A Special Christmas Wish From
Jon Anderson
The Queen Of Soul, Aretha Franklin, appears on The Jimmy Fallon Show
tonight to sing "Angels We Have Heard On High" from her timeless holiday
classic album, "This Christmas".
Aretha will also chat with Fallon about her Christmas and New Year's Eve
plans, upcoming concerts at Radio City Music Hall on February 17th and 18th, her
annual Christmas Soiree, searching for singers to sign to her Aretha's Records
recording label, and much, much more. Don't miss it!
Kent ...
Here's a new Christmas Song by new Jay with the old
Americans.
Frank B.
Click here: Jay and The Americans - "Christmas In America" (Music Video) - YouTube
Yep, we featured this one a couple of years ago when Jay and the Americans first sent it in to us! Good track 'tho ... and definitely worth another listen. Thanks, Frank! (kk)
Frank B.
Click here: Jay and The Americans - "Christmas In America" (Music Video) - YouTube
Yep, we featured this one a couple of years ago when Jay and the Americans first sent it in to us! Good track 'tho ... and definitely worth another listen. Thanks, Frank! (kk)
Here's Chris Hillman and Herb Petersen with the
Classic Country sound of a 'tear in your beer' Xmas Song complete with a
soulful pedal steel guitar, hey Elvis ... get your "Blue Christmas" outta here!
This is a toe tapper fer sure!
Happy Holidays and God Bless,
Wild Bill
Promoter Bob Merlis tells us about a brand new Christmas single by The Revelations (featuring Tre Williams). It's a great track (which is already receiving rave reviews) called "It's That Time of Year." In fact, you can get a free download of this single for your very own collection. Read on! (kk)
We've been doing our best to spread the word
about Concrete Blues, the just-out album from The Revelations
featuring Tre Williams. It's getting great response and we hope you take time
to listen this slice of solid soul as soon as possible.
The main purpose of this outreach, however, is to let
you know that the band has a Christmas EP out right now and it's one of the
season's best. Read what the elves at Mistletunes have to say about it and
download and listen (no charge!) for yourself right here:
Old-school soul music never goes away, does it? This
2008 single by this great ensemble from Brooklyn
could have been on the original Atlantic Soul Christmas album from the
60s --
it would certainly fit better than say, Luther Vandross
did on the CD-era reissue. A nice mid-tempo ballad about the joys of the
holiday, and Tre sings the heck out of it.
Add to the above classic the slow ballad "It's
Christmas Time," a tough rock take on Charles Brown's "Merry Christmas Baby,"
and a straight cover of Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas."
-- Bob Merlis
Speaking of great Christmas videos, Artie Wayne has put
together an amazing compilation again this year ... you can check them all out
here:
Kent ...
They’re all here ... THE TOP CHRISTMAS AND HANUKKAH
MUSIC VIDEOS featuring JUSTIN BIEBER, Nat “King”Cole, Bing, REINDEER SINGING
“WHITE CHRISTMAS”, Jingle Cats, NEW ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, Bon
Jovi, PAUL EVANS, Josh Grobin, ALL FOR FREE!!! http://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2006/12/22/nookies-top-holiday-video-picks/
AND ... BECAUSE YOU'VE ALL BEEN GOOD ... I WANT TO GIVE YOU A FREE GIF! SOMETHING YOU'VE PROBABLY ALWAYS WANTED! http://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/great-last-minute-gifs-that-are-absolutely-free/
Here's a great reworking of the oldies classic "Happy Happy Birthday Baby" by Margo Sylvia and the Tuneweavers ... sent in by FH Regular Frank B:
AND ... BECAUSE YOU'VE ALL BEEN GOOD ... I WANT TO GIVE YOU A FREE GIF! SOMETHING YOU'VE PROBABLY ALWAYS WANTED! http://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/great-last-minute-gifs-that-are-absolutely-free/
Here's a great reworking of the oldies classic "Happy Happy Birthday Baby" by Margo Sylvia and the Tuneweavers ... sent in by FH Regular Frank B:
And how about the Christmas perennial favorite, "White Christmas", as done by The Drifters. (I mentioned last weekend that Paul Revere and the Raiders did an outstanding reading of this at their Christmas concert this year ... a near note-for-note recreation of this long-time favorite. (No, they didn't have any singing reindeer up on stage with them ... but still, it wasn't half bad!!!) kk
Click here:
http://gpsinformation.info/main/merryxmas.swf
LAST CHANCE TO ENTER:
Today is your last chance to enter to win a copy of Joel Whitburn's book "Christmas In The Charts". It's the complete documented history of EVERY Christmas and Holiday tune to make The Billboard Charts between 1920 and 2004 ... and we're giving away TWO copies of this book later this week.
We'll accept entries through 10 PM today ... and then on Thursday, Joel will pick the two winners. (We'll announce them in Friday's posting.)
If you haven't registered yet, just drop us an email and ask us to throw your name in this year's Christmas Stocking.
(As an extra, special bonus, we've got some great runners-up prizes to give away, too!) So don't miss your chance to collect on a really nice "after Christmas" present ... shoot me an email today! (kk)
LAST CHANCE TO ENTER:
Today is your last chance to enter to win a copy of Joel Whitburn's book "Christmas In The Charts". It's the complete documented history of EVERY Christmas and Holiday tune to make The Billboard Charts between 1920 and 2004 ... and we're giving away TWO copies of this book later this week.
We'll accept entries through 10 PM today ... and then on Thursday, Joel will pick the two winners. (We'll announce them in Friday's posting.)
If you haven't registered yet, just drop us an email and ask us to throw your name in this year's Christmas Stocking.
(As an extra, special bonus, we've got some great runners-up prizes to give away, too!) So don't miss your chance to collect on a really nice "after Christmas" present ... shoot me an email today! (kk)
