“Santa Baby!” written by Joan Javits and Philip Springer. The original 1953 recording by Eartha Kitt, with Henri René and his orchestra.
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“Christmas is Coming,” written by Paul Hyde and Bob Rock, performed by their Vancouver group, The Payola$.
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“Hot Rod Mama,” written by Alberta McEnery, recorded by Ramblin’ Jimmie Dolan, 1952.
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Soprano Galina Vishnevskaya sings Rachmaninov’s Opus 4 № 4, a poem by Pushkin (“O cease thy singing, maiden fair”) set to music. Apparently recorded in 1961.
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“Mele Kalikimaka,” written by Robert Alex Anderson in 1949, recorded by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters the following year. Honolulu-born Bette Midler has a good version.
Related:
“How to Say ‘Merry Christmas’ in Hawaiian,”TravelToParadise.com
“Santa arrives in Waikiki on canoe,” KHON-TV News
“A very merry, sun-soaked Christmas,” Nikkitha Bakshani, The Week
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“Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” words and music by Frank Loesser. Performed by Ricardo Montalbán and Esther Williams in the 1949 MGM movie “ Neptune’s Daughter” and reprised later in the film by Red Skelton and Betty Garrett but with the boy-girl roles reversed. The song won the 1949 Academy Award.
A classic winter duet, the tune has been recorded by countless couples including Steve and Edie, Louis Jordan & Ella Fitzgerald, Rod Stewart & Dolly Parton, Lady Gaga & Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Jones & Willie Nelson, and Zooey Deschanel & Leon Redbone.
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“Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around,” a song of the Civil Rights Movement, performed by The Roots, from the 2009 film Soundtrack for a Revolution.
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“Santa Baby!” written by Joan Javits and Philip Springer. The original 1953 recording by Eartha Kitt, with Henri René and his orchestra.
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