I still have my scratched up LOU RAWLS LIVE album that I listened to regularly when I was in college. According to Wikipedia, none other than Frank Sinatra said Lou had "the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game". Not bad kudos from the master himself. Here is Lou doing his soulful, big band version of CHRISTMAS IS. Man, what a voice!
Nicknamed THE VELVET FROG, MEL TORME' was one of the greatest jazz vocalist on the planet. His voice and his panache with a phrase or a scatted lyric places him in The Nomad's Top Ten List of Ridiculously Great Singers. I hope you enjoy this CHRISTMAS MEDLEY done by Mel from his 1992 Album - Christmas Songs.
The fedora, the loose tie and the walk says ring-a-ding baby! FRANK SINATRA was the first singer to make the girls faint. And it wasn't just about style with Frank. They didn't call him The Chairman of The Board for nothing. Here is Frank's take on LET IT SNOW.
MICHAEL BUBLE' is the current keeper of the flame for this greatest of American music. A former wedding singer, Buble' hails from Canada and has said he knew he wanted to sing this kind of music he learned from his grandfather's records when he was just a kid. I would say he got his wish, and we are the better for it. IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS from a real singer that reminds us of how great this music really is.
And as a bonus - The band that played with Ole Blue Eyes - TOMMY DORSEY & HIS ORCHESTRA with their version of SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN from 1935.
Hope you have a RING-A-DING CHRISTMAS!
d.l.stafford
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