Coming up this Saturday ... Jim Gleason's Little People - Part 2
Songs:Do You Hear What I Hear (83450)
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Trivia, story behind the song, etc.
With the exception of “December in Vermont, this is the only song we recorded that is not in the public domain; lyrics aren’t included here to avoid additional licensing fees. This was written in 1962 by Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne. Regney died in 2002; he was an arranger and conductor commissioned to write a Christmas song for the B side of a single that was expected to be a hit; this song became more successful that anyone imagined. Here’s an excerpt from his obituary that gives some context to this song’s genesis: “‘This is my chance to write a Christmas song for myself,’ Mr. Regney later recalled thinking at the time. “I had thought I’d never write a Christmas song; Christmas had become so commercial. But this was the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the studio, the producer was listening to the radio to see if we had been obliterated. Walking home to my apartment on East 52nd Street, I saw two mothers with their babies in strollers. The babies were looking at each other and smiling, and all of a sudden, my mood was extraordinary.’ He sat down, wrote the lyrics and handed them to his wife, who wrote the tune.” [1]
Zig – guitar Geoff – bass, electric guitar, percussion
Lyrics
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Listener comments about Do You Hear What I Hear (83450)
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 | Christmas 68 items |
 | Girl With Guitar 674 items |
 | Acoustic Guitar 9,970 items |
 | Mellow 1,942 items |
 | Peaceful 327 items |
 | Pretty 2,106 items |
 | Spiritual 60 items |
 | Holidays 56 items |
 | Solo vocalist 11,949 items |
 | Acoustic 10,060 items |
 | Band 7,068 items |
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Listener rankings: 5 stars=Jim ♦ 12-stringer ♦ Half-pint ♦ Chili 4 stars=Dayglow ♦ Firewalk ♦ Kelli ♦ Mert-the-Flirt ♦ E.D. Egg ♦ Kazookid ♦ CooleyBufo |
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Categories: Christmas | Girl with guitar | Acoustic guitar | Mellow | Peaceful | Pretty | Spiritual | Holidays | Solo vocalist | Acoustic | Band
