I'll have a Blue Christmas without you
I'll be so blue just thinking about you
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree
Won't be the same dear, if you're not here with me
And when those blue snowflakes start falling
That's when those blue memories start calling
You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue, blue blue blue Christmas
You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas
The song was first recorded by Doye O'Dell in 1948,[3] and was popularized the following year in three separate recordings: one by country artist Ernest Tubb, one by musical conductor and arranger Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra and chorus, and one by bandleader Russ Morgan and his orchestra (the latter featuring lead vocals by Morgan and backing vocals by singers credited as the Morganaires).[4] Tubb's version spent the first week of January 1950 at No. 1 on Billboard magazine's Most-Played Juke Box (Country & Western) Records chart, while Winterhalter's version peaked at No. 9 on Billboard's Records Most Played by Disk Jockeys chart and Morgan's version reached No. 11 on Billboard's Best-Selling Pop Singles chart.[5] Both Morgan's and Winterhalter's versions featured a shorter pop edit of the original lyrics. Also in 1950 crooner Billy Eckstine recorded his rendition, backed by the orchestra of Russ Case, with these shortened lyrics in a variation close to what is now the common standard for this song; the orchestral backing of this recording has often been wrongly accredited to Winterhalter.[6]
Elvis Presley cemented the status of "Blue Christmas" as a rock-and-roll holiday classic[7] by recording it for his 1957 LP Elvis' Christmas Album. Presley's version is notable musicologically as well as culturally in that the vocal group the Jordanaires (especially in the soprano line, sung by Millie Kirkham) replace many major and just minor thirds with neutral and septimal minor thirds, respectively.[citation needed] In addition to contributing to the overall tone of the song, the resulting "blue notes" constitute a musical play on words that provides an "inside joke" or "quail egg" to trained ears.[citation needed] "Blue Christmas" was also included on a 1957 45 EP (Extended Play) entitled Elvis Sings Christmas Songs (EPA-4108), which also included "Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)" on side one, with "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas" on side two. Presley's original 1957 version was released as a commercially available single for the first time in 1964. This single was also a hit in the United Kingdom, reaching No. 11 on the British singles chart during the week of 26 December 1964.[citation needed]
The rock band The Beach Boys recorded a version featuring Brian Wils
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - I Know A Little - Southern rock, boogie rock
"I Know A Little"
Yes sir
Well the bigger the city, well the brighter the lights
The bigger the dog, well the harder the bite
I don't know where you been last night
But I think mama, you ain't doin' right
[Chorus]
Say I know a little
I know a little about it
I know a little
I know a little 'bout it
I know a little 'bout love
And baby I can guess the rest
Well now I don't read that daily news
'Cause it ain't hard to figure
Where people get the blues
They can't dig what they can't use
If they stick to themselves
They'd be much less abused
[Chorus]
Play me a little, oh yeah
Yeah
Well if you want me to be your only man
Said listen up mama, teach you all I can
Do right baby, by your man
Don't worry mama, teach you all I can
[Chorus]
Well I know a little 'bout love
Baby I want your best
Side one[edit]
"What's Your Name" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:30
"That Smell" (Allen Collins, Van Zant) – 5:47
"One More Time" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:03
"I Know a Little" (Steve Gaines) – 3:26
Side two[edit]
"You Got That Right" (Gaines, Van Zant) – 3:44
"I Never Dreamed" (Gaines, Van Zant) – 5:21
"Honky Tonk Night Time Man" (Merle Haggard) – 3:59
"Ain't No Good Life" (Gaines) – 4:36
2001 CD reissue bonus tracks[edit]
"Georgia Peaches" (Gaines, Van Zant) – 3:15
"Sweet Little Missy" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:10
"You Got That Right" (Alternate) (Gaines, Van Zant) – 3:26
"I Never Dreamed" (Alternate) (Gaines, Van Zant) – 4:55
"Jacksonville Kid" (Haggard, Van Zant) – 4:03
Tracks 9-10 from Legend (1987)
Track 13 from Collectybles (2000)
Tracks 11-12 are previously unreleased
30th Anniversary Edition CD bonus disc[edit]
"What's Your Name" (Original) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:33
"That Smell" (Original) (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:29
"You Got That Right" (Original) (Gaines, Van Zant) – 3:19
"I Never Dreamed (Original) (Gaines, Van Zant) – 5:22
"Georgia Peaches" (Gaines, Van Zant) – 3:14
"Sweet Little Missy" (Original) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:16
"Sweet Little Missy" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:11
"Ain't No Good Life" (Original) (Gaines) – 5:02
"That Smell" (Complete Original) (Collins, Van Zant) – 7:30
"Jacksonville Kid" (Haggard, Van Zant) – 4:09
"You Got That Right" (Live) (Gaines, Van Zant) – 4:41
"That Smell" (Live) (Collins, Van Zant) – 6:05
"Ain't No Good Life" (Live) (Gaines) – 5:01
"What's Your Name" (Live) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:28
"Gimme Three Steps" (Live) (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:09
Tracks 5 and 7 from Legend (1987)
Track 10 from Collectybles (2000)
All other songs are previously unreleased
Live tracks recorded 8/24/1977 at the Selland Arena in Fresno, CA
Personnel[edit]
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ronnie Van Zant �
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