On 19 Dec 2006 06:34:55 -0800, "rb608" wrote:

Tom Nakashima wrote:
My favorite all time Christmas Song:
http://www.musicvideocodes.info/musi...anta_Baby.html

Ah, yes. Kitt's rendition is undoubtedly the definitive version
against which all others are judged (and found wanting). There are a
few others in that category, songs I'd just as soon never hear
anybody else attempt. White Christmas by Bing Crosby, Rudolph the Red
Nosed Reindeer by Gene Autry, and The Christmas Song by Johnny Mathis
come to mind immediately. I'm sure there are others.

Nat Cole did The Christmas Song before Mathis, and I suspect that's the
version you are used to hearing. IIRC, Mel Torme wrote it specifically
with him in mind, but either way, his version is the original of the
two.

HTH,
R

Joe F.