HIGH JINKS GALORE IN THIS WONDERFUL VERSION OF THE COMEDY CLASSIC

 YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS!

 

backed with  A GREAT EXTENDED CUTE COMEDY VERSION OF THIS CLASSIC CHRISTMAS SONG ON A UK HMV 78 from Spike Jones and his City Slickers

RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER

 

The story of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer was written in 1939 by Robert L. May, a copywriter for the Chicago-based Montgomery Ward department stores, as a promotional gift for the store's customers. The stores had bought and distributed coloring books every Christmas and saw writing their own story as a way to save money. Montgomery Ward distributed 2.4 million copies of the Rudolph booklet in 1939. A total of 6 million copies had been given out by the end of 1946, even though wartime paper shortages restricted printing.

The story reflects May's own childhood difficulties as the smallest boy in his class. He was taunted for being a frail, scrawny misfit.

The reindeer was almost named Rollo or Reginald. May considered both these named before settling on Rudolph.

Rudolph's story was made into a song when May's brother-in-law, songwriter Johnny Marks, developed the lyrics and melody for it.

 

Spike Jones was quite an interesting figure, a musical comedian working in the vein of the Big Band sound in the 30s and 40s. Assembling a group of top notch musicians who were never averse to wearing wigs, playing toilet seats, or tuning gunshots to C-sharp, Spike Jones and his band mixed the high and the lowbrow, the serious and the comic, instrumental virtuosity and sonic hijinks into a blend that startled and delighted audiences in a much more innocent time.

 

ABOUT THIS RECORD:- 

UK HMV B 9988  10" 78RPM  (1950) SHELLAC

CONDITION - EX/EX-

 

 

A CLASSIC SPIKE JONES 78 IN GREAT PLAYING CONDITION   SO DON'T MISS OUT

BUY NOW!!

On 29-Oct-05 at 08:29:50 BST, seller added the following information:

Pay instantly with your debit or credit card through PayPal.

 

Powered by