More Lost X-mas tunes: Grumpy New Yorkers strike back!

December 16, 2009 in Music by Bryan | 1 comment

While “Silver Bells” may be the definitive mood-setter for Christmastime in the city, here are a couple cool contrarian voices: Bob Dorough, singing lyrics he composed for Miles Davis’s contribution to Columbia’s Jingle Bell Jazz (1962) — great mp3s at the link! — and Oscar’s show-stealer from Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978), in which we have our suspicions confirmed that Mr. Hooper is Jewish:


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    Spencer K. on December 17, 2009 at 5:46 pm

    Thank you so much for posting the Oscar song. Amazing!!

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