My sweet friend, thank you for this beautiful song with Bing Crosby !!!!!!!! I understand, if you don`t answer comments !!!! I guess, you are busy, before your children and their families come !!! My wonderful drummer boy, I send you lots of air-hugs and air-kisses !!!! Your devoted fan and friend Jytte
Oct 1, 1951, Los Angeles - _It's Beginning to Look (a Lot) Like Christmas_ - Meredith Willson (music & words) - Bing with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra and Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires *"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"* is a Christmas song written in 1951 by Meredith Willson. The song was originally titled *"It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas".* Perry Como was the first to record and release the song in 1951. The song has become a standard recorded by many artists. It was first a hit for Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra on September 18, 1951, released on RCA Victor as 47-4314 (45 rpm) and 20-4314 (78 rpm). Bing Crosby recorded a version on October 1, 1951, on Decca Records, which was also popular. History Background and writing A popular belief in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, holds that Willson wrote the song while staying in Yarmouth's Grand Hotel. The song refers to a "tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well..."; the park being Frost Park, directly across the road from the Grand Hotel, which still operates in a newer building on the same site as the old hotel. It also makes mention of the five and ten which was a store operating in Yarmouth at the time. It is also possible that the "Grand Hotel" Willson mentions in the song was inspired by the Historic Park Inn Hotel in his hometown of Mason City, Iowa, US. The Park Inn Hotel is the last remaining hotel in the world designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and is situated in downtown Mason City overlooking Central Park. Perry Como version Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra released their cover of "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" on September 18, 1951. Their edition became one of the most successful versions of the song, which is still widely played today, with over 382 million streams on Spotify as of May 1, 2024. The song was used in the 2004 film _The Polar Express._ Michael Bublé version Canadian singer Michael Bublé's version was first released on October 24, 2011, as the first track of Bublé's Christmas album. However, it was then re-released as the album's second single on November 18, 2012, achieving greater success. In the UK, the song peaked at number 6 in 2022. Meghan Trainor version In 2020, Meghan Trainor recorded a version of the song for her album A Very Trainor Christmas. This version peaked at number 27 on the Holiday Digital Songs chart. In popular culture Meredith Willson incorporated the song into his 1963 Broadway musical _Here's Love, _where it is sung in counterpoint to the newly composed song "Pine Cones and Holly Berries". Johnny Mathis recorded the song for his 1986 album Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis; this version gained popularity after its inclusion in the film _Home Alone 2: Lost in New York_. Gradually, Mathis's recording began to receive wide radio airplay, and in later years this version became a Top 10 Christmas hit.
Justin *"Judd" Conlon* (born Justin Norbert Conlon; June 16, 1910 - July 28, 1966) was an American vocal arranger and conductor. Early life Conlon was born in 1910 in Cuba City, Wisconsin. He relocated to Dubuque, Iowa, where he attended Columbia Academy and Columbia College. Conlon played the accordion and was active in musical groups including the Vested Choir directed by Father Alphonse Dress. This may have led to his mastery of vocal arranging. He played accordion at the Hilltop Casino until 4:00 a.m., slept, and then had to get up for his college classes. In high school he formed the Justin Conlon Orchestra. By the time he was in college, the group toured the Midwest and was often featured on Iowa radio stations WMT in Cedar Rapids, WHO in Des Moines, and WOC in Davenport. Conlon's first major arranging work was with the Kay Kyser Orchestra. Career In 1945, the Kay Kyser band was at its peak. One of its main attractions was The Campus Kids, which Conlon had joined as a vocalist that July. His debut