MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ARTIE WAYNE ON THE WEB!
December 24, 2009
Includes MICHAEL JACKSON,Nat “King” Cole, Bing, Elvis, JOSH GROBAN and songs from NOEL, NEW ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, “A Charlie Brown Christmas“, Aretha, PAUL EVANS, Jingle Cats, ALAN O’DAY, Neil Diamond, LENNON, Band-Aid, CHRIS BROWN “THIS CHRISTMAS”, Enya, Carpenters, NEW JULIANNE HOUGH, Brenda Lee, Beach Boys, NEW ARCHIES, Sponge Bob, Perry Como, and so much more! HOURS AND HOURS OF FAMILY FUN with the original Christmas music clips and new Christmas Video animations!
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WHOPPY AND STREAKER’S 99 CHRISTMAS MUSIC VIDEOS!
NOOKIE’S TOP CHRISTMAS AND HANUKKAH VIDEOS!
FREE CHRISTMAS VIDEOS, FREE HANUKKAH VIDEOS AND FREE HOLIDAY VIDEOS!
10 HOLIDAY MUSIC VIDEOS THAT DON”T SUCK!
GREAT LAST MINUTE GIFS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY FREE!
TEN LAST MINUTE COOL GIFT SUGGESTIONS!
Written by George S. Clinton Jr and Artie Wayne, “LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE” Originally released in 1973 on Motown Records, as part of “A MOTOWN CHRISTMAS”, is currently is on the new “Ultimate Jackson 5″ Christmas album available now at http://over50music.com
THE STORY BEHIND MICHAEL JACKSON”S “LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE” https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/michael-jackson-and-the-story-behind-little-christmas-tree/
Copyright 2009 by Artie Wayne https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/thank-you-for-one-million-hits/
EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION! 30 MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEOS AND EVERY BEATLE VIDEO ON THE INTERNET…FOR FREE! HTTP://OVER50MUSIC.COM
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THINGS YOU CAN USE WHEN YOU’RE STRANDED!
December 20, 2009
Whether you’re stranded in the snow, the rain, in an airport or by boredom, here are hundreds of ways to kill time, amuse, and/or educate yourself . There are hours and hours of Christmas, Hanukkah, and holiday videos. Complete movies, TV Specials, games, and film clips for the entire family!
WHOPPY AND STREAKER’S 99 CHRISTMAS MUSIC VIDEOS!
They’re all here, REINDEER SINGING “WHITE CHRISTMAS”, Bob Dylan!, NEW MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEO!!, Aretha, Nat “King”Cole, Bing, NEW ARCHIES, Elvis, Rudolf, EXCLUSIVE JOSH GROBAN FROM NOEL!, NEW ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, Alan O’Day, “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, PAUL EVANS, Jingle Cats, Neil Diamond, Band-Aid,…and much much more!
THE TOP THIRTY MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEOS!
“BILLIE JEAN”, Beat It”, THRILLER”, “Black and White”, “I WANT YOU BACK”, “Man In The Mirror”, and 20 more! Rare Clips, Home Movies, demos, rehearsals, and private videos from Michael Jackson, “The King Of Pop!”
BEST “OLDIES” AND “NEW MUSIC” WEBSITES OF 2009!
I grew up listening to Top 40 music, where I could hear Pop, R&B, Country and oldies side by side. Today, to get that kind of diversity from one place is impossible , so now I must get my music from many different sources.
NOOKIE’S TOP CHRISTMAS AND HANUKKAH VIDEOS!
Adam Sandler’s, “Hanukkah Song”, NEW Carrie Underwood”, NEW MICHAEL JACKSON, Christina Aguilera, WHAM,Toby Keith, PAUL EVANS, Andy Williams, The Smurfs, ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS”. Not to be outdone by his rivals, Whoppy and Streaker, Nookie made up his own list of favorite Holiday videos and asked me to pass them along to you.
TEN HOLIDAY MUSIC VIDEOS THAT DON”T SUCK!
ROCK AND ROLL SANTA RIDES HARD! Springsteen, UNCENSORED “DICK IN A BOX!”, U2, NEW BLONDIE!, ELVIS, Twisted Sister, RAD DUDES, Singing Reindeer, NEW Michael Jackson, KILLERS, Brian Setzer, and WILLIE NELSON.
