Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Performer: Rosemary Clooney
Producer: Cary E. Mansfield
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Liner Note Author: Joseph F. Laredo. Photographer: Michael Ochs. Although Rosemary Clooney recorded this Christmas material in the late '70s, it has all the bounce and cheer of her prime '50s recordings -- she doesn't have a big band backing her, and the electric bass is slightly out of place underneath Clooney's vocals, but she sounds virtually unchanged from 20 years past. Virtually the entire program consists of holiday standards (balanced between sacred and secular), except for a pair near the end -- the joyous "Suzy Snowflake" and a sentimental song, "Count Your Blessings." ~ John Bush Although Rosemary Clooney recorded this Christmas material in the late '70s, it has all the bounce and cheer of her prime '50s recordings -- she doesn't have a big band backing her, and the electric bass is slightly out of place underneath Clooney's vocals, but she sounds virtually unchanged from 20 years past. Virtually the entire program consists of holiday standards (balanced between sacred and secular), except for a pair near the end -- the joyous "Suzy Snowflake" and a sentimental song, "Count Your Blessings." ~ John Bush

An iconic American vocalist, Rosemary Clooney often blurred the line between pop and jazz, occasionally even venturing into country and international styles. She started out as a singer with the Tony Pastor band in the 1940s, and her solo career started taking off at the end of the decade. Under the stewardship of Mitch Miller, she had numerous novelty-oriented '50s hits, but later on she dedicated herself to more serious, jazzier work, making some of her finest albums, like 1956's BLUE ROSE. Clooney was also active in films and TV (for a time she had her own television show), and continued performing and recording tirelessly until her death in 2002.

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