[Jukebox-list] Christmas is just around the corner... (Was: Halloween '45s)

[David Breneman]

--- Ian Zapczynski <ianzap at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting suggestions... I'll have to consider Halloween-ifying
> my jukes next year (I have a few of those records in there year
> 'round).    I just got finished getting a Christmas collection
> together.  :)   

Christmas certainly provides a fertile ground for programming
a jukebox.  My G-200, which comes out into the yard for my
annual Christmas party, usually has 20 Christmas records and
80 non-Christmas ones.  Any more than that and you start
cutting into the "meat" of the non-seasonal programming.  My
M100-A in the house usually features a higher percentage
of holiday records, maybe 15 of the 50 total.  I remember when
I found my first pop Christmas 78 - "Rudolph the Red Nosed
Reindeer" at the Goodwill.  Before that all I had was a fairly
boring Columbia set from the late 30s of real carols sung by the
BBC Chorus.  I still use "Good King Wenceslas" from that group,
but I now have several Gene Autry hits, everything from "Sleigh
Ride" by the Boston Pops to "Santa Baby" by Eartha Kitt; and last
year I added "The Man with the Bag" by Kay Starr, a very "hep"
lounge kind of Christmas song.  I once had "Jingle Bell Rock"
on 78, and lost it by the next year.  It's been four years now
and I don't have a clue where it went.  Anyway, I'd be happy
to provide a list of what I've found over the years if anyone
is looking for Christmas 78s to keep an eye out for.



David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com


       
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