Merry Christmas Centuries of Sound Followers!

This is a mix of original Christmas-related records and radio broadcasts from 1939 to 1945. It’s also available as a compilation CD for supporters on Patreon here – https://www.patreon.com/posts/76151409

0:00:00 Bernard Herrmann – Snow Ride (1942)0:00:41 Bing Crosby – White Christmas (1942)0:03:48 Jimmy Durante – Clip from Christmas Show (1944)0:04:20 Lionel Hampton – Gin For Christmas (1939)0:06:48 King George VI – The Royal Christmas Message (1939)0:07:08 Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney – Hollywood Christmas Parade (1940)0:08:36 Claude Thornhill – Snowfall (1941)0:11:32 Winston Churchill – The White House Christmas Tree (1941)0:11:57 Franklin D. Roosevelt – Christmas Broadcast (1941)0:12:14 Woody Herman & His Orchestra – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (1942)0:14:49 Mayor of The Town – Clip from ‘A Christmas Carol’ (1942)0:14:53 Christmas with The Eighth Army (1942)0:16:18 Flanagan & Allen – There’s A Boy Coming Home On Leave (1940)0:18:52 Fibber McGee and Molly – Listening to Christmas Carols (1942)0:19:45 Glenn Miller Orchestra – Jingle Bells (1941)0:22:53 Amos and Andy – Clip from Annual Christmas Show (1942)0:23:41 Heavenly Gospel Singers – When Was Jesus Born? (1941)0:26:49 The Andrews Sisters – Sing (1943)0:29:52 Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters – Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1943)0:32:31 Columbia Workshop Theatre – Clip from “The Plot To Overthrow Christmas” (1944)0:32:40 Bob Crosby – The Skaters Waltz (In Swingtime) (1939)0:35:27 Billy Mills & The Orchestra – Jingle Bells (1944)0:37:05 Erroll Garner with Columbia Workshop Theatre – Great Christmas (1944)0:41:12 Jimmy Durante – Clip from Christmas Show (1944)0:41:30 Spike Jones & His City Slickers – Jingle Bells (1944)0:44:19 Ken Derby & The Kings Men – The Night Before Christmas (1944)0:50:53 The Mills Brothers – I’ll Be Home For Christmas (1944)0:53:04 King George VI – The Royal Christmas Message (1944)0:53:22 Lead Belly – Christmas Song (1943)0:56:01 Amos And Andy – Clip from Christmas Show With Andy As Santa (1944)0:56:13 Fats Waller – Swingin’ Them Jingle Bells (1944)0:58:54 NBC Studio Orchestra – Clip from Amos & Andy Christmas Show (1944)1:00:19 Dinah Shore – I’ll Walk Alone (Through Every Christmas) (1944)1:03:02 Life of Riley – Clip from ‘Roswell’s a Guest for Christmas’ (1944)1:03:21 Kenny Baker, Karen Kemple and Alexander Smallens – Hail To Christmas (1944)1:05:52 Vick’s Matinee Theatre – A Stable in Bethlehem Pennsylvania (1944)1:06:06 Tex Ritter – Christmas Carols By The Old Corral (1945)1:08:27 Life of Riley – Clip from ‘Roswell’s a Guest for Christmas’ (1944)1:08:56 Judy Garland – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (1944)

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This compilation of Christmas recordings spans the early years of electronic recording, the explosion of radio, sound films and newsreel, the end of the roaring thirties and the great depression.

Iâ€m presenting this in two formats – a mix, which is on my main feed at centuriesofsound.com and as a compilation, which is only available to patrons. Join my patreon at patreon.com/centuriesofsound and get a load of bonus content like this, as well as helping this site to survive in these very difficult times.

Here is the tracklist, the same for both versions.

