This Christmas song has been recorded by hundreds of people (in this century alone). With a wide range and many sustained notes, it gives a singer a good opportunity to show off their chops.
Written by Hugh Martin for the 1944 film Meet Me In St. Louis, it made its public debut on 29 November 1944 sung by Judy Garland.
Needless to say, there were many people away from home during Christmas 1944 and the song made a larger impact than the film itself.
Frank Sinatra recorded the song, for the first time, on 26 June 1947 in Hollywood. The recordings from that session were scrapped for some reason and were all redone on July 3.
Ten years and 13 days later, 16 July 1957, Frank recorded it again in LA, and this recording was certainly one of the most popular recordings of the song you'd hear on the radio for quite a few years.
There have been so many recordings of this song made in the past 60 years, it really doesn't make much sense to even try to note them. Let's close out the post with two recordings that received a lot of airplay for a number of years after their release. The first one is sung by Karen Carpenter....from 1978.
and this one by Chrissie Hynde in 1987.
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