Wonderland Burlesque's The Twelve Days Before Xmas - Day Seven: It's Gonna Be a Cold, Cold Christmas by Dana

Wonderland Burlesque's

The Twelve Days Before Xmas

 Day Seven: 

It's Gonna Be a Cold, Cold Christmas by Dana  

Time to climb back into the Wonderland Burlesque time machine and countdown to the big day. This holiday season, the dial is set for the 1970's!

Oh, you are in for a treat, so grab a seat and buckle up.

The seventies was a decade of change, turbulence and sweetness. Nowhere is this more felt than in the breadth and depth of the music of the time. There were so many different genres being developed, evolving and seeking validation on the radio and the industry music charts, it was a virtual musical cornucopia.

So, get ready for another song of the season by one of our biggest (and not so big) stars, here, stateside, and across the pond, who made the seventies truly magical.

Next up... the plaintive, gentle sweetness of the positively lovely Dana with her holiday hit, It's Gonna Be a Cold, Cold Christmas.

Dana Rosemary Scallon, known professionally as Dana, is an Irish singer, songwriter and politician. Her career as a singer took off when she won the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with All Kinds of Everything, which became a worldwide million-seller. After enjoying a string of hits, including six Top 40 hits in the UK and twelve in her native Ireland, she entered politics, eventually serving as an MEP for Connacht–Ulster in 1999.  She went on to serve as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004.

In 1975, she had three Top 40 hits in the UK, one of them being It's Gonna Be a Cold, Cold Christmas which peaked at #4 in the UK and #3 in Ireland. With it's lively lilting melody and sparkling vocals, the song serves up a perfect slice of pop for the holiday season.

It's Gonna Be a Cold, Cold Christmas - Dana