Another popular singer of the 1950s to record "Jingle Bells" later her in her career was Teresa Brewer!
She included the tune as part of a medley with "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" on a 1979 EP from RCA Special Products.
Here are both sides:
I have no idea what the whole thing is about, as that's very late in the game for an 45 rpm EP!
She sounds similar to how she did in her hot-making heyday, but definitely older.
Speaking of said heyday, she had a (much) earlier Christmas EP on Coral Records back in 1953, which gathered up a couple of her holiday singles, including "Ebenezer Scrooge."
Here are both sides of that EP:
That's how we know her best!
She had a knack for novelty sings and could sing a kid-oriented one such as "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" without being cloying, which is not an easy trick!
During my hunting around, I found that there was sheet music issued for "Ebenezer Scrooge" with Teresa's picture on it, but I can only find this teeny tiny picture of it:
Something else upon which I would like to get my mitts!
Teresa Brewer first rose to fame as an 18-year-old when her record of "Music! Music! Music!" became a huge hit in 1950:
Easy to see why that caught on, as it's still so infectious!
And that's some lineup of musicians, including Ernie Caceres, who played and sang on Glenn Miller's version of "Jingle Bells!"
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