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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Wonderland Burlesque's The 12 Days Before Christmas - Day Four / The Drifters

Wonderland Burlesque's
The 12 Days Before Christmas - Day Four
The Drifters

On this, the fourth day of Wonderland Burlesque's countdown to Xmas, we take a look at a true classic. This one must be listened to closely, in order to appreciate just how looney it is. 

You may remember this version of the Bing Crosby holiday classic from films such as 1990's  Home Alone (when Macaulay Culkin puts on his father’s aftershave and makes 'the face'),  Mixed Nuts (Steve Martin, 1994) and The Santa Clause (Tim Allen, 1994). Sung by doo-wop group The Drifters (featuring Bill Pinkney on lead bass and Clyde McPhatter on tenor). their version went to #2 on the R&B Chart in December of 1954 and, in 1955, it went to #80 on Billboard's Top 100 Chart.  
 
I thought this cartoon - an animated Christmas card by Joshua Held - perfectly captured the spirit of the song's arrangement. 
 
White Christmas - The Drifters

4 comments:

anne marie in philly said...

I don't like xmess music at all, but this one is COOL! better than that child abuser crosby's!

Jimmy said...

Love the cartoon.

Sixpence Notthewiser said...

Ok, so Santa shaking that leg? I'm done.
Love the voices! Sooooo smooth!
And I remember that scene on Home Alone! BTW, Macaulay is forty.

XOXO

Xersex said...

love the video and the song