recordings with the group were "Choo Choo Polka" and "That’s for Me". At that time, the other Kids were Diane Pendleton, Donna Wood, Loulie Jean Norman, and Charlie Parlato. Conlon, trained on the accordion and as a vocal arranger and conductor, had an ambition to form his own vocal group. In The Campus Kids, he was exposed to two singers with a four-octave range and perfect pitch: Loulie Jean Norman and Gloria Wood. With them and his own basso profundo, plus Charlie Parlato as first tenor, Conlon had the makings of the new group he wanted. He assigned himself the baritone part, Norman was first or lead soprano, and Wood second soprano. He also recruited Mack McLean from the Six Hits and a Miss singing group as a second tenor. *The Rhythmaires* The formation of Conlon's group was likely hastened by the sudden departure of The Charioteers as Bing Crosby's vocalists on his weekly radio program toward the end of the first Philco season in March 1947. Several of the first season's final shows featured an unknown chorus that may have been the singers in the still unnamed group. Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires was christened and ready to go as recordings for the second Philco season commenced in August 1947. Conlon, Parlato, McLean and Norman bade farewell to The Campus Kids in December. (Gloria Wood remained with Kyser into 1948.) The Rhythmaires had launched an association with Crosby that would continue for almost a decade in more than 230 broadcasts and over 40 recordings. The group even helped to sell Minute Maid. The Rhythmaires' first commercial recording with Crosby took place on December 3, 1947, when "Ballerina" was laid down. Other notable recordings were "Home Cookin", "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo", "Teddy Bears' Picnic", "It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas", "Zing a Little Zong", and "Road to Bali". Sometimes the Rhythmaires would be expanded into either The Jud Conlon Singers (e.g. "Stay Well", "Sorry") or The Jud Conlon Choir (e.g. "The Loneliness of Evening", "More I Cannot Wish You", "We Meet Again"). The Rhythmaires' final recordings with Crosby were made in April 1956, for the Decca LP _Songs I Wish I Had Sung._ The Rhythmaires also furnished background vocals for Crosby in Walt Disney’s _The Legend of Sleepy Hollow_ (from _The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad),_ released in 1949. After the conclusion of Philco Radio Time in 1949, the Rhythmaires continued with Crosby throughout his weekly Chesterfield radio series that ran until 1952. Each week the group sang the cigarette’s "Sound Off" jingle. In 1957, the Rhythmaires appeared on jazz ensemble leader Russell Garcia's _The Johnny Evergreens_ (ABC-Paramount, 1956). tenor saxophone player Georgie Auld's _That's Auld_ (Brunswick, 1957). The next year they appeared on Auld's album _"Jazz Goes Latin"_ for Capitol Records. For the first two seasons of _The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis_ (CBS-TV, 1959-1963) the Rhythmaires performed the opening and closing theme song, "Dobie", written by Lionel Newman and Max Shulman. Other work In the early 1950s, Bing Crosby engaged Conlon to give voice lessons to his four sons. Crosby had used Conlon to make arrangements and vocal backgrounds for his radio series, and Conlon went on to work for Andy Williams and Guy Lombardo. In the mid-1950s, he began collaborating with satirist Stan Freberg. His arrangements appeared on nearly all Freberg's comedy records, as well as on his Stan Freberg Radio Show. He also worked on the television program _Frankie Laine Time._ Conlon served as a musical arranger for Walt Disney. Among his credits are the Disney movies _Alice in Wonderland_ (1951), _Peter Pan_ (1953), and _Babes in Toyland_ (1961). Personal life Conlon married Charlotte Manley in Chicago on 3 October 1933. They had one son, Michael. Conlon died on July 28, 1966, in Chicago at the age of 56. He was found dead in his Chicago hotel room of an apparent heart attack. He had been there as a delegate to the convention of American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. A requiem Mass was held a few days later at St. Victor's Roman Catholic Church in West Hollywood. Filmography Music department _The Judy Garland Show_ (1963-64) (CBS TV) (Choral Arrangements) Credited as The Jud Conlon Singers. _Babes in Toyland_ (1961) _Bobby Darin and Friends_ (1961) (TV) (music arranger: vocal arrangements) _Screen Directors Playhouse_ (music arranger: vocal arrangements) (1 episode, 1956) _Prima Donna_ (1956) TV episode (music arranger: vocal arrangements) _Peter Pan_ (1953) (vocal arranger) "You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!" (04:03) _Alice in Wonderland_ (1951) (music arranger: vocal arrangements) Soundtrack _It's Always Fair Weather_ (1955) ("March, March" (uncredited), "The Time for Parting" (uncredited), _"Once Upon a Time"_ (1944) (uncredited), _"Why Are We Here?"