Composed by lyricist Lou Baxter and lead singer Johnny Moore of The Drifters, Merry Christmas has been a traditional Christmas song since the late 1940s. The original version of this holiday classic was recorded by The Three Blazers, a rhythm and blues band formed by Johnny More, his…
Although not originally a Christmas carol, Ave Maria gradually became part of that category. This exceptional work by Franz Peter Schubert, an Austrian composer, dates back to 1826, when Schubert discovered the poetry of a man named Walter Scott, who inspired ten compositions. One of them, the Third Carol of Ellen…
Christmas Music Origin of the Song Dansons autour du vert sapin is the French version of Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree, composed in 1958 by Johnny Marks. It was performed and recorded for the first time by Brenda Lee during the same year, when she was only…