EVERY BEATLE VIDEO AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET FOR FREE!
An amazing collection of all of our favorite songs! MICHAEL JACKSON”S “LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE” IS AVAILABLE AT http://over50music.com
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“CHRISTMAS IN MALIBU”…NOW A CERTIFIED CULT CLASSIC!
December 14, 2008
After helping to sell ONE BILLION records in the industry, Joe Klein’s “CHRISTMAS IN MALIBU ” by The Rad Dudes has truly become a cult classic….20 years after first being released!
I’m proud to introduce you to my friend and former client, Joe Klein, multiple Clio and International Broadcast Award winner, who wrote and produced over a thousand radio spots back in the 70’s and 80’s promoting albums for Donna Summer, The Village People, Parliament, George Clinton, Devo, The Doobie Brothers, Van Halen, U2, Kenny Rogers, David Bowie, Kim Carnes, Sheena Easton, George Thorogood, J. Geils Band, Tina Turner, Bob Seeger, The Steve Miller Band, Tina Turner, The Plasmatics, The Vapors, The Commodores, Lionel Richie, Huey Lewis and the News, Eddie Rabbit, Leo Sayer, Christopher Cross, Joan Jett and scores of other chart-topping acts. As president of Los Angeles based production company L.A. Trax, Inc., Joe was considered one of the best promo producers in the business, and his campaigns helped to sell over one billion records, cassettes and CDs. In doing so, he really did help to raise the bar on how records were promoted in general.
Joe began his career as a teenage disc jockey, then moved on to recording engineer and producer. He produced hundreds of commercials and jingles in the seventies with a partner named John LaSalle, a renowned singer and jazz musician originally from New York City. He was also a record producer, whose credits include my album on Casablanca and a co-production with Scott Shannon on an album by The Sunset Bombers, a late seventies punk rock band which featured Doug Feiger (The Knack), Brandon Mathieson (The Rubber City Rebels) and Rick Armaund (1999).
I hadn’t spoken to Joe in a few years until we reconnected last week. I wanted to include his cult holiday classic, “Christmas In Malibu ” By The Rad Dudes, in my 99 CHRISTMAS MUSIC VIDEO collection. When we spoke, he told me that the song and video had been added to a lot of Christmas airplay lists this year, twenty years after its initial release back in 1988….Here’s more, in his own words……
Christmas In Malibu had its beginnings as a surprise yuletide hit of the 1988 holiday season. The song came to me as a musical epiphany of sorts while sitting on Malibu beach over the summer several months earlier. The story of how it got recorded and ended up on hundreds of radio stations, MTV, VH-1, Friday Night Videos and even the NBC Nightly News that first year really is quite wild. The song and video continued to air for several more years and then pretty much faded from view by the mid-nineties. Back in 2005, I decided to post the song online and, to my surprise, Christmas In Malibu started getting played on dozens of podcasts. In 2006, I made a distribution deal with a company called IODA to distribute the song as a download worldwide, and then posted the video on YouTube and a view other video sites. That year the song spread to many more podcasts and even started getting played on the radio again. By last year, Christmas In Malibu was getting mentioned and embedded in hundreds of blog posts and the video was listed on dozens more viral video sites. This year, on its twentieth anniversary, Christmas In Malibu seems to have taken on a life of its own and achieved a kind of “cult classic” statis within the new media community. The track and video are popping up virtually everywhere. This past week the video even made the front page of Mevio, the online new media network (formerly known as Podshow) launched in 2005 by former MTV veejay Adam Curry and Ron Bloom. On the front page video promo for what was new on the network, Adam remarked how he remembered the video had been a “huge hit” on MTV back in the day! I posted the whole story of the making of Christmas In Malibu on my company’s website, and you can read it here.
Here are THE RAD DUDES and “CHRISTMAS IN MALIBU !”
