This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite original Christmas songs. See if you agree with any of these!
In part one I chose “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, “Winter Wonderland”, “The Christmas Song”, “Jingle Bell Rock”, A Holly Jolly Christmas”, and “Frosty the Snowman”. I’ll choose 6 more here.
While this single almost made number 1 on the Hot 100 chart (number 2), it was number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Easy Listening chart and the U.S. Cash Box Top 100 chart.
“Classical Gas” is an instrumental composition written and performed by American guitarist Mason Williams, originally released in 1968 on his album The Mason Williams Phonograph Record. Blending classical guitar stylings with a pop-rock arrangement, the piece became an unexpected mainstream success,
Let Them Truckers Roll, 10-4
Born Billie Dale Fries on November 15, 1928, in Audubon, Iowa he grew up listening to country music and married Rena Bonnema on February 15, 1952. He worked for an ad company and came up with a character named C.W. McCall, a truck driver, to use in a series of commercials for a Midwestern bread company.
