Oh, Rochester!

No, Rochester isn't on this one - but Jack Benny and his unique style of violin make a cameo on this Dennis Day Christmas favorite.

Dennis Day worked with Jack Benny in radio and television for many years and probably realized the marketing potential of having Jack on the cover. The first track on the album (below) is a short selection that illustrates just how little Jack Benny would be needed musically on this album. The joke continues to the end of the first side where Benny quips that he's "not getting any younger" waiting to play his part on the album. At the end he finally gets to say Merry Christmas.

The album is traditional American Christmas at its best - right down to the middle kid's black eye. Somebody got a Daisy BB gun...



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As we shift our focus from the majestic Turkey this Thanksgiving season, lets not forget our other favorite feathered friends. This show — is for the birds.

Selections from Julie Andrews, Seals & Crofts, The Trashmen, It's A Beautiful Day, Little Jimmy Dickens, Blue Lu Barker, Harper's Bizarre and more.



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A great old 78 from the Young People's Records Collection.

The goal of Young People's Records is to "carry forward with America's children the musical heritage of their culture - and to bring to them, in a way they can enjoy and understand, the best music of the world."

We Gather Together, a traditional song of the Thanksgiving season, is based on an old Dutch hymn.



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