Now check out 99 CHRISTMAS MUSIC VIDEOS featuring the NEW MILEY CYRUS, Aretha, Nat “King”Cole, Bing, Elvis, EXCLUSIVE JOSH GROBAN FROM NOEL, NEW ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, Paul Evans, Jingle Cats, ALAN O’DAY, Neil Diamond, Band-Aid, EXCLUSIVE UNEDITED CHRIS BROWN “THIS CHRISTMAS”, Enya, Carpenters, NEW JULIANNE HOUGH, Brenda Lee, Beach Boys, NEW ARCHIES, Sponge Bob, Perry Como, and so much more! HOURS AND HOURS OF FAMILY FUN with the original Christmas music clips and new Christmas Video animations! You can find it here.
Copyright 2008 by Artie Wayne https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/about-artie-wayne
THE STORY BEHIND THE MOTOWN CHRISTMAS ALBUM!
December 11, 2008
“It’s summer of 1973 and Ed Silvers, President of Warner Brothers Music, is losing his patience with me. He thinks I’m spending far too much time trying to get our songs cut at Motown. Although I secure songs in our catalog by some of their biggest artists, they’re only album cuts. Ed is convinced that I’ll never get a single released by Motown.
I know at this point that the only way I could have a chance for a hit and escape the wrath of Ed, is to get a cover by the Jackson 5 or little Michael. There was only one staff writer at Warner Brothers music who could write in a classic R+B style, George Clinton, Jr.
I go to the two producers who love George’s writing the most, Jerry Marcellino and Mel Larson, who just had big hits with 12 year old Michael on “Rockin’ Robin” and “Little Bitty Pretty One” (which was my suggestion). They tell me that “Ben”, from the movie of the same name, is racing up the charts and Berry Gordy wants each of his producers to start recording new sides with him.
I sit with Jerry and Mel and we talk about what kind of song they should record with Michael. I suggest a Christmas song, one so commercial that it could be the follow up single to, “Ben”. When I see their eyes light up, I tell them that George Clinton, Jr. and I have started such a song! When they ask to hear it, I tell them we were still working on it, when in fact we hadn’t even started! I can’t tell them the title, ’cause there isn’t any! I do tell them, however, that it’s a true story of how my girlfriend left me out in the cold like the last tree in a Christmas tree lot, which is left unsold on Christmas Eve. They freak out and say they had to have the finished song by Monday. I say, “No problem”
I call George, who knows nothing about any of this as soon as I get back to my office. He can’t believe I told them we’d have a finished song to them by Monday, when it’s Friday and we haven’t even started.
Saturday morning we meet at my office. It’s the middle of summer, about 90 degrees, but we have to get in a Christmas Mood. As I tell George about my break up with Diana last Christmas, then I start to throw Ivory Snowflakes around the room. Soon, we have the first verse and chorus.
“Little Christmas Tree, looking sorta’ sad and lonely just like me
No one seems to care, they just went away and left him standing there…All alone on Christmas Eve!”
On Monday morning George does a piano voice demo, and I get it to Jerry and Mel that afternoon. They love it so much that they knock one of their own songs off the date and cut ours the next day.
I’m almost in tears when I hear the finished record the following week with the news that it’s being considered for the follow-up to “Ben”, which had just hit number one! You can imagine how I feel a few weeks later when Berry Gordy, Jr. decides not put out any follow up to the Oscar nominated “Ben”, until the Academy Awards are given out…which is after Christmas! A few days later I come up with a plan and present it to Motown. I suggest that the company puts a double albums worth of previously recorded Christmas songs by each of their hit artists, along with “Little Christmas Tree”. They even use my title for the album, “A Classic Motown Christmas”, which includes cuts by Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Diana Ross, and release it in time for the holidays.”
“LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE”
By George Clinton, Jr. and Artie Wayne
I watch the snowflakes fall
against my window plain
and wonder if you
are watching snowflakes too?
