LAST QUIZ...#47-C
The composer of this Christmas carol is Meredith Willson, who is probably best known as the composer who gave Broadway one of its finest moments with 'The Music Man,' starring Robert Preston.
That was in 1950. A year later, he wrote this Christmas carol and Perry Como's 1951 recording with The Fontane Sisters reached #20 on the pop charts. A recording of today's carol is heard prominently in the movie: 'Home Alone 2: Lost in NY.'
THE NAME OF THIS CHRISTMAS CAROL IS ... 'It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas'
TODAY'S CAROL #48-C...
One perishingly hot day in July 1945, the writers of this Christmas carol were in Los Angeles to talk to their publisher. When their business was finished, one of them suggested that they go to the beach to cool off. His partner, always businesslike, thought they ought to work a little first. He suggested that they might "cool off" by writing a winter song. They agreed and dashed off the beginnings of today's lyrics.
Vaughn Monroe's recording shot to the top of the pop charts during Christmas 1945. This carol has also been recorded by: Woody Herman, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Harry Connick, Jr., Toby Keith, Vince Gill, and even Twisted Sister.
NAME TODAY'S FAMOUS 'CHRISTMAS' CAROL...
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