_ (uncredited) _Here Comes Elmer_ (1943) (writer: "Hitch Old Dobbin to the Shay Again") _Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!_ (1956) (as The Judd Conlon Group) .... Himself _The Scene of the Crime_ (1956) (as the Jud Conlon Singers with Bob Thompson's Orch.) Live Duets "If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon" (1947-1949) Bing Crosby with Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires "The Court Jester" (21 - 22 September 1955, Los Angeles) Sylvia Fine - Sammy Cahn with the Judd Conlon Singers
*John Scott Trotter* Jr. (June 14, 1908 - October 29, 1975), also known as "Uncle John", was an American arranger, composer and orchestra leader. Trotter was best known for conducting the John Scott Trotter Orchestra which backed singer and entertainer Bing Crosby on record and on his radio programs from 1937 to 1954. He also worked with Vince Guaraldi on the score for Peanuts animated television specials and feature films between 1966 and 1975. Early life Trotter was born John Scott Trotter, Jr. on June 14, 1908, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born to parents John Scott Trotter and Lelia Trotter (née Bias). Trotter attended local schools in Charlotte. He studied piano under Ida Moore Alexander. In 1925, Trotter entered the University of North Carolina, where he began his career as a professional musician playing piano for a college band led by Hal Kemp. Kemp had entered the university in 1922 and graduated in 1926, but Trotter withdrew near the end of his first year to join Kemp's band as pianist and arranger, a position he held until 1936. Career After leaving Kemp's band, Trotter did some work in Hollywood where he handled the orchestrations for Columbia Pictures Pennies from Heaven which was his first work with Bing Crosby. This would start a 17-year professional association with Crosby, although Trotter and Crosby had first met in 1929 in New York City at the Manger Hotel while Crosby was working with Paul Whiteman's orchestra. Trotter recalled the background to his involvement with Pennies from Heaven in an interview with Canadian broadcaster Gord Atkinson. He had been asked by Johnny Burke if he wanted to do the orchestrations for the film. This was one of the first independent film productions. Crosby was then under contract to Paramount but Pennies from Heaven was done at Columbia as an independent and nobody was set to do the music. Trotter told Burke that he hadn't come out to work and that seemed to be that. A week later, Burke asked, 'Would you help Arthur Johnston with the piano parts?' After much persuasion, Trotter helped Johnston with the piano parts and fell in love with the score which included _Pennies from Heaven, So Do I,_ and _One, Two, Button Your Shoe,_ and also the _Skeleton in the Closet._ He then decided to complete the orchestrations as the offer was still open. Trotter recalled that the day _Pennies from Heaven_ was recorded, the cameras were rolling with the orchestra on stage; it was not prerecorded as would be usual today. John Scott Trotter considered that Crosby was a past master of lip syncing but it wasn't done in those days. After completing _Pennies from Heaven_ Trotter went back east." In July 1937, Trotter replaced Jimmy Dorsey as the musical director for Crosby on NBC's radio program _Kraft Music Hall._ That same year, Trotter began arranging and conducting songs for Crosby's records for Decca. Their first recording together, _It's the Natural Thing to Do,_ reached the No. 2 spot in the charts of the day and they had many hits over the ensuing years. Trotter would remain Crosby's musical director until 1954. The involvement with the Kraft Music Hall came about when Larry Crosby, Bing's brother and public relations director, sent Trotter a wire asking if he could be in Hollywood on June 28, 1937, to take over the