00:40 The Savoy Orpheans – Radio Christmas (1926)03:46 Adolph Miles – Adeste Fideles (1926)07:03 Chor Sw. Lucji – Pasterka (Wesola Nowine) (Christmas Eve At Church) (1927)10:10 Richard Tauber – O Sanctissima (O Du Frohliche) (1929)12:51 Andrej Pelak – PospeÅ¡te Sem PastuÅ¡kovia (Hasten, Shepherds) (1930)16:00 Joe Gumin And His Orchestra – Jingle Bells (The One-Horse Open Sleigh) (1931)19:20 Popeye The Sailor – Seasin’s Greetinks (1933)19:26 Ozzie Nelson Orchestra – Christmas Night In Harlem (1934)22:23 Laurel & Hardy – Clip From Babes In Toyland (1934)22:33 Paul Whiteman Orchestra – Christmas Night In Harlem (1934)25:55 Shirley Temple – Clip From Bright Eyes (1934)26:55 Harry Reser And His Orchestra – Jingle Bells (1934)29:30 Franklin Delano Roosevelt – White House Christmas Tree Lighting Clip (1935)29:49 Bing Crosby With Victor Young And His Orchestra – Silent Night (1935)32:49 Victor Novelty Orchestra – Christmas Eve (Fantasie) (1935)35:50 British Movietone – Merry Christmas (1935)36:26 The Chapel Quartet – Oh, Little Town Of Bethlehem (1936)39:31 Hoosier Hot Shots – Jingle Bells (1936)42:30 Edith Fellows & Jackie Moran – Clip From And So They Were Married (1936)42:45 The Madrigal Sisters & Lehman Engel – Jingle Bells (1937)44:27 Mae Questel (The Betty Boop Girl) – I Want You For Christmas (1937)47:10 Michel Warlop – Christmas Swing (+ Django Reinhardt & Louis Vola) (27-12-1937)49:58 Andy Hardy & Family – Christmas Greetings (1938)51:22 Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye – (Don’t Wait ’til) The Night Before Christmas (La Vispera De Navidad) (1938)54:06 Reginald Owen – Clip From A Christmas Carol (1938)54:47 Silly Symphonies – The Night Before Christmas (1933)

In this festive edition of Centuries of Sound, audio curator James Errington is joined by his son Theo to check out some Christmas records from the years 1902 to 1924. We have choirs, carols, brass bands, and of course a selection of bizarre novelty Christmas wax cylinders for your Christmas evening listening.

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00:36 Harry E. Humphrey – Santa Claus Hides In Your Phonograph03:53 Choir Of The Royal Court Opera With Orchestra And Church Bells, Acc. Harmonium, Bells – Silent Night, Holy Night06:43 Gilbert Girard – Santa Claus Tells of Mother Goose Land08:19 Band – Christmas Memories12:17 Nebe-Quartett – O Tannenbaum14:07 Albert Whelan – Scrooge’s Awakening16:20 Edison Concert Band – Bells Of Christmas20:31 Thomas Edison – Mr. Edison’s Christmas Greetings24:41 George Hamilton Green Novelty Orchestra – Moonlight Waltz28:12 George Islon – Christmas Eve In The Old Homestead30:42 Edison Mixed Quartet – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing33:43 Metropolitan Quartet – Christmas, Christmas, Blessed, Blessed Day37:10 Bransby Williams – The Street Watchman’s Christmas41:05 Edison Concert Band And The Edison Mixed Quartet – Ring Out The Bells For Christmas45:16 Carol Singers – Joy To The World47:42 Yolande Noble And Percy Clifton – Buying The Christmas Dinner49:56 Robert Gayler – Christmas Eve- a Fantasie On Old German Christmas Carols52:53 Manuel Romain – Christmas Time Seems Years And Years Away54:50 Harry E. Humphrey – The Night Before Christmas58:11 Elizabeth Spencer, Harry Anthony And James F. Harrison – Silent Night

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(Clip from Review of The Year 1943)(Clip from BBC – Freddy Grisewood Reports on Tehran Conference)00:49 The Stuff Smith Trio – Humoresque(Clip from Amos & Andy – Candy for Caroline)(Clip from Fibber McGee & Molly)03:20 Dicky Wells and His Orchestra – I Got Rhythm(Clip from CBC – Canadian Women Serving Overseas – Marietta McPherson)(Clips from CBC – Wartime Rations Christmas – Dorothy Batchellor)(Clip of Edward R Murrow)05:40 Nat King Cole Trio – Embraceable You(Clip from Jane Eyre)09:32 Shamshad Begum & Motilal – O Jaanewale Aaja(Clip from Five Graves To Cairo)(Clips from Mother America)11:50 Custódio Mesquita – Brejeiro(Clip from Wartime With Bob Hope – The Christmas Package)13:22 The Andrews Sisters – Sing (Radio Broadcast)(Clip from BBC – King George Christmas Speech)(Clip from CBS World News Today)17:32 Bing Crosby & The Andrew Sisters – Victory Polka(Clips from CBC – Matthew Hatton – Canadians Attack Ortona)(Clip from Mother America)19;38 Xavier Cugat – Linda Mujer(Clip from Cockney Slang)(Clip from Amos & Andy – Candy for Caroline)(Clip from Fibber McGee & Molly)(Clip from Dynamite Cargo)(Clip from Shadow of a Doubt)(Clip from Review of The Year 1943)(Clip from Popeye – Seeing Red, White & Blue)

