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It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year on 106.1 The Sound

December 31, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8818" align="alignright" width="300"] It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year on 106.1 The Sound[/caption] This Andy Williams Sound Christmas Classic finally hit The Billboard Hot 100 in 2018 thanks to digital streaming. The composer, George Wyle also wrote the theme song to Gilligan’s Island....

Silent Night is Part of The Christmas Sound at 106.1 The Sound

December 28, 2020

This Sound Christmas Classic has been translated into over 300 languages and written by German composer Franz Gruber. It carries the German title of Stille Nacht, Gruber performed it acoustically on Christmas Eve in the early 1800's after the church organ broke. Franz Gruber gave...

12 Days of Christmas is Part of the Christmas Sound on 106.1 The Sound

December 25, 2020

The origin of this Sound Christmas Classic is not known, but many believe each line is a Catholic metaphor with A Partridge In A Pear Tree as Jesus Christ. It's over 400 years old and it's one of the most parodied Christmas songs of all...

Feliz Navidad from 106.1 The Sound to You This Holiday Season

December 21, 2020

This Bi-lingual Sound Christmas Classic title translates to Merry Christmas in English. The songs composer, Puerto Rican Jose Feliciano said in an interview that if he made it totally Spanish then America radio stations might not play it. There are versions available from Boney M,...

It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas is Part of the Christmas Sound on 106.1 The Sound

December 16, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8719" align="alignright" width="300"] It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas here on 106.1 The Sound![/caption] This Sound Christmas Classic celebrates the time when downtown department stores decorated their windows and small towns would put up lavish displays. The sound also has a few dated...

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Sound Christmas Classic Song History

December 11, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8734" align="alignright" width="300"] Listen to I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus on 106.1 The Sound[/caption] The original version of this Sound Christmas Classic was performed by Jimmy Boyd, who was just 13 years old when he recorded it. He went on to marry Yvonne Craig,...

How The Grinch Stole Christmas is Part of the Christmas Sound on 106.1 The Sound

December 8, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8682" align="alignright" width="300"] Listen to How the Grinch Stole Christmas on 106.1 The Sound![/caption] This Christmas Classic was written and recorded for the 1966 holiday TV show - How The Grinch Stole Christmas with Thurl Ravenscroft on vocals, It was a Dr. Seuss book initially...

The Little Drummer Boy is Part of the Christmas Sound on 106.1 The Sound

December 2, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8680" align="alignright" width="300"] Hear The Little Drummer Boy this holiday season on 106.1 The Sound![/caption] Originally a Czechoslovakian holiday song called The Christmas Drum, this Sound Christmas Classic came to America via The Harry Simeone Chorale. The song spawned a 1968 animated TV special, is covered...

Santa Claus is Coming To Town is part of The Christmas Sound on 106.1 The Sound.

November 28, 2020

Written 88 years ago, the initial version almost didn't get recorded because Eddie Canter, who was huge at the time thought it to be a kid's song. The third best-selling Christmas song of all time behind White Christmas and Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. The...

Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas is Part of The Christmas Sound on 106.1 The Sound

November 17, 2020

Widely considered the biggest star-studded charity record, this Sound Christmas Classic was a fundraiser for African Famine relief and sold nearly 40 million copies. Vocalists include George Michael, Paul McCartney, Sting, Bono, and Boy George with Phil Collins on drums. Boy George was almost a...