orchestra of the Kraft Music Hall on July 8. Although Trotter had rehearsed and directed orchestras, he had never had an orchestra of his own, with his own name. The first time he appeared under his own name 'John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra' was on the Kraft Music Hall with Bing Crosby. The Kraft Music Hall went fifty weeks a year and Trotter did one hundred and forty consecutive Thursdays without missing one. Bing Crosby talked very warmly about Trotter in his 1953 autobiography _Call Me Lucky_ and commented about Trotter's remarkable self-control. Trotter also had orchestra related responsibilities. Jerry Colonna was a trombonist for the band and future entertainer Spike Jones served as a drummer. Trotter moved on to television, becoming musical director for _The George Gobel Show_ from 1954 to 60. He served as musical director of several of Crosby's television specials as well as his 1964-65 ABC situation comedy, The Bing Crosby Show. Peanuts Beginning with It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown in 1966, Trotter arranged and directed music scores for 11 _Peanuts_ television specials and one feature film in conjunction with composer Vince Guaraldi. His final work, _You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown,_ was broadcast on October 28, 1975-one day before his death. Trotter was nominated for an Oscar award and a Grammy award for his musical score for the 1969 feature film, _A Boy Named Charlie Brown._ John Scott Trotter died of cancer on October 29, 1975, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was buried in Sharon Memorial Park in Charlotte. Surviving him were a sister, Margaret Kinghorn, and two brothers, William and Robert Trotter. Legacy and criticism Carroll Carroll, who was the chief writer of Kraft Music Hall, recalled Trotter's massive volume and appetite when it came to his everyday life; _Trotter, a monolith of a man, stood astride pop and 'long hair' music, as it was then called, like a colossus, and occasionally flew from Hollywood to New Orleans for the weekend (something not done often in the thirties) just to cater to his gourmet tastes with a decent plate of oysters Rockefeller. During the war, when food writer M. F. K. Fisher was a guest on the show to plug her wartime conservation cookbook, How to Cook a Wolf, she told Bing that her book explained how to use leftovers. The heartily-fed Trotter stepped to the mike and, in his most polite and gentle North Carolina drawl, asked, 'Pardon me, ma'am, but what are left-overs?_ Trotter, along with Jack Kapp, has been criticized for mainstreaming Crosby's style away from his jazz roots. The reality is that Crosby himself chose the songs he performed on his radio shows and had ultimate approval for anything he recorded to disc. Crosby could have worked with any musical arranger he chose, but he preferred working with Trotter for 17 years. Crosby once said of Trotter; I'm not musically educated enough to really describe what he was in music terms. I just knew he was very good and he had marvelous taste.
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My sweet friend, thank you for this beautiful song with Bing Crosby !!!!!!!! I understand, if you don`t answer comments !!!! I guess, you are busy, before your children and their families come !!! My wonderful drummer boy, I send you lots of air-hugs and air-kisses !!!! Your devoted fan and friend Jytte
Thank you that you like Uncle Bing's Christmas song my dearest Jytte !!!! And I wish you all the happiness of the World !!!!! Yours faithful Henk !!!!
Oct 1, 1951, Los Angeles - _It's Beginning to Look (a Lot) Like Christmas_ - Meredith Willson (music & words) - Bing with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra and Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires
*"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"* is a Christmas song written in 1951 by Meredith Willson. The song was originally titled *"It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas".* Perry Como was the first to record and release the song in 1951.
The song has become a standard recorded by many artists. It was first a hit for Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra on September 18, 1951, released on RCA Victor as 47-4314 (45 rpm) and 20-4314 (78 rpm). Bing Crosby recorded a version on October 1, 1951, on Decca Records, which was also popular.
