Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Kitty Wells

Artist: Kitty Wells
LP: Christmas Day with Kitty Wells
Song: "Blue Christmas"
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Song: "Santa's On His Way"
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Though she passed away in the summer of 2012, I'll be spending Christmas day with the "Queen of Country Music" via her 1962 Christmas LP. You can see a list of all the albums Kitty Wells released on the Decca label by clicking here.

[ Kitty Wells: August 30, 1919 — July 16, 2012 ]
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3 comments:

  1. bitter69ukDecember 11, 2013 at 2:52 PM

    Wonderful. Kitty's simple homespun hillbilly rendition of Blue Christmas is sublime.

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  2. RyanDecember 13, 2013 at 3:14 PM

    Yay! If only my parents listed to THESE carols, instead of the late 90s pop covers. Then maybe I wouldn't mind all the holiday music all the time =)

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  3. RyanDecember 13, 2013 at 3:15 PM

    Also, I believe the Jordonaiires were often backup for Elvis, right? Hang, on lemme Google it...

    Yes! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jordanaires

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