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Karaoke Showcase
.: Merry Christmas Baby :. |
Jerry
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-12-17 [Archive Date: 2021-03-17] |
| Genre: |
Holiday/Seasonal |
| Original Artist: |
Elvis (I added the narratives) |
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| Description: |
1947 Song History: Charles Brown’s tells the story this way: "Leon René owned Exclusive Records and he needed a song; Bing Crosby had “White Christmas”. Lou Baxter, who was a songwriter and used to hang around Johnny Moore and the Blazers, said 'Charles, I want you to do one of my songs because I need money.' He had to have an operation--- he had throat cancer. If we did one of his numbers, we would give him a $500 advance. So I took his song satchel home that night. I looked at all his songs and was not impressed until I saw "Merry Christmas Blues", and an idea struck me. I said this would be a good idea, but not what he had written. I wrote the title and lyrics to "Merry Christmas Baby", and how I was going to sing it. I mapped it out on my piano, and I presented it to Johnny Moore. We didn't know it was going to be a great big hit. I just thought it was a unique Christmas song. |
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Jerry performs Merry Christmas Baby on Karaoke Showcase of Karaoke Scene Magazine Online: Jerry performs Merry Christmas Baby on Karaoke Showcase - 1947 Song History: Charles Brown’s tells the story this way: "Leon René owned Exclusive Records and he needed a song; Bing Crosby had “White Christmas”. Lou Baxter, who was a songwriter and used to hang around Johnny Moore and the Blazers, said 'Charles, I want you to do one of my songs because I need money.' He had to have an operation--- he had throat cancer. If we did one of his numbers, we would give him a $500 advance. So I took his song satchel home that night. I looked at all his songs and was not impressed until I saw "Merry Christmas Blues", and an idea struck me. I said this would be a good idea, but not what he had written. I wrote the title and lyrics to "Merry Christmas Baby", and how I was going to sing it. I mapped it out on my piano, and I presented it to Johnny Moore. We didn't know it was going to be a great big hit. I just thought it was a unique Christmas song.
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