I take a walk downtown
to where you used to meet me
There’s joy everywhere
but all that waiting there is just a…
Little Christmas tree
Looking sorta’ sad and lonely just like me
No one seems to care
They just went away and left it standing there
All alone on Christmas eve
I hear the Christmas bells
The happy people singing
The songs of the chill that only brings me tears
I sadly close my eyes
and say a liitle prayer you’ll be waiting there for me
I look but all I see is
Little Christmas Tree
Looking sorta’ sad and lonely just like me
No one seems to care
They just went away and left it standing there
All alone on Christmas eve
This is the season of love
(This is the season of love)
But I’m as sad as I can be
(sad as can be)
Why did you have to leave me
(Why did you leave me)
(Why did you leave me)
Little Christmas tree
Looking sorta sad and lonely just like me
No one seems to care
They just went away and left it standing there
All alone on Christmas eve
Copyright 1973 by Warner Brothers Music
Now here’s Michael Jackson and “Little Christmas Tree” If the video is disabled click onto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MczEogn9Avs
copyright 2008 by Artie Wayne from his forthcoming book, “I Did It For A Song”…If You Don’t like the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s you can kiss my past!” https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/about-artie-wayne/
THE TOP, THE BEST, AND THE GREATEST MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEOS!..FOR FREE!
https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/top-best-and-greatest-michael-jackson-videos/
To stay in the holiday spirit check out “WHOPPY AND STREAKER’S 99 CHRISTMAS MUSIC VIDEOS for FREE” featuring Nat “King”Cole, Bing, NEW ARCHIES, Elvis, EXCLUSIVE JOSH GROBAN FROM NOEL!, NEW ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, Beach Boys, Sponge Bob”, The RAD DUDES, Jingle Cats, ALAN O’DAY, Neil Diamond, Band-Aid, EXCLUSIVE UNEDITED CHRIS BROWN “THIS CHRISTMAS”, PAUL EVANS, Enya, Carpenters, NEW JULIANNE HOUGH, Brenda Lee, , Perry Como, Alvin and the Chipmunks and so much more! HOURS AND HOURS OF FAMILY FUN with the original Christmas music clips and new Christmas Video animations! https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/the-top-the-best-and-the-greatest-christmas-music-videos/
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“NEW CHRISTMAS MUSIC VIDEOS 2008 for FREE”! includes Miley Cyrus, The Jonas Brothers, ARETHA, ELVIS PRESLEY DUET WITH MARTINA MCBRIDE, NEW “ARCHIE’S CHRISTMAS PARTY”, Alan O’Day “I HEAR VOICES”, Tony Bennett, PAUL EVANS‘ “SANTA’S GOT STUCK UP IN A CHIMINEY”, Faith Hill, U2, THE RAD DUDES “CHRISTMAS IN MALIBU”, Rascal Flatts, DAVID ARCHULETTA “OH, HOLY NIGHT”, and MUCH, MUCH MORE!
https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/new-christmas-music-videos-2008/
Because you’ve been good, you also get “NOOKIE”S TOP CHRISTMAS AND “HAUKKAH VIDEOS for FREE!” includes Adam Sandler’s “HANUKKAH SONG”, the Full Original Version of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” , JUST ADDED JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, CARRIE UNDERWOOD, TOBY KEITH, BON JOVI SINGING “THE HANUKKAH SONG!” and MUCH, MUCH MORE! https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2006/12/22/nookies-top-holiday-video-picks/
CHRISTMAS MUSIC VIDEOS 2009!
December 7, 2008
U2 “I Believe In Father Christmas” Released just hours ago! http://www.ilike.com/artist/U2/videos
Aretha Franklin “This Christmas” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLQbyEprUxQ&feature=related
NEW!! BOB DYLAN “MUST BE CHRISTMAS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVs6X9yIM_k
Celebrating 20 years as a cult classic by the RAD DUDES! “Christmas In Malibu”
JUST ADDED! Carrie Underwood, “Oh Holy Night”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4MQ-emtC1w&feature=related
JUST ADDED! Our pal Ron Dante sent over a video from his “Archie’s Christmas Album”… “ARCHIES CHRISTMAS PARTY” It’s the first Christmas album for the cartoon icons. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht3Xq3Agxx0
“I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS” RASCAL FLATTS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW8wMMIVBFM
“White Christmas” -The Northern Lights (Symphony) Orchestra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsluFqBurPU
EXTRA! FOR THE TOP 200 MICHAEL JACKSON AND BEATLE VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE…FREE! http://over50music.com
MILEY CYRUS AND “SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6PVuTut3_8&feature=related
THE JONAS BROTHERS “ALL WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS THE GIRL OF MY DREAMS” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiTQqvTJQD4
JUST ADDED…”OH HOLY NIGHT”, in church last Christmas with DAVID ARCHULETTA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIg5D7aAtic&feature=related
JUST ADDED! “Santa’s Got Stuck Up In A Chimney”, just this side of a million views on YouTube, by ’60s singer/songwriter Paul Evans (“Roses Are Red”, “7 Little Girls Sittin’ In The Backseat”), is approaching territory reserved for Rudolf The Rednosed Reindeer, and Frosty The Snowman”! What they’re calling the Christmas novelty of the year is turning into the comeback of the millineum!
