A Holly Rockin’ Christmas #Musical Monday

Today, I’m singing a medley of two holiday songs that seem to go together. According to Wikipedia, “A Holly Jolly Christmas,” popularized by Burl Ives, was released in November of 1964 and written by Johnny Marks. It was part of the 1964 Rankin/Bass Christmas special, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It was then featured in Ives’ 1965 album, Have a Holly Jolly Christmas. For the first five years of the 21^st century, it was one of the top 25 most-performed songs.

Wikipedia tells us that “Rockin” Around the Christmas Tree” was also written by Johnny Marks. Brenda Lee performed the song when she was only thirteen years old, and it’s featured on her album, Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee. An instrumental version was used in the same Rankin/Bass Christmas special. A fully sung version appeared in the 1999 sequel, Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas…

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2 Responses to A Holly Rockin’ Christmas #Musical Monday

abbiejohnsontaylor says:

December 7, 2020 at 9:20 am

Thank you, Patty, for the reblog. I hope you’re having a great day!

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  December 7, 2020 at 9:22 am
  
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