History
Background and writing
A popular belief in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, holds that Willson wrote the song while staying in Yarmouth's Grand Hotel. The song refers to a "tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well..."; the park being Frost Park, directly across the road from the Grand Hotel, which still operates in a newer building on the same site as the old hotel. It also makes mention of the five and ten which was a store operating in Yarmouth at the time.
It is also possible that the "Grand Hotel" Willson mentions in the song was inspired by the Historic Park Inn Hotel in his hometown of Mason City, Iowa, US. The Park Inn Hotel is the last remaining hotel in the world designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and is situated in downtown Mason City overlooking Central Park.
Perry Como version
Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra released their cover of "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" on September 18, 1951. Their edition became one of the most successful versions of the song, which is still widely played today, with over 382 million streams on Spotify as of May 1, 2024. The song was used in the 2004 film _The Polar Express._
Michael Bublé version
Canadian singer Michael Bublé's version was first released on October 24, 2011, as the first track of Bublé's Christmas album. However, it was then re-released as the album's second single on November 18, 2012, achieving greater success. In the UK, the song peaked at number 6 in 2022.
Meghan Trainor version
In 2020, Meghan Trainor recorded a version of the song for her album A Very Trainor Christmas. This version peaked at number 27 on the Holiday Digital Songs chart.
In popular culture
Meredith Willson incorporated the song into his 1963 Broadway musical _Here's Love, _where it is sung in counterpoint to the newly composed song "Pine Cones and Holly Berries".
Johnny Mathis recorded the song for his 1986 album Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis; this version gained popularity after its inclusion in the film _Home Alone 2: Lost in New York_. Gradually, Mathis's recording began to receive wide radio airplay, and in later years this version became a Top 10 Christmas hit.
Justin *"Judd" Conlon* (born Justin Norbert Conlon; June 16, 1910 - July 28, 1966) was an American vocal arranger and conductor.
Early life
Conlon was born in 1910 in Cuba City, Wisconsin. He relocated to Dubuque, Iowa, where he attended Columbia Academy and Columbia College. Conlon played the accordion and was active in musical groups including the Vested Choir directed by Father Alphonse Dress. This may have led to his mastery of vocal arranging. He played accordion at the Hilltop Casino until 4:00 a.m., slept, and then had to get up for his college classes. In high school he formed the Justin Conlon Orchestra. By the time he was in college, the group toured the Midwest and was often featured on Iowa radio stations WMT in Cedar Rapids, WHO in Des Moines, and WOC in Davenport.
Conlon's first major arranging work was with the Kay Kyser Orchestra.
Career
In 1945, the Kay Kyser band was at its peak. One of its main attractions was The Campus Kids, which Conlon had joined as a vocalist that July. His debut recordings with the group were "Choo Choo Polka" and "That’s for Me". At that time, the other Kids were Diane Pendleton, Donna Wood, Loulie Jean Norman, and Charlie Parlato.
Conlon, trained on the accordion and as a vocal arranger and conductor, had an ambition to form his own vocal group. In The Campus Kids, he was exposed to two singers with a four-octave range and perfect pitch: Loulie Jean Norman and Gloria Wood. With them and his own basso profundo, plus Charlie Parlato as first tenor, Conlon had the makings of the new group he wanted. He assigned himself the baritone part, Norman was first or lead soprano, and Wood second soprano. He also recruited Mack McLean from the Six Hits and a Miss singing group as a second tenor.
*The Rhythmaires*
The formation of Conlon's group was likely hastened by the sudden departure of The Charioteers as Bing Crosby's vocalists on his weekly radio program toward the end of the first Philco season in March 1947. Several of the first season's final shows featured an unknown chorus that may have been the singers in the still unnamed group. Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires was christened and ready to go as recordings for the second Philco season commenced in August 1947. Conlon, Parlato, McLean and Norman bade farewell to The Campus Kids in December. (Gloria Wood remained with Kyser into 1948.)
