Time to Jingle

So we all know the song "Jingle Bells," right? What Christmas carol sets the mood more appropriately than this one - AND it's perhaps the most well known thanks to all the artists who have recorded it over the years.

Click this link for a 22-song "Jingle Bell"-athon.


Artists featured include:
Arthur Godfrey (1953)
Artie Shaw (1943)
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters (an out-take that must be heard in its entirety.)
Count BasieFerrante and Teicher (1962)
Gene Krupa Trio
Gisele MacKenzieGlenn Miller (from 1941 radio broadcast)
Glenn Miller (1941 studio recording)
Sammy Davis, Jr. (Reprise label version)
Morton Gould
Prissy Reed, Margie Singleton, The Jordanaires
Ray Price
Sammy Davis, Jr. (Again, with Columbia label version)
Sammy Kaye
United Choral Singers
Benny Goodman (1935)
Dinah Shore (1960)
Les Paul (1951)
Tony Harper (1950)
Les Paul, Mary Ford (Jungle Bells, from 1953. Awesome guitar feedback)
Santa and Johnny (Twistin' Bells, 1960)

Of all of these, the Glenn Miller version (in studio and radio-broadcast versions) is probably my favorite one.

Enjoy and start singing!

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