Today, Song Of The Day by Eric Berman takes a look at Christmas music in general, and specifically The Kinks “Father Christmas.” Years ago, when I was on the mailing list to pretty much every record label, I amassed quite a collection of literally hundreds of Christmas CDs. Everything from those Very Special Christmas compilations to records by the biggest stars of the day … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Father Christmas” by The Kinks
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Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Skating” by Vince Guaraldi Trio from the album “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
Song of the Day by Eric Berman - "Skating" by Vince Guaraldi Trio from the album "A Charlie Brown Christmas" Christmas songs...I really don't like most of them! However, there are some classics you can never really do without…The Ventures' Christmas Album, John Fahey's Christmas Album, The Phil Spector Christmas Album, Eugene Ormandy’s performance of The Nutcracker, and … [Read more...] about Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Skating” by Vince Guaraldi Trio from the album “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
Groovy Ghouls and Haunted Hits – The Ultimate Halloween Playlist by Eric Berman
Groovy Ghouls and Haunted Hits – The Ultimate Halloween Playlist by Eric Berman For your Halloween party pleasure, cue this ghoulish playlist up in Spotify! This Is Halloween from the Nightmare before Christmas Monster Mash - Bobby Boris Pickett Boris the Spider - The Who Haunted House - Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs I Put a Spell on You - Screamin' Jay … [Read more...] about Groovy Ghouls and Haunted Hits – The Ultimate Halloween Playlist by Eric Berman
Song Of The Day – “Doing The Santa Claus” by Huey “Piano” Smith and the Clowns
Christmas “Nawlins” style, and one of my all-time favorite holiday records, to boot! Originally released in 1962 on the Ace label, Twas The Night Before Christmas is a hoot to listen to with some of the coolest Christmas songs this side of The French Quarter. We gave this album a spin at our weekly vinyl gathering at a local bar last week, and there was a couple dressed up in … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Doing The Santa Claus” by Huey “Piano” Smith and the Clowns
Song Of The Day – “The Nutcracker Suite” by Les Brown & His Band Of Renown
The story of The Nutcracker was inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s 'The Nutcracker and the King Of Mice' and was presented to Russian composer, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, by Marius Petipa who was maître de ballet of the Imperial Theater from Dumas. Tchaikovsky was unmoved by the prospect of writing a ballet for the story and was practically strong-armed into doing so. At the same … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “The Nutcracker Suite” by Les Brown & His Band Of Renown