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<\/a>This album<\/a> is a Reader’s Digest compilation that collects a number of popular tracks from Bing Crosby. Jeez, I feel a little weird here, wondering if I have to explain who Bing Crosby is to you damn kids. You know him for his rendition of “White Christmas”, which he originated in the film Holiday Inn<\/em> and then again in the film White Christmas<\/em>. But, for Pete’s sake, you know he was a big time recording artist, the father of all pop music and music recording, and a hip enough fellow that he poked fun at his hipness and its own aging in the film High Time<\/em> when the man was older than my father ever was. He’s Bing Crosby, &%^$&*!<\/p>\nWhere was I?<\/p>\n
Oh, yes. The album was released after his death, and collects a number of his songs, including:<\/p>\n
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- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing\/It Came Upon A Midnight Clear \t<\/li>\n
- O Holy Night \t<\/li>\n
- What Child Is This?\/The Holly And The Ivy \t<\/li>\n
- The Little Drummer Boy \t<\/li>\n
- I Wish You A Merry Christmas \t<\/li>\n
- Frosty The Snow Man \t<\/li>\n
- Winter Wonderland \t<\/li>\n
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! \t<\/li>\n
- Christmas Dinner, Country Style<\/li>\n
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
What’s missing? The aforementioned “White Christmas”. Instead, we get a treat that doesn’t appear often elsewhere, “Christmas Dinner, Country Style” about a large family gathering\tfor a meal. The song is a treat; the others, standards. You’ll find them elsewhere, on compilation collections, but it’s fine to have them on a single platter to have as either background or mood music.<\/p>\n
I mentioned that you don’t find Perry Como albums outside the Christmas work in book fairs, garage sales, or antique malls in southwest Missouri often. You do, and by “you do” I mean “You might if you get there before me,” find the occasional Bing Crosby album in the wild. I suppose that’s because he sold more albums than Perry Como did. Or maybe it’s just because that’s what I’ve found.<\/p>\n
Regardless, this album should be pretty widely available since it’s a Reader’s Digest pressing. You could do worse, and probably will with anything you buy with a copyright date after 1980.<\/p>\n