Lawrence Welk and his champagne music
"Jingle Bells"
THE SOUND OF
CORAL RECORDS
HIGH-FIDELITY
CRL 57186
LONG PLAY 33 1/3 RPM
SELECTIONS INCLUDE :
Side One
1 Jingle Bells - Fox Trot
2 Let's Have An Old-Fashioned Christmas / Joanne Towne
Vocal By The Sparklers
3 The Christmas Song - Fox Trot / Mel Torme - Robert Wells
(Merry Christmas To You)
4 Christmas Carols
(Deck The Halls - Good King Wenceslas - The First Noel - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen -
Come All Ye Faithful - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - It Came Upon The Midnight Clear - Joy To The World - Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem - Silent Night
Instrumental Fox Trot
5 Santa Claus Is Here Again / Stephen Charles - Van Roberts
Vocal By The Lennon Sisters
Side Two
1 Sleigh Ride - Fox Trot / Leroy Anderson
2 The Christmas Waltz / George Cates - Paul Francis Webster
Vocal By The Sparklers
3 Santa From Sante Fe / Al Stillman - Willie Stein - Milton Delugg
4 Silver Bells - Waltz / Jay Livingston - Ray Evans
5 Ring Those Christmas Bells / Marve Fisher - Gus Levene
Vocal By The Sparklers
6 Merry Christmas From Our House To Your House
Vocal By The Lennon Sisters / Mort Greene - George Cates
Christmas is many things to many people.
It means holly wreaths, crowded department stores, trimming trees, noisy toy shops,
egg nog parties, Christmas Eve mass, Christmas morning worship services, friends and
relatives, turkey dinners, used gift wrappings, exhaustion, conviction that "it's
lucky it comes only once a year," and an assortment of gifts you can't use and have to exchange, the sullen, grey faces of the poor families, prayers - and music.
Music is part of CHristmas that comes closest to being common to all - in every land
around the earth where the birthday of Christ is celebrated.
No other oliday, in fact, has such a rich musical heritage. And Christmas music has
the widest imaginable sources. It stems from the earliest, pre-medieval period in
countries throughout Europe as well as from the pens of the more inspired Broadway
songwriters of the present day.
Wherever you go at Christmas, you can hear the outpourings of the traditional as well as of the modernist. On the main street of your town, loudspeakers that hide behind the storefront decorations tell the musical story. Church chimes peal out the familiar carols and a Salvation Army Santa's record player catches your attention with the songs of Christmas. If you attend a party during the holiday season, it is likely to become, at a moment's notice, a group caroling session.
The songs you sing at your party are likely to be both kinds - the traditionals as
well as what you might call the "pop" Christmas songs. This group has its own set of
classics like "White Christmas," "Jingle Bells," "Sleigh Ride,' "Silver Bells," and
"The Christmas Song."
And for your Christmas party, where the interest must inevitably shift to the singing of the good and the favorite songs, what better accompaniment could you seek than the tailor-made selection of twelve, expressed in the sparkling musical voice of Lawrence Welk and his famous TV orchestra?
This new Coral high fidelity recording provides you with that fine program, in
instrumental settings that literally call out for the sing-alongers to join in.
Play this favorite group of Lawrence Welk renditions this Christmas and for many a
Christmas to come. These are the holiday evergreens that each year come to life again to shine like a newly lighted Christmas tree.
Invite everyone to join as maestro Lawrence Welk leads the Christmas party singing or let the excellent quality high fidelity versions of these songs help you make light of the job of cooking CHristmas victuals, wrapping presents or trimming the tree.
Listen now to Lawrence Welk, for a merrier musical Christmas!
Ren Grevatt
