Merry Merry Merry Countryish Style Additional discographical, biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin. Also, check out the links at your leisure.
* - from his 4th album, ' Gringo Honeymoon' - Also recorded by The Dixie Chicks & Me (Dixie Chicks + Rosie O'Donnell). / Full Name: Robert Earl Keen Jr. // Due to its immense popularity amongst his fans, as well as its seasonal nature, Keen had to create restrictions limiting the time of year during which his band will play the song. / Click on the Link above, to view the video of this performance
In his 'AllMusic' review, critic Cub Koda wrote: "this is prime Buck Owens and His Buckaroos in the holiday mode. Featured here are 'Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy,' 'Santa's Gonna Come in a Stagecoach,' and enough Yule-time weepers to make you realize that the holidays have a mighty dark side, too."
* - Gene Pitney's manager, also founder and president of Musicor Records (Pitney, George Jones, The Platters, Hot Butter) ** - Proceeds from this CD went to the Mark Sandman Music Education Fund; "Q Division" is also the name of the studio it was recorded at.
This perennial Christmas favorite, which has been covered countless times, didn't actually chart till two years after it was released {in 1960} but then charted 18(!!) times total.
* - the first recorded version was by Bing Crosby along with Carol Richards, with "John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Lee Gordon Singers". This was released by Decca Records in October 1950. // ** - "Fred Mertz", in 'I Love Lucy'
The "Davis Sisters" were originally Betty Jack Davis and her high school friend Mary Frances Penick, who became known professionally as 'Skeeter Davis'. When Betty Davis was killed in an auto accident in Aug 1st, 1953, she was replaced by her younger sister Georgia Davis, and
Georgia and Skeeter continued to record as the The "Davis Sisters".
* The one from Chicago, who recorded for the Bluebird and RCA labels, and died in 1948; not the "imposter" SBW {"Sonny Boy Williamson "}. / Recorded Dec 17, 1938, Leland Hotel, Aurora, IL
* - The orchestral version was first recorded in 1949 by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra, a hit record on RCA Victor Red Seal, and now one of the orchestra's signature songs. The lyrics were written by Mitchell Parish in 1950. // Click on the Link above, to view the original album.
* - There ARE some covers, such as by James Brown and The Famous Flames, Lou Ann Barton; Click on the Link above, left, to view all 241(!!) covers of this ALL-TIME classic.
Time:
6:30
Artist:
Danny Parks [With Darrin Vincent, Rob Ickes, Ronnie McCoury, Scott Vestal]
Full Name: Robert Earl Keen Jr. / Covered by Rosie O'Donnell with the Dixie Chicks: 'Another Rosie Christmas', 2000 // Due to its immense popularity amongst his fans, as well as its seasonal nature, Keen had to create restrictions limiting the time of year during which his band will play the song.
Time:
6:59
Artist:
Danny Parks [With Darrin Vincent, Rob Ickes, Ronnie McCoury, Scott Vestal]
