Last.fm Trends Christmas Classics: Brenda Lee Rocks On
Brenda Lee‘s “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” is the next Christmas classic to get the Last.fm Trends treatment. Released on the legendary Decca Records in 1958, the song has been covered by several...
View ArticleLast.fm Trends Christmas Classics: A Bluer Shade Of Christmas
Whilst a lot of the detractors for Christmas music bemoan its relentless cheer, there’s at least one festive classic that takes a different spin on things. First recorded in 1948, “Blue Christmas” is...
View ArticleLast.fm Trends Christmas Classics: Having A Merry Little Christmas
This December we’re carrying on our look at Christmas classics, the songs that no festive soundtrack should be without. Now, it’s the turn of the heartfelt festive staple “Have Yourself A Merry Little...
View ArticleLast.fm Trends Christmas Classics: What Christmas Means To Me
Our Christmas Classics coverage continues today with a look at “What Christmas Means To Me.” Written by Anna Gordy Gaye, George “Horgay” Gordy and Allen Story, the track was taken to the masses by...
View ArticleLast.fm Trends Christmas Classics: Get The Look With Johnny Mathis
The twelve days of Christmas have begun, and with the time for decoration officially here, “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” is today’s choice of holiday classic. Written in 1951, Last.fm...
View ArticleLast.fm Trends Christmas Classics: Home For The Holidays
“Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” is the latest track in our countdown of the best festive music – and it’s a gold-stamped classic, named #1 in Rolling Stone’s list of The Greatest Rock and Roll...
View ArticleLast.fm Trends Christmas Classics: “Feliz Navidad”
No Christmas would be complete without the Puerto Rican influence of José Feliciano and his classic track “Feliz Navidad.” The Spanish song was a hit in 1970 but is still a feature on Christmas...
View ArticleLast.fm Trends Christmas Classics: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Somewhere in Lapland the reindeer are gearing up for another long night. Naughty or nice, tonight’s the night the big guy in red does the rounds and doles out presents far and wide. “Santa Claus is...
View ArticleLast.fm Christmas Classics: White Christmas
While Bing and Bowie are perhaps the most famous faces of Christmas – Santa aside – it’s Crosby’s “White Christmas” that best sets the tone for the most wonderful time of year. Last.fm Trends takes a...
View ArticleLast.fm Trends: Miley Cyrus Takes On Dylan
Pop princess Miley Cyrus has stepped firmly out of her realm by covering Bob Dylan‘s “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” from his 1975 album Blood On The Tracks. The track is part of a monster...
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