FAITH HILL and the title cut from her new album “Joy To The World” http://www.musicjesus.com/song_52395_Faith_Hill-Joy_To_The_World.html
YOU SAY YOU WANT MORE? Then click onto THE STORY BEHIND THE MOTOWN CHRISTMAS ALBUM…the classic album that almost never saw the light of day. Diana Ross, The Miracles, The Supremes, The Temptations, The Jackson Five, Stevie Wonder, and Michael Jackson all contributed to one of the greatest Christmas albums of all time, THE MOTOWN CHRISTMAS ALBUM. It is also the story of how George Clinton, Jr. and I wrote “Little Christmas Tree” for Michael Jackson. Read all about it here.
Because you’ve been good, you get “NOOKIE”S TOP CHRISTMAS AND CHAUKKAH VIDEOS” includes Adam Sandler’s “HANUKKAH SONG”, the Full Original Version of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” , JUST ADDED JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, N SYNC, CARRIE UNDERWOOD, TOBY KEITH, BON JOVI SINGING “THE HANUKKAH SONG!” AND MUCH, MUCH MORE! https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2006/12/22/nookies-top-holiday-video-picks/
copyright 2009 by Artie Wayne https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/about-artie-wayne/
For Alan O’Day ”I HEAR VOICES” http://cdbaby.com/cd/alanoday2/from/artiewayne
For Joe Klein “CHRISTMAS IN MALIBU” The RAD DUDES http://NewMediaCreative.com
Then click onto “99 CHRISTMAS MUSIC VIDEOS” featuring Nat “King”Cole, Bing, NEW ARCHIES, Elvis, EXCLUSIVE JOSH GROBAN FROM NOEL!, NEW ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, Beach Boys, Sponge Bob”, The RAD DUDES, Jingle Cats, ALAN O’DAY, Neil Diamond, Band-Aid, EXCLUSIVE UNEDITED CHRIS BROWN “THIS CHRISTMAS”, PAUL EVANS, Enya, Carpenters, NEW JULIANNE HOUGH, Brenda Lee, , Perry Como, Alvin and the Chipmunks and so much more! HOURS AND HOURS OF FAMILY FUN with the original Christmas music clips and new Christmas Video animations! https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/the-top-the-best-and-the-greatest-christmas-music-videos/
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WHOPPY AND STREAKER’S 99 CHRISTMAS MUSIC VIDEOS!
November 13, 2007
They’re all here, JUSTIN BIEBER, Taylor Swift, MICHAEL JACKSON, REINDEER SINGING “WHITE CHRISTMAS”, Nat “King”Cole, Bing, NEW ARCHIES, Elvis, Rudolf, JOSH GROBAN FROM NOEL!, Neil Diamond, Band-Aid, “THIS CHRISTMAS”, NEW ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, ALAN O’DAY, Jingle Cats, Carpenters, NEW JULLIANNE HOUGH, Brenda Lee, PAUL EVANS, Tony Orlando and Dawn and so much more! HOURS AND HOURS OF FAMILY FUN with the original Christmas music clips and new Christmas Video animations!
When Whoppy and Streaker were little more than kittens I sat down with them on their first Christmas Eve and sang Christmas songs on my guitar. Ten years later they’re playing Christmas songs for me that they found on the Internet! Sound outrageous? Not as outrageous as some of the the videos they found!
