Sunday, December 15, 2019

The Advent Jukebox, Day 15.... 'The Christmas Song'




Bob Wells and Mel Torme wrote this one in Los Angeles during the blazing hot summer of 1945.

And, according to Torme at least, the lyric was all about trying to 'stay cool by thinking cool'.

Regardless, the it is now a bonafide classic.

Here's a lullaby version...




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Nat King Cole didn't record the tune until the following summer despite the fact that Torme and Wells rushed over to Cole's manager Carlos Castel almost immediately after writing it, a task that took only 45 minutes...
Here's the Velvet Fog singing the tune with a hopped-up Judy Garland (keep your eyes peeled for a then still young 'Lucille Two' sighting)...


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