That's a laminated postcard that plays the jingle at 78 rpm!
I have one of these in my collection and it's tough to get it to play!
It's obviously from the mid-1950s, but is it from 1955 with the intention of looking forward to the newest model Ford or is it from 1956 with the intention of moving the current ones?
In any event, it's a lot of fun!
Rosemary Clooney wound up recording a "real" version of "Jingle Bells" in 1978 for her Christmas album on Misteltoe Records.
This was after she made a comeback following some tough years, but she's in good voice!
Of course, her most famous Christmas-related project was with her costarring role in the 1954 movie "White Christmas":
I'd say her best-known Christmas recording was "Suzy Snowflake" from 1951:
Suzy never reached the level of Rudolph or Frosty, but it's a cute song!
Like Patti Page, Rosemary Clooney started her career as a young vocalist while the Big Band Era was still going on and she first came to national fame with her sister Betty singing with Tony Pastor's band for a few years in the late 1940s.
She embarked on a solo career in 1949 and hit the bigtime with this novelty number from 1951:
I do need to point out that "Come On-A My House" was co-written by acclaimed novelist William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian, Ross being better-known as David Seville, creator of the Chipmunks!
It all comes back around!
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