The Rhythmaires had launched an association with Crosby that would continue for almost a decade in more than 230 broadcasts and over 40 recordings. The group even helped to sell Minute Maid. The Rhythmaires' first commercial recording with Crosby took place on December 3, 1947, when "Ballerina" was laid down. Other notable recordings were "Home Cookin", "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo", "Teddy Bears' Picnic", "It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas", "Zing a Little Zong", and "Road to Bali".
Sometimes the Rhythmaires would be expanded into either The Jud Conlon Singers (e.g. "Stay Well", "Sorry") or The Jud Conlon Choir (e.g. "The Loneliness of Evening", "More I Cannot Wish You", "We Meet Again"). The Rhythmaires' final recordings with Crosby were made in April 1956, for the Decca LP _Songs I Wish I Had Sung._ The Rhythmaires also furnished background vocals for Crosby in Walt Disney’s _The Legend of Sleepy Hollow_ (from _The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad),_ released in 1949.
After the conclusion of Philco Radio Time in 1949, the Rhythmaires continued with Crosby throughout his weekly Chesterfield radio series that ran until 1952. Each week the group sang the cigarette’s "Sound Off" jingle.
In 1957, the Rhythmaires appeared on jazz ensemble leader Russell Garcia's _The Johnny Evergreens_ (ABC-Paramount, 1956). tenor saxophone player Georgie Auld's _That's Auld_ (Brunswick, 1957). The next year they appeared on Auld's album _"Jazz Goes Latin"_ for Capitol Records.
For the first two seasons of _The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis_ (CBS-TV, 1959-1963) the Rhythmaires performed the opening and closing theme song, "Dobie", written by Lionel Newman and Max Shulman.
Other work
In the early 1950s, Bing Crosby engaged Conlon to give voice lessons to his four sons.
Crosby had used Conlon to make arrangements and vocal backgrounds for his radio series, and Conlon went on to work for Andy Williams and Guy Lombardo. In the mid-1950s, he began collaborating with satirist Stan Freberg. His arrangements appeared on nearly all Freberg's comedy records, as well as on his Stan Freberg Radio Show. He also worked on the television program _Frankie Laine Time._
Conlon served as a musical arranger for Walt Disney. Among his credits are the Disney movies _Alice in Wonderland_ (1951), _Peter Pan_ (1953), and _Babes in Toyland_ (1961).
Personal life
Conlon married Charlotte Manley in Chicago on 3 October 1933. They had one son, Michael. Conlon died on July 28, 1966, in Chicago at the age of 56. He was found dead in his Chicago hotel room of an apparent heart attack. He had been there as a delegate to the convention of American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. A requiem Mass was held a few days later at St. Victor's Roman Catholic Church in West Hollywood.
Filmography
Music department
_The Judy Garland Show_ (1963-64) (CBS TV) (Choral Arrangements) Credited as The Jud Conlon Singers.
_Babes in Toyland_ (1961)
_Bobby Darin and Friends_ (1961) (TV) (music arranger: vocal arrangements)
_Screen Directors Playhouse_ (music arranger: vocal arrangements) (1 episode, 1956)
_Prima Donna_ (1956) TV episode (music arranger: vocal arrangements)
_Peter Pan_ (1953) (vocal arranger) "You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!" (04:03)
_Alice in Wonderland_ (1951) (music arranger: vocal arrangements)
Soundtrack
_It's Always Fair Weather_ (1955) ("March, March" (uncredited), "The Time for Parting" (uncredited),
_"Once Upon a Time"_ (1944) (uncredited), _"Why Are We Here?"_ (uncredited)
_Here Comes Elmer_ (1943) (writer: "Hitch Old Dobbin to the Shay Again")
_Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!_ (1956) (as The Judd Conlon Group) .... Himself
_The Scene of the Crime_ (1956) (as the Jud Conlon Singers with Bob Thompson's Orch.)