Here are the Singing Reindeer and “White Christmas”, by Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters, one of my aunt Wan’s favorites, which my friend Publicist/ Writer Gary Stromberg, sent me as a Christmas card. http://gpsinformation.info/main/merryxmas.swf
JUST ADDED! MICHAEL JACKSON”S NEWLY RE-MASTERED “LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE” from the new JACKSON FIVE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS ALBUM
Growing up in the 50’s, Irving Berlin was one of my greatest influences. He wrote other classic songs like “Easter Parade’, “True Love”, “Always”, and “God Bless America”, but none ever touched as deeply as his classic, “White Christmas”. When I started in the music business, I remember going from door to door in 1650 Broadway, trying to get my songs published. One day I walked into Irving Berlin Music, which occupied a suite of offices on the second floor. I asked the receptionist If I could see Mr. Berlin, and play him a few of my songs. Holding back a smile, she says, “I’m sorry, but Mr. Berlin, no longer comes into the office…besides this company only publishes Irving Berlin songs!” This “Brash Brotha’” from the Bronx, smiles and asks, “In that case may I just take a look at his piano?”
She smiles back and says she shouldn’t be doing this…and takes me into the room where he did his writing. This is the instrument, I read about in Life Magazine. Berlin, with no formal training, was only able to play in the key of C. So he had this upright piano made with a “gear shift”, to change keys or modulate with a flick of the wrist! Although I want to sit and play, I don’t want to overstep my bounds, so I just gently and respectfully touched it on my way out.
Now the original “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby, from “Holiday Inn”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8swRkzkO2s
BRAND NEW! JAY and THE AMERICANS…”CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_4l1HCO9oY
Here’s “Oh Holy Night” by Celine Dion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jr-2eyRtV4
Here’s the WHAM classic, “Last Christmas” http://www.slack-time.com/music-video-1724-Wham-Last-Christmas
HERE’S ALAN O’DAY’S CHRISTMAS CARD AND LATEST VIDEO “EVERYBODY HERE LOVES CHRISTMAS”
BRAND NEW! Our pal Ron Dante sent over a video from his new “Archie’s Christmas Album”…Archie’s Christmas Party”! It’s the first Christmas album for the cartoon icons. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht3Xq3Agxx0
How did Whoppy And Streaker know I loved “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5cX_ncZLls&feature=related
JUST ADDED…”OH HOLY NIGHT”, in church last Christmas with American Idols David Archuletta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIg5D7aAtic&feature=related
Here’s Nat King Cole singing ,”The Christmas Song”
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xuqg2_nat-king-cole-the-christmas-song
Johnny Marks, the composer of “Rudolf”, as well as “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”, was definitely the King of Christmas? The song became so popular, that everytime a reindeer was drawn or painted with a red nose, he would get a royalty! Johnny was a character out of a Damon Runyan story, hair slicked back 40’s style, always nattily dressed, the kind of a guy you’d see at the race track waiting in line at the $100 window. He was quiet and assuming most of the year, but at Christmastime, he’d be in his glory! I remember once in the mid-sixties, during the holiday season , Johnny took my wife and I to lunch at Jack Dempseys’. The restaurant was located right next to the Brill Building and the poor man couldn’t take a bite without one his songwriter or publishing pals coming over to interrupt. Without question he was definitely one of my songwriting heroes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFNxZKC1rz0
ORIGINAL CLIP! Elvis from his 1968 special singing, “Blue Christmas”.
