I am trying to find christmas songs from older singers. Could anyone help?

I don't like the songs from country singers today (toby keith and others). I like the ones from older singers, but not too far back. Anyone have any ides of who would sing songs like Jingle Bell Rock, Up on the Housetop, Winter Wonderland,Jingle Bells or any other good ones. I am trying to make my own CD but I need names.



Thanks,

sherry

I am trying to find christmas songs from older singers. Could anyone help?
Brenda Lee did "Jingle Bell Rock" first, Elvis and Wayne Newton also recorded it. Newton also did "Winter Wonderland".



Gene Autry was the first to do "Up On The Housetop" and "Rudolph The Red Nose Raindeer", but I don't know who else, but it seems to me Burl Ives did it too.



The King Family did a lot of Christmas music. Steve Lawrence and Edye Gorme did an album, Glen Campbell, Jim Nabors, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Perry Como and Bing Crosby, The Statler Brothers, all made albums with some of the music you mentioned.
Reply:I'll Be Home For Christmas - The Oak Ridge Boys

The Christmas Song -- John Michael Montgomery

Christmas To Christmas - Tanya Tucker

Up On The Housetop - Sammy Kershaw

Winter Wonderland - Travis Tritt

O Holy Night - Reba McEntire

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! -- Martina McBride

I'll Be Home for Christmas -- Blake Shelton

Away In A Manger - The Judds

Deck The Halls - SheDaisy

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - George Strait

O Come All Ye Faithful - Clay Walker

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Garth Brooks

O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Alabama

Hard Candy Christmas - Dolly Parton

"The Gift - Collin Raye



These are many from my mixed country Christmas cd.



ENJOY!!!
Reply:try this I found some good songs on here:



http://www.amazon.com/Country-Christmas-...



if you don't like these then they have links to other country x mas compilations that you can sample from! Hope this helps!
Reply:Charlie Daniels's Christmas album is not too old. His song, Christmas Time Down South is really fun to listen to, and Little Folks is on there as well.



It seems to me like Allan Jackson did Jingle Bell Rock, but I could be wrong. In any case, the first version of that was Bobby Helms and Brenda Lee has had a perinnial hit with it.



Um... Jewel did a GREAT, FANTASTIC version of Winter Wonderland, complete with a steel guitar and everything. I'd search for that one. I love it.



Alabama has a great Christmas song called Christmas In Dixie. Roger Miller wrote a wonderful Christmas song called Old Toy Trains, and both he and Glen Campbell had great versions of it. Speaking of Glen Campbell, There's No Place Like Home is a masterpiece.



To get way back there, Sonny James's version of Silver Bells is the best ever recorded, I'd highly recommend Lynn Anderson's ORIGINAL version of Ding-A-Ling The Christmas Bell, Marty Robbins's O Little Town Of Bethlehem, (Tammy Wynette's is good too,) and then there's Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy by Buck Owens. Jerry Reed had a great hit with Christmas Time's A-Comin', and Chet Atkins's East Tennessee Christmas album is great. (The whole album.)



I could go on all night here, but I'm on the spot and I can't think of everything.