By Kate Lillie Originally published on Global Comment Today’s song takes us all the way back to the 1950s, and it sounds very much of that era as well. Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree was recorded in 1958 when Lee herself was – amazingly – just thirteen years old. Decca released the song […]
Global Comment Advent Calendar 12: “Rockin Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee
December 17, 2016
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Global Comment Advent Calendar 8: “Fairytale of New York” by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl
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By Kate Lillie Originally posted on Global Comment Behind today’s advent calendar door lies surely the happiest and most uplifting of all Christmas songs… that’s right, it’s Boney M’s Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord. Not only is it seemingly impossible for anything with a calypso rhythm to be depressing, you get two songs for the […]