Various Artists - Here Comes Santa Claus: 29 Swinging Chestnuts (Various Artists) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

-Bear Family Records®' latest edition in the ' Seasons' CD-series -Christmas with plenty of swing, jazz, rhythm & blues and light-footed pop let's you enjoy the holidays with a certain ease! -Nostalgic Christmas with 29 Lindy Hop-Jitterbug-Boogie-Jive and Easy Listening rarities from three decades, 1936 - 1965 -Including the title song Here Comes Santa Claus by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters. -Rarities by Molly Bee, The Dispoto Sisters and Peggy Lee - never before on CD! -Johnny Desmond's Marshmellow World next to New Year's Goosebumps classic Auld Lang Syne in the jazzy version by Roy Kral and Jackie Cain, and famous classics by Andy Williams and The Mills Brothers! -Besides the Andrews Sisters, there are other great female voices the stunning Mahalia Jackson, the Lennon Sisters or Peggy Lee with her smoky lascivious voice -Last but not least, the Jingle Bell Rock is included in a cool swinging version! What we started with our compilation 'Heading For The Christmas Ball' (BCD 17611) in 2020, we would like to continue to provide the festival of love with more exuberance, even though some songs are nostalgic and dreamy and you might even feel transported back to your own childhood. This Christmas disc invites you to the Christmas ball, to dance, to swing, to contemplation and exuberance among family members, friends, peers and guests. Rare recordings, which cannot be found on any Christmas collection, are in focus here. Once again we can present a number of songs that have never been available on CD before. For example, a novelty number by Dancer, Prancer & Nervous, The Singing Reindeer or I Like A Sleighride by Peggy Lee. Great female voices by Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Mahalia Jackson, The Fontane Sisters and others can be heard. R&B and blues are on your ears from Floyd Dixon, Nat 'King' Cole and Sugar Chile Robinson, and Christmas classics from famous