Version you may have missed: Twisted Sister (2006) Great version: Ella Fitzgerald (1960): Fitzgerald's "Ella Wishes You a Swingin' Christmas" is aptly titled, and her brisk run through this song leads the way. Recorded by: Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Dean Martin, Patsy Cline, Charley Pride, Kenny Rogers, Gloria Estefan, Harry Connick Jr., Les Brown, Brian Setzer, Michael Bublé, the Polyphonic Spree, Boyz II Men and others 'Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful, and since we've got no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.'" The song was a hit for singer Vaughn Monroe the following year, and it quickly became a standard. "He said, 'Why don't we stay here and write a winter song,' " Cahn told Paul Zollo for his book "Songwriters on Songwriting." "I went to the typewriter. Cahn suggested one July afternoon that he and Styne go from Hollywood and Vine in Los Angeles to the beach a few miles away to escape the heat. Lyricist Sammy Cahn wrote the lyrics, and composer Jule Styne wrote the music on a sweltering day in Los Angeles in 1945. Sammy Cahn “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow” Recorded by: Autry, Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Dolly. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Composed: 1947 Great version: Bob Dylan (2009): Admittedly Dylan's torched croak of a voice isn't the smoothest one to grace this song, but his arrangement is zippy and he sounds like he's having fun. Recorded by: Autry, Elvis Presley Destiny's Child, Glen Campbell, Mariah Carey, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Bing Crosby, the Carpenters, the Platters, Dwight Yoakam, Jerry Jeff Walker, Los Straightjackets, the Chipmunks, the Smurfs and others Written by: Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman Like many Christmas songs written at the time, the song also has some surprising Jewish origins. He wasn't interested, but relented at his wife's insistence. The song's success ensured Autry was pitched dozens of holiday songs, which is how "Rudolph" came to his attention. "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" is only cowboy singer Gene Autry's second most popular holiday song, but he had initial misgivings about the other one associated with him, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." Autry said he was riding his horse Champion during the annual Christmas parade in Los Angeles in 1946 when he heard a child in the crowd yell, "Here comes Santa Claus!" He filed that phrase and the following year began to draft a song that his music partner Oakley Haldeman would further develop. Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we've no place to go Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! It doesn't show signs of stopping And I've brought some corn for popping The lights are turned way down low Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! When we finally kiss good night How I'll hate going out in the storm! But if you'll really hold me tight All the way home I'll be warm The fire is slowly dying And, my dear, we're still goodbying But as long as you love me so Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! The weather outside is frightful But that fire is, mmm, delightful And since we've no place to go Let it snow! Let it snow, Let it snow! It doesn't show signs of stopping And I've brought lots of corn for popping.Here Comes Santa Claus and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
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