Mary’s Boy Child” – Boney M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxm1FlLSfe4
NOW THE CRYSTALS ” AND “SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3zudVvBEB4
Here’s the WHAM classic, “Last Christmas”
“All Alone on Christmas” – Darlene Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLRKLshPjTw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeyHl1tQeaQ&ob=av3n
MAKING OF THE JULLIANNE HOUGH CHRISTMAS ALBUM! Two time grand prize winner of “Dancing With The Stars” who’s enjoying her first #1 country album, has just released her first Christmas CD.http://www.umgnashville.com/artist/media/mediaplayer.aspx?mid=1204&aid=208
BRAND NEW! ONE OF THE BEST VERSIONS OF “I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS” I’VE EVER HEARD! BY THE ONE AND ONLY RASCAL FLATTS http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/RascalFlatts/I%27ll-Be-Home-For-Christmas–205697487
We interrupt our program for a Christmas message from a twelve year old Michael Jackson. I wish I had a video of him doing a song I wrote with George S. Clinton, Jr. “Little Christmas Tree” from the Classic Motown Christmas album…but I don’t. Here he is with one of my favorites,”I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2890892773539045335&q=santa+claus+is+coming+to+town&total=721&start=10&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
THE SHIRELLES “MAMA MY SOLDIER BOY IS COMIN’ HOME” https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/the-shirelles-christmas-song-mama-my-soldier-boys-coming-home/
“Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” – Darlene Love (live on Letterman, 2005)
Destiny’s Child, “8 Days Of Christmas” http://www.fanpop.com/spots/christmas/videos/469940
JUST ADDED! OFFICIAL LADY GAGA “CHRISTMAS TREE” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_36TiPIjVI
“Neil Diamond performing live in 1971 , “Holly Holy” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQwqQwD6OOw
NEW! Here’s “DUETS” with ELVIS PRESLEY, and Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, LeAnn Rimes, Sara Evans, Gretchen Wilson, Anne Murray, Amy Grant, Karen Fairchild, and Wynonna Judd, in the first Christmas compilation of its kind. Here’s Elvis and Martina McBride with “Blue Christmas” http://blog.cmt.com/2008-11-17/martina-mcbride-duets-with-elvis-presley-for-christmas/
NOW THE CHRISTMAS SONG OF THE YEAR! JUSTIN BIEBER AND “MISTLETOE”
JUST ADDED!MICHAEL BUBLE “ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB7fEnWyZ1k&feature=related
Here’s U2 and “I Believe In Father Christmas” http://www.ilike.com/artist/U2/videos
Kenny G and “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” http://www.ifilm.com/video/2791593
“WHERE ARE YOU CHRISTMAS” BY FAITH HILL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSMjgNMdzEI&feature=related
TAYLOR SWIFT “LAST CHRISTMAS” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQylnK8SoLE&feature=related
THE FINALE OF THE BING CROSBY MOVIE “WHITE CHRISTMAS”
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About ten years ago after inexplicable weakness and episodes of falling down in the street. I checked into UCLA Medical Center for 3 days of test. They kept me for 3 weeks! It was a few days before Christmas, I was in a ward with many who were far worse off than me…and we did our best to keep each others’ spirits up. Somehow, I lost my phone book, and the only numbers that I could remember was my Mothers’, who had moved to West Virginia, and that of my long time friend Alan O’Day, who was on his way out of town.
It’s a policy of most hospitals to send as many patients home for the holidays to be with their family and friends. Soon, I was the only one left in the ward, since I had nowhere else to go. One lonely night, as I sat feeling sorry for myself, I heard a group down the hall, singing Christmas carols. I followed the voices to the the children’s ward…where I heard the joyous sounds of “Jingle Bells”. It was the Salvation Army, passing out toys and candy, and singing to the kids, who were confined to their beds. I joined in on “Silent Night”, “Jingle Bell Rock”, and “Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer”, but when they started singing “White Christmas”. Tears started running down my face, and I had to sit in another room to compose myself. This song, written by Irving Berlin, always brings back memories of family and friends in a snow covered New York City…flooding me with emotions.
10 years later, I told Toni Wine (”Candida”,”Groovy Kind Of Love”) I told her the story…and showed her some lyrics I had written that fateful night, “I Lose it When I Hear “White Christmas”. She loved it, but wanted to make the story more universal. Over two writing sessions, which we started on Irving Berlin’s piano, that was given to Toni many years ago, we came up with….
“I LOSE IT WHEN I HEAR “WHITE CHRISTMAS”
words and music by Toni Wine and Artie Wayne
They can play “Jingle Bells” all day
talk about Santa’s Sleigh
I’m alright on a very “Silent Night”
But then my tears begin
when they sing I can’t join in
‘Cause I Lose it When I Hear “White Christmas”
Bein’ without you just ain’t no fun
What kind of thrill is cookin’ for one?
Can’t deny I wanna’ cry myself out
Here’s to Holiday spirit
don’t wanna’ be anywhere near it
‘Cause I Lose it When I Hear “White Christmas”
And Baby I know…You needed to go
But why did you have to leave me now?
[instumental]
Don’t feel like spreading good cheer
Just wanna’ sleep in the New Year
‘Cause I Lose it When I Hear “White Christmas”
‘Cause I Lose it When I Hear “White Christmas”
Copyright 2005-CasmoTwine
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