Live Duets
"If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon" (1947-1949) Bing Crosby with Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires
"The Court Jester" (21 - 22 September 1955, Los Angeles) Sylvia Fine - Sammy Cahn with the Judd Conlon Singers
*John Scott Trotter* Jr. (June 14, 1908 - October 29, 1975), also known as "Uncle John", was an American arranger, composer and orchestra leader.
Trotter was best known for conducting the John Scott Trotter Orchestra which backed singer and entertainer Bing Crosby on record and on his radio programs from 1937 to 1954. He also worked with Vince Guaraldi on the score for Peanuts animated television specials and feature films between 1966 and 1975.
Early life
Trotter was born John Scott Trotter, Jr. on June 14, 1908, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born to parents John Scott Trotter and Lelia Trotter (née Bias).
Trotter attended local schools in Charlotte. He studied piano under Ida Moore Alexander. In 1925, Trotter entered the University of North Carolina, where he began his career as a professional musician playing piano for a college band led by Hal Kemp. Kemp had entered the university in 1922 and graduated in 1926, but Trotter withdrew near the end of his first year to join Kemp's band as pianist and arranger, a position he held until 1936.
Career
After leaving Kemp's band, Trotter did some work in Hollywood where he handled the orchestrations for Columbia Pictures Pennies from Heaven which was his first work with Bing Crosby. This would start a 17-year professional association with Crosby, although Trotter and Crosby had first met in 1929 in New York City at the Manger Hotel while Crosby was working with Paul Whiteman's orchestra.
Trotter recalled the background to his involvement with Pennies from Heaven in an interview with Canadian broadcaster Gord Atkinson. He had been asked by Johnny Burke if he wanted to do the orchestrations for the film. This was one of the first independent film productions. Crosby was then under contract to Paramount but Pennies from Heaven was done at Columbia as an independent and nobody was set to do the music. Trotter told Burke that he hadn't come out to work and that seemed to be that. A week later, Burke asked, 'Would you help Arthur Johnston with the piano parts?' After much persuasion, Trotter helped Johnston with the piano parts and fell in love with the score which included _Pennies from Heaven, So Do I,_ and _One, Two, Button Your Shoe,_ and also the _Skeleton in the Closet._ He then decided to complete the orchestrations as the offer was still open. Trotter recalled that the day _Pennies from Heaven_ was recorded, the cameras were rolling with the orchestra on stage; it was not prerecorded as would be usual today. John Scott Trotter considered that Crosby was a past master of lip syncing but it wasn't done in those days. After completing _Pennies from Heaven_ Trotter went back east."
In July 1937, Trotter replaced Jimmy Dorsey as the musical director for Crosby on NBC's radio program _Kraft Music Hall._ That same year, Trotter began arranging and conducting songs for Crosby's records for Decca. Their first recording together, _It's the Natural Thing to Do,_ reached the No. 2 spot in the charts of the day and they had many hits over the ensuing years. Trotter would remain Crosby's musical director until 1954.
The involvement with the Kraft Music Hall came about when Larry Crosby, Bing's brother and public relations director, sent Trotter a wire asking if he could be in Hollywood on June 28, 1937, to take over the orchestra of the Kraft Music Hall on July 8. Although Trotter had rehearsed and directed orchestras, he had never had an orchestra of his own, with his own name. The first time he appeared under his own name 'John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra' was on the Kraft Music Hall with Bing Crosby. The Kraft Music Hall went fifty weeks a year and Trotter did one hundred and forty consecutive Thursdays without missing one.
Bing Crosby talked very warmly about Trotter in his 1953 autobiography _Call Me Lucky_ and commented about Trotter's remarkable self-control.
Trotter also had orchestra related responsibilities. Jerry Colonna was a trombonist for the band and future entertainer Spike Jones served as a drummer.
Trotter moved on to television, becoming musical director for _The George Gobel Show_ from 1954 to 60. He served as musical director of several of Crosby's television specials as well as his 1964-65 ABC situation comedy, The Bing Crosby Show.
Peanