The beloved Christmas song “A Holly Jolly Christmas” was written by Johnny Marks in 1962 and became most notable when Burl Ives sang it as the narrating snowman in the 1964 stop-motion film Rudolph ...

Dec. 20—Billboard's Hot 100 songs chart saw a slight change this week, with Mariah Carey regaining the #1 spot, with her modern-day holiday classic "All I Want For Christmas Is You." Carey hit the top ...

These lyrics ring with a festive familiarity, and they’re deeply embedded in the canon of Christmas songs. It’s the song “Holly Jolly Christmas,” also known as “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas,” which ...

The Victory Belles (from left, Emily Rose Gyan, Andrea Pizza and Mandi Ridgdell) perform swinging holiday hits, as well as classic Christmas carols in 'A Vintage Christmas,' playing throughout ...

In his recent book “The Philosophy of Modern Song,” Bob Dylan described Perry Como as a “downright incredible” performer who “lived in every moment of every song he sang… When he stood and sang, he ...

In American culture, Christmas is supposed to be synonymous with joy. The familiar carols proclaim this message, with “Joy to the World” resounding in thousands of churches, while its secular ...

This week, there are five Christmas songs in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The oldest of those holiday tracks was released in 1957 (“Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helms), while the “newest” one ...

Nothing rings in the holiday season quite like Christmas music. As debates on when to begin playing holiday music rage across the internet like wildfire, the actual tunes get lost in the shuffle. For ...

Yes, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” — Brenda Lee’s 1958 evergreen — finally made it to No. 1 this week. Another little Yuletide ditty that you might have heard of — Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for ...

Eleven songs taken directly out of familiar animated Christmas television shows appear in a sing-along format, with the original scenes excerpted directly from the programs themselves (SANTA CLAUS IS ...

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