VARIOUS – CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD – KOKO MOJO

Christmas Time Is Near announces the Stanley Brothers with joyous merriment and the Christmas spirit on the Atomicat Records’ album Christmas around the World (ACCD128) is underway. The album celebrates Christmas with a handful of titles sung in different languages, and some titles are performed with a twisting tempo, and for all-around appeal, some evergreen recordings are included. Of the twenty-eight recordings one is from 1949 then the remaining music is sourced from 1955 through to 1962.

01 Stanley Brothers Christmas Time Is Near (Stanley) Starday 1958
02 Shantons Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Gillaspie, Coots) Jay-Mar 1960
03 Mark Anthony Mama’s Twistin’ With Santa (Anthony) LaBelle 1962
04 Estrella Kerstmis Voor Ons Twee (C’est Noël A Paris) (Marnay, Stern, Steggerda) Phillips 1960
05 The Lennon Sisters Merry, Merry Christmas (Lyons) Brunswick 1957
06 The Stompers Stompin’ Round The Xmas Tree (Vecchiarelli, Catalano) Gone 1961
07 Debbie and The Darnels With The Passengers Santa, Teach Me To Dance (Laphan) Vernon 1962
08 Jan and Dean Frosty (The Snow Man) (Rollins, Nelson) Liberty 1962
09 Twistin’ Kings Xmas Twist (Gordy, Ales) Motown 1961
10 Genoa Keawe Jingle Bells (no credit) Hawaii 1949
11 Kathy and Jimmy Zee Santa Claus Rock And Roll (Willet, Francis) Willet 1959
12 Wayne Brock Santa Claus Has A Secret (Parry) Fable 1955
13 Los Gliders Santa Trae A Mi Chica (Schroeder, Guevara) Maya LP 1962
14 Marguerite Trina The Rocking Tree (Trina) Bella 1959
15 Craig Douglas Snowy White Snow And Jingle Bells (Reid, Berger, Irving, Sheridan, Ruvin) Decca 1962
16 Hank Locklin Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (Marks) RCA Victor 1962
17 Les Chaussettes Noires Le Twist Du Père Noël (Nicolas, Garvarentz) Barclay 1961
18 Ernest Tubb I’ll Be Walkin’ The Floor This Christmas (J & E Tubb) Decca 1954
19 The Marcels Merry Twist-Mas (Wolfson, Hull, Singleton) Colpix 1961
20 Sandy and Patty Christmas Tree (Greenwood) Fable 1959
21 Allan and The Flames Winter Wonderland (Bernard, Smith) Campbell 1959 reissue Colonial 1960
22 George Morgan Blue Snowfall (Coleman) Columbia 1962
23 Patty Marie Jay Space Age Santa Claus (Christman) Delhi 1961
24 Tommy Regan Santa Twist (Cochran) Tell Star 1962
25 Cris Caroll Douce Nuit (Broussolle, Herrand) Disques Festival 1961
26 Red Foley Here Comes Santa Claus (Autry, Haldeman) Decca 1950
27 Little Cori Picture Of Mommy Twistin With Santa (Aromando, Petolino) Air Wave 1962 28 The Blackwells The Christmas Holiday (The Blackwells) Jamie 1960

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Format: CD Album