For Day 10 of our Christmas Countdown, Woody Herman returns with another seasonal song from 1936, "Wintertime Dreams," which I think was his first recording as a bandleader!
Here's Woody and his band on Decca:
Kind of interesting that one of the co-writers of "Wintertime Dreams" is Felix Bernard, who had co-written "Winter Wonderland" a couple of years before. Lightning didn't strike twice!
Another version of "Wintertime Dreams" was recorded by Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra with uncredited vocalist Dick Robertson on Bluebird:
I'm sure I've said before that Shep Fields's records are fascinating to me. I don't always go for such heavily-stylized sweet bands, but something about the Rippling Rhythm gets me!
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