys. The song was first released as a single on December 9, 1963, and peaked at number 3 on Billboard magazine’s special seasonal weekly Christmas Singles chart. Its B-side was an acappella version of “The Lord’s Prayer”. “Little Saint Nick” was recorded on October 20, 1963 at Western Studio in Hollywood. “Little Saint Nick” reappeared on The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album in 1964, with the stereo pressings of the album containing a new mix that removes the overdubbed sleigh bells and tuned percussion.

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DECEMBER 17 * 09 * THE BEACH BOYS

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A HOLIDAY RECORDS COUNTDOWN! 10 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

‘MY FAVORITE THINGS‘

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“My Favorite Things” is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass released a version in 1969 as a single from their 1968 album, Christmas Album. It reached No. 45 on the Billboard 100.

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DECEMBER 16 * 10 * HERB ALPERT

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A HOLIDAY RECORDS COUNTDOWN! 11 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

‘LITTLE ALTAR BOY‘

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“Little Altar Boy” was written in 1961 and first recorded that year by vocalist Vic Dana for his album This Is Vic Dana. Released as a single, it reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In an introspective moment, Dana performs this quiet song in the 1962 musical-comedy film Don’t Knock the Twist.

The song was also recorded by Andy Williams on his 1965 album Merry Christmas, by Glen Campbell on his 1968 album That Christmas Feeling, and by Jack Jones on his 1969 album A Jack Jones Christmas.

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VIC DANA * 11 * DECEMBER 15

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A STEVIE WONDER CHRISTMAS ALBUM RECALLED: 1967!

‘SOMEDAY AT CHRISTMAS’

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Someday at Christmas is a Christmas album by Stevie Wonder, released on November 27, 1967 by Motown Records under its Tamla imprint. It was his eighth studio album release. The title song was previously released as a single in 1966 and reached #24 on the Billboard Christmas singles chart that year.

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STEVIE WONDER * SOMEDAY AT CHRISTMAS (COMPLETE LP) * 1967

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THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS! A 1965 HOLIDAY ALBUM MEMORY

‘A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS’

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A Charlie Brown Christmas is a 1965 studio album by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi (later credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio). The album was released in December 1965 in the U.S. by Fantasy. It is the soundtrack to the Christmas television special of the same name.

Guaraldi composed most of the music, though he included versions of traditional carols such as “O Tannenbaum”. He recorded some of the score at Whitney Studio in Glendale, California, then re-recorded some of it at Fantasy Records Studios in San Francisco with a children’s choir from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in nearby San Rafael. The sessions ran late into the night, with the children rewarded with ice cream afterwards.

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VINCE GUARALDI * A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (COMPLETE LP)

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WKNR ‘KEENER 13’ TOP 31 HITS: THIS WEEK! NOVEMBER 12, 1963

WKNR MUSIC GUIDE December 12, 1963

WKNR MUSIC GUIDE December 12, 1963

WKNR  NEW  RADIO  13!

—DECEMBER 12, 1963—

 

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—57 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK—

The above WKNR music chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

 

— In Memory of George Griggs —

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

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A sincere, thank you, Mrs. Patti Griggs. This featured presentation would have not been possible without your generosity and your continuous support.

Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

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THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS! A 1964 HOLIDAY ALBUM MEMORY

THE BEACH BOYS’ CHRISTMAS ALBUM

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‘The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album’ is the seventh studio album by the Beach Boys, released in November 1964.  It contains five original songs and seven standards on a Christmas theme. The album proved to be a long-running success during subsequent Christmas seasons, initially reaching number six in the US Billboard 200 chart in its year of release and eventually going gold. Music historian James Perone wrote that it is “regarded as one of the finest holiday albums of the rock era”.

 While leader Brian Wilson produced and arranged the rock songs, he left it to Dick Reynolds (an arranger for the Four Freshmen, a group Wilson idolized) to arrange the forty-one piece orchestral backings on the traditional songs to which the Beach Boys would apply their vocals. One single was released from the album, the original song “The Man with All the Toys” backed with the group’s rendition of “Blue Christmas”. “Little Saint Nick”, a single which had already been released the previous year, was included on the album.

 

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— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

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THE BEACH BOYS * THE BEACH BOYS’ CHRISTMAS ALBUM (COMPLETE LP) * 1964

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