This Australian Sound artist is widely known for their disco sound. However, their first hit was the melancholy New York Mining Disaster. Robin and Maurice - now both deceased - were twins. Barry is the oldest brother. Maurice was a highly rated paintball player. When...
This Sound solo artist launched his career singing demo songs with producer Jim Messina, who was in both Poco and Buffalo Springfield. Later they formed Loggins & Messina. He’s known as King of the Soundtracks with hit songs in Top Gun, Footloose, Caddyshack and Over...
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...
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...
[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...
[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...
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...
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...
Great news for all of you 106.1 The Sound lovers who weren't quite ready for Christmas music! Now you can stream the original programming OR Christmas music right here on 1061thesound.com! Just visit our Stream Page, pick the player you want to use and stream your...
This Sound Christmas Classic originally debuted in the film Holiday Inn and opened with alternate lyrics. It enjoys a sales resurgence every year since it was released in 1942, nearly 80 years ago! Irving Berlin wrote it to reminisce with his wife as their son...