I can always remember listening to Christmas music by Elvis Presley at the home of my paternal grandparents when I was growing up. The iconic Christmas tune by Elvis has gotta be Blue Christmas. It's definitely one of my favorite songs to listen to during the holiday season. I hope you enjoy this video of the King performing this song. Plus I've included the covers of some of the Christmas albums by Elvis.
These are some Christmas album covers throughout the years that I like. Many of them I posted last year at this time, but I thought I would share them again. So which do you like the best?
I thought I would end this post with a video of Nat King Cole's Christmas classic The Christmas Song.
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Raphael Saadiq is a musical jack of all trades. He's a singer, songwriter & producer. He's the former lead singer of the band Tony! Toni! Toné. I actually saw them in concert in the early 1990's. He was also a founding member of the short-lived group Lucy Pearl. This post has to do with his solo career. Raphael has recorded an amazing album called The Way I See It, which was releasedin September of 2008. I love this incredible album. I highly recommend it. If you've been aching for some old school r&b/soul, then this is the album for you. Please check out the videos I've posted below. Thanks.
Here are some of the videos from this album. I hope you enjoy them. Most of them start off with a commercial before them so I wanted to warn you about that.
I apologize for all the album covers I've been posting lately. I hope you guys aren't too tired of them. I did want to post this cover since I recently got this CD. This is the cover for Love Songs by Dean Martin. This CD is a collection of some of the best love songs by Dean Martin. It was released around Valentine's Day if I remember correctly. Nobody croons songs about amore quite like Dino. His voice is smooth and silky. It can really put you in a romantic mood. An album like this is the perfect one to put on when you are wanting to have some special time with your significant other.
Here is a listing of the songs on this album:
01. You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) 02. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face 03. For Once in My Life 04. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) 05. Somewhere There's a Someone 06. For the Good Times 07. Besame Mucho 08. The Glory of Love 09. I Will 10. Release Me 11. I'll Be Seeing You 12. You'll Always Be the One I Love 13. I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) 14. Everybody Loves Somebody
I love this album cover of Let Me Entertain You by Ann-Margret. It's got an incredibly sexy picture of the Swedish siren featured on the cover. Wow! I actually came across a tribute video somebody made for Ann-Margret, which actually used this song. I thought it was pretty awesome. I thought I would share it with you. I hope you enjoy it. I wish Ann-Margret would entertain me. :-)
I personally don't own this album, but I really like this picture of Dino on the cover of Dean Martin Hits Again. This collection of hits was released in 1965. This album, along with Dino's album Houston, are available together on a CD. I like the fact that so many albums from Dean Martin are being released together with other albums on CDs. It gives us fans that don't have these albums a chance to hear this wonderful and cool music from the man himself. I do think this is a really nice pic of Dino. He always puts a smile on my face. Plus that's a cool jacket he's got on. My granddad had one just like that. Cheers!
I love these album covers. These covers alone would have me sold. It wouldn't matter what the music sounded like. I've got a feeling though that these records feature some cool music. That's what any hip cat wants to be playing at his pad. I'd certainly like to have them in my collection. A fella could definitely have a swingin' time listening to these tunes with his chick. Cheers!
These wonderful album covers are all courtesy of my pallie Michael.
It's time for another one of my favorite album covers. Today it's Romance: Songs From The Heart by Frank Sinatra. I really dig this image of Sinatra out on the street. This is a wonderful albums. It's full of love songs by Ol' Blue Eyes. Some of the songs are I've Got You Under My Skin, My Funny Valentine, Cheek To Cheek, As Times Goes By & Embraceable You. I love this album. I listen to it all the time. It's definitely the perfect album to listen to when you've got that special someone over at your pad.
P.S. I hope you'll check out my latest post at Celluloid Slammer. I found a couple of tribute videos dedicated to Sharon Tate, featuring just screenshots from The Wrecking Crew. I thought they were pretty cool so I wanted to post them. Please check them out and leave me some comments there. Thanks.
It's time for another one of my favorite album covers. This is That's Life by Frank Sinatra. The album was released in 1966 if I remember correctly. I love the title track. It's one of my favorite Sinatra tunes. This album in and of itself is a mixed bag. Some songs are better than others. The problem isn't Sinatra. You can't really go wrong with his voice. Any fault I have is more with the arrangement on this album. For Sinatra completists, I'm sure you would want to have a copy of it in your collection. Most others would be better satisfied with other Sinatra albums. While it's not one of the best albums by Sinatra, I'm a big fan of the cover. The purpose of posts like this is to focus on the album cover and not necessarily the music contained within. I love the artistic rendering of Sinatra here. This is such a cool image of Ol' Blue Eyes. I hope you like it. Cheers!
I haven't gotten my hands on this album yet, but I really want to do get myself a copy of Amore by Dean Martin. I love the cover for this newly released album of love songs by Dino. Nobody sings about romance quite like Dino. He's got this smooth and velvety voice that's perfect for these type of songs. He's so full of passion and charm. Whenever I've romanced a woman, I make sure that I've got some Dean Martin tunes ready to play. This would be the perfect album for this upcoming Valentine's Day. Here's a list of the tracks on the album:
1. Just In Time 2. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face 3. Let Me Love You Tonight 4. How Sweet It Is Listen 5. Innamorata 6. Let's Be Friendly 7. Dream A Little Dream Of Me 8. That's Amore 9. It Looks Like Love 10. All I Do Is Dream Of You 11. My One And Only Love 12. It Won't Cool Off 13. Heaven Can Wait 14. I Have But One Heart ('O Marenariello) 15. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
Here's another one of my favorite album covers by Dean Martin. The album is called Dino Magic. I love that title. I always did feel that Dino had a magical quality about him that attracted so many fans. It's as if he's bewitched all of us with his coolness and hipness.
Cycles is one of my favorite Frank Sinatra album covers. It is also one of my favorite Sinatra albums. It's an incredible piece of music that really touches your heart and spirit. I can't heap enough praise on this album. This is definitely one of the Sinatra albums that any music lover should have in his or her collection. I really love that picture of Sinatra. I've had some of those days myself. So what do you think of this album and its cover?
It's time for another one of my favorite Dean Martin album covers. This is for Sleep Warm. I don't personally own this album, but I really dig this cover. I guess this chick is dreaming about Dino. I'm sure many dames over the years have dreamed about the King of Cool.
I hope you've enjoyed all my Christmas posts here at the blog. I've had a lot of fun sharing these album covers and videos with you. This is my last post until next Monday, which is December 29th. I'm going to take this holiday break from the blog to spend time with my family and friends. I hope you will have a wonderful Christmas however you choose to celebrate it. This is one of my favorite times of the year. I really feel full of life and joy during this season. I want to wish you all a safe and fun holiday. I love and care for you. Thank you for being my friend and a supporter of my blog. I really appreciate it so much. Merry Christmas to you all!!!
I really love the cover for A Winter Romance by Dean Martin. It's a beautiful picture of Dino and his girl (she looks so happy being with him) outside of the ski lodge on their winter holiday. We can see that the cad Dino is checking out another girl. She's got quite the smile on her face. I bet Dino's going to get double the action on this ski trip. Besides just having a nice cover, this album is also quite good. While the album does have Christmas songs on it, some of the songs are more winter related. I have this album in my collection. I love listening to it at this time of year.
P.S. Check out my latest post at Celluloid Slammer. I posted a video of Elvis Presley singing Blue Christmas. That is one of my all-time favorite Christmas tunes. I hope you'll check it out and leave me some comments there. Thanks.
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