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This week we bring you the Library Director's annual ?Don?t Touch That Dial? holiday-music blog post, designed to chase the dark away.
PART 2....
9. Angels We Have Heard On High by Indigo Girls from Holly Happy Days
Girls with guitars who have known each other since grade school and whose voices blend like a yogurt smoothie.
10. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town by The Pointer Sisters from A Very Special Christmas 1987
Silly, sassy and so much fun.
11. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Eddie Higgins Christmas Songs 2005
This year?s pick of my favorite Christmas pop song.
12. Greensleeves by Paul Desmond & The Modern Jazz Quartet
Recorded on Christmas Day 1971, by Paul Desmond and the Modern Jazz Quartet, the first and only time they played together.
13. The Christmas Waltz (Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne) by Peggy Lee from Christmas Carousel, 1960
For those who might remember only her woozy sounding pop charter of 1969, ?Is That All There Is?", Peggy Lee (March 26, 1920 ? January 21, 2002) was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer and actress in a career spanning nearly seven decades. This track was recorded in 1960, at the height of her popularity.
14. Silver Bells by Dean Martin, from My Kind of Christmas, issued 2009
Okay, I needed someone to represent the SammyPerryAndyTonyBingFrankSteveandEdie spectrum, and settled finally on Dino, whose boozy on stage persona eclipsed a croony, real life hipness. Warm and easy; a recording that?s amore.
15. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm by Jo Stafford, from Happy Holidays - I Love the Winter Weather (Re-mastered)
I love, love LOVE Jo Stafford. Play this in any kind of weather. Repeatedly.
16. Last Christmas by Wham! From Music from the Edge of Heaven 1986
Before there was George Michael, paparazzi fodder, there was Wham, his and Andrew Ridgeley?s revival of teen pop. A great song; give it to someone special.
Stay tuned for Part 3, coming Monday night...
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Too Cool for Yule: Holiday Tunes from the Director, part 2
This week we bring you the Library Director's annual ?Don?t Touch That Dial? holiday-music blog post, designed to chase the dark away.
PART 2....
9. Angels We Have Heard On High by Indigo Girls from Holly Happy Days
Girls with guitars who have known each other since grade school and whose voices blend like a yogurt smoothie.
10. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town by The Pointer Sisters from A Very Special Christmas 1987
Silly, sassy and so much fun.
11. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Eddie Higgins Christmas Songs 2005
This year?s pick of my favorite Christmas pop song.
12. Greensleeves by Paul Desmond & The Modern Jazz Quartet
Recorded on Christmas Day 1971, by Paul Desmond and the Modern Jazz Quartet, the first and only time they played together.
13. The Christmas Waltz (Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne) by Peggy Lee from Christmas Carousel, 1960
For those who might remember only her woozy sounding pop charter of 1969, ?Is That All There Is?", Peggy Lee (March 26, 1920 ? January 21, 2002) was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer and actress in a career spanning nearly seven decades. This track was recorded in 1960, at the height of her popularity.
14. Silver Bells by Dean Martin, from My Kind of Christmas, issued 2009
Okay, I needed someone to represent the SammyPerryAndyTonyBingFrankSteveandEdie spectrum, and settled finally on Dino, whose boozy on stage persona eclipsed a croony, real life hipness. Warm and easy; a recording that?s amore.
15. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm by Jo Stafford, from Happy Holidays - I Love the Winter Weather (Re-mastered) I love, love LOVE Jo Stafford. Play this in any kind of weather. Repeatedly.
16. Last Christmas by Wham! From Music from the Edge of Heaven 1986
Before there was George Michael, paparazzi fodder, there was Wham, his and Andrew Ridgeley?s revival of teen pop. A great song; give it to someone special.
Stay tuned for Part 3, coming Monday night...
- Don't Touch That Screen: Fourth Annual Good Tidings And Tunes Yule Blog
©Lloyd Wolf /Arlington Photographic Documentary Project Each year, the Christmas season seems to arrive a little earlier. A few weeks ago, it was not yet Halloween and Macy's at Pentagon City was setting up its Christmas shop. Ever the stickler...
- Too Cool For Yule: Holiday Tunes From The Director, Part 3
And now we bring you the last part of the Library Director's annual ?Don?t Touch That Dial? holiday-music blog post, designed to chase the dark away. 2010, PART 3.... 17. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon, The Harlem Community Choir, Yoko Ono...
- Too Cool For Yule: Holiday Tunes From The Director, In 3 Part Harmony
This week we bring you the Library Director's annual ?Don?t Touch That Dial? holiday-music blog post, designed to chase the dark away. PART 1.... 1. The Gloucestershire Wassail by Waverly Consort, from A Waverly Consort Christmas: Christmas From...
- The Arlington Years: Don't Touch That Dial - The Annual Yule Blog
The Arlington YearsThoughts From County Native and Arlington Public Library Director, Diane Kresh Here we come a caroling??tis the season to be seasonal. It?s that most wonderful time of the year for decking and hauling, tinseling and snowballing (at...
- The Arlington Years: Don't Touch That Dial?a Yule Blog From The Director
The Arlington Years Thoughts from County Native and Arlington Public Library Director, Diane Kresh Do you hear what I hear? As another holiday season has us in the grip (or gripe), I am reminded once again of the thing that still makes me tingle (and...