
Voices from Christmas Past. The artists featured in this playlist were pioneer recordings artists whose names were well known in the era they lived. They helped start what is now known today as the record industry. They were popular artists in their time and their records sold well in an era when movies were silent and radio and television did not yet exist. Of all things Christmas nothing is more traditional than the singing of carols and songs. Songs that capture in lyrics and in music the many traditions that we have at Christmas - the birth of the Christ child, the Christmas tree, the opening of gifts and even sleigh rides. Any well dressed sleigh ride featured those cheery sounding bells attached to the horse's harness. In fact one of the most beloved Christmas songs ever, "Jingle Bells" celebrates this sound and the spirit of a country sleigh ride. On October 30, 1889 banjoist Will Lyle made history by recording "Jingle Bells", the very first Christmas record. Although no known copies of this record survive, one of the earliest vocal examples of "Jingle Bells" does survive on an Edison brown wax cylinder entitled, "Sleigh Ride Party". It was made a decade later and is reissued here for the very first time in this collection. These songs and monologues from the original vintage recordings capture the essence of the Christmas spirit as it was in the opening two decades of the 20th Century. So Gather up the family, wind up the phonograph and take a trip back in time to <b>...</b>
Christmas Morning At Clancy's
Steve Porter
Christmas Morning
Christmas Music
Voices of Christmas Past
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
Christmas Songs
Merry Christmas
Holidays
Bells
Carol
Christmas
vintage
recordings
Christmas Stories
Christmas Story
Recording