Your favorite Christmas Crooner?

[Faygo Kid]

Memories of childhood. No Handel here (for another post), and no Whitney Houston/Michael Bolton/Celine Dion/Mariah Carey stuff; this is for those who knew how to sing a song, not to show off their pipes. OK, and be sure to leave a comment.

[HEyHEY]

1. even though he was a child beaten bastard

Bing had a great voice

[MrBenchley]

2. Amen to that...

"I'll be home for Christmas" always gets to me...

[terrya]

3. People forget what a great voice Doris Day had.

Everyone remembers her from her films...particularly the ones she made with Rock Hudson.

But what a great voice she had. I particularly liked her version of "Secret Love"

[Faygo Kid]

6. "A Christmas Song" - as good as Nat King Cole's version

She knew how to sing a song. When is the Kennedy Center going to consider her for honors? An American icon.

[terrya]

18. Yes...she 's ready for the Kennedy Center Honors.

It's time to give Doris Day her due. AND I think she deserves a lifetime Oscar for her film career.

I heard that Doris Day is completely retired from show business,

Did you know that she was approached for the role of Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate"? She turned it down because of the subject matter.

[jokerman93]

4. Jim Morrison n/t

[Faygo Kid]

10. And, your point is. . . .?

Being as I am of the Jim Morrison era (younger, though, only 52), I would like to know what point you are making here. Go ahead, please.

[La_Serpiente]

5. Nat King Cole

[Devlzown]

7. Elvis, baby!

n/t

[johnnie]

25. Amen..

It isnt Christmas in my house without Elvis singin....

[montana_hazeleyes]

26. Yes,I wondered why

Elvis wasn't there.

[Sticky]

8. Memories Are Made of This....

I voted Dean Martin because I still listen to Dean every day on my computer. Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On and Red Roses For A Blue Lady take me back to my childhood and ever since my dad died I yearn to hear these songs and invoke memories.
Also, Dean's got a playful growl when he sings some of the old Christmas songs like Rudolf and Marshmellow World.

I like Frank Sinatra too....he does a great job on the caroles but his voice doesn't have that super-cool-smooth-as-velvet quality likes Dino's.

[Faygo Kid]

13. Ah, but he knew how to sing a song. In fact, he defined it.

Sinatra never put himself before the music - he interpreted it, just right. That's why he was the greatest of the 20th century. And, Dean was right there. At 13, I remember tilting my head and wondering how he could be so wonderful on "Everybody Loves Somebody, Sometime." You get it. Thanks.

[chimpymustgo]

9. Johnny Mathis, Luther Vandross, Vanessa Williams.

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edit: I voted for Nat KING Cole. It's not Christmas till he sings, "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..."

[BOSSHOG]

11. Randy Owens of Alabama

Listen to him "croon" There's a Candle in the Window, and there will be tears in your eyes.

[Blade]

12. Johnny Mathis

but I voted for Nat. Yep. Good ol' Nat.

[Faygo Kid]

14. Johnny Mathis should have been listed.

Sorry, but it's tough to limit them. Johnny Mathis should have been there. But, who would you knock out?

[chimpymustgo]

17. Easy: Yorgi and Rosemary. (Who is Yorgi?)

nt

[Faygo Kid]

19. "I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas"

"On that Yolly Holiday, I go in the red, like a knucklehead, as I squander all my pay."
"I bought a nightgown for my vife, a black one trimmed in red. I didn't know her size and so, she gets a carpet sveeper instead!"
If you were of Scandinavian descent, you would know. Oh yes, you would know. By yumpin' yiminy!

[CatWoman]

15. This movie with Jon Voight

"The Odessa File".

There's a song in it in both English and German. Don't know the title, but I believe it was sung by Perry Como.

[Faygo Kid]

21. Perry Como!!! I left him out. Aaargh.

He did the best version of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" ever. He should have been listed. Most definitely. If only in my dreams.

[SOteric]

16. Mario Lanza

My mother had an old album of Mario Lanza singing the Ave Maria. It brought me shivers.

[Padraig18]

20. Perry Como.

Go ahead and laugh... :P

[Faygo Kid]

22. See post #21, written even as you wrote

No laugh, here. Just great memories. Thanks. And, you are right.

[Padraig18]

23. My Granny loves Perry Como.

She's to blame for my addiction. :P

[Nay]

24. Pavarotti, singing Christmas songs with a Quebec boy's choir.

[sandnsea]

27. David Bowie & Bing Crosby

Drummer Boy, THAT was a Christmas moment. But Nat is still my favorite.

[FDRrocks]

28. Other: None

all the shit is played out. Just to clarify I work right next to mall, park in a mall, and hear mall music everyday.

THEY ALL SUCK.

[ChoralScholar]

29. Alvin and the Chipmunks in "Christmas don't be late" ... eom