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(Clip from Review of The Year 1943)00:36 Wild Bill Davison & his Commodores – That’s a Plenty(Clips from Here Is Your War)02:27 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five – Deacon Jones(Clips from BBC – In Honour of Russia – Mary Lane)06:04 Yma Sumack con Conjunto Folklórico Peruano de Moisés Vivanco – Waraka Tusuy(Clip from Sahara)(Clip from BBCF – Ici Londres – Messages Personnels)09:37 Charles Trenet – Douce France(Clip from Amos & Andy – Turkey Trouble)13:11 Nat King Cole – It’s Only A Paper Moon(Clip from Commercial – Waste Kitchen Fats)14:25 Fats Waller – Up Jumped You With Love

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(Clips from Lassie Come Home)02:07 Charlie Parker – I’ve Found A New Baby(Clip from Treasury Star Parade)(Clip from Review of The Year 1943)(Clip from BBC – Freddy Grisewood Reports Italy At War With Germany)06:03 Aníbal Troilo – La Cumparsita(Clips from Himmler Speech)08:45 Sekinomu – Kayanda (Ganda; Uganda)(Clips from CBS World News Today)(Clip from WAC Recruits Take Oath of Enlistment)10:22 Django Reinhardt – Blues Clair(Clips from Eisenhower War Loans Drive Speech)13:27 Lead Belly – John Hardy(Clips from It’s That Man Again)15:09 New Mayfair Dance Orchestra – Pedro The Fisherman(Clips from It’s That Man Again)

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(Clip from Review of The Year 1943)(Clip of BBC – Montgomery Announces Landings in Italy)(Clip from Sahara)02:17 Ella May Morse & Freddie Slack – Get on Board, Little Chillun(Clips from Dynamite Cargo)06:08 Big Bill Broonzy – Night Watchman Blues(Clip from Dynamite Cargo)(Clips from BBC – Berlin Bomber)16:59 The Four Vagabonds – Comin’ In On A Wing And A Prayer(Clips from BBC Guy Gibson Interview)19:49 Dicky Wells and His Orchestra – Linger Awhile(Clip from CAN – Eisenhower Announces Italy’s Surrender)(Clip from BBC – Marshall Badoglio – Italy Surrender)23:05 Spike Jones – Down In Jungle Town(Clip from CBS World News Today)(Clip from Lum & Abner)(Clip from Le Corbeau)24:30 Yvonne de Trebert – Stop(Clips from Calvacade of America)

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(Clip from Review of The Year 1943)0:00:34 Concha Piquer – Yo No Me Quiero Enterar(Clip from CBS World News Today)(Clips from Private SNAFU – Spies)0:05:26 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra with Ray Nance – A Slip Of The Lip Can Sink A Ship(Clip from The Man In Grey)0:07:04 Benny Carter and his Orchestra – Poinciana(Clip from BBC – General Patton Enters Messina)(Clip from BBC – Frank Gillard with Town Band in Lentini)0:11:33 Rueben Solomon & His Jive Boys – Constantly(Clips from Heaven Can Wait)0:14:44 Jimmy Dorsey (vocal – Kitty Kallen) – They’re Either Too Young Or Too Old(Clip from CBC – Mary Churchill Congratulates CWACs)0:18:23 Anne Shelton – Silver Wings In The Moonlight(Clip from CBS World News Today)

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(Clip from Review of The Year 1943)0:00:53 Lead Belly – (Good Night) Irene (Take 1)(Clips from CBS World News Today)0:03:54 Dorothy Maynor – Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen(Clip from For Who The Bell Tolls)(Clip from BBC – Maurice Shillington Reports – Mussolini Resigns)(Clip from EIAR Announces the Resignation of Mussolini)(Clips from FDR Fireside Chat – First Crack In The Axis)0:08:49 Frank Sinatra with The Bobby Tucker Singers – Oh What A Beautiful Mornin’(Clip from Commercial for Kraft Mustard)0:11:52 Carmen Miranda – Lady In The Tutti Frutti Hat (film soundtrack)(Clips from The Ox Bow Incident)0:16:49 Edith Piaf – Le Brun Et Le Blond0:19:32 Lord Invader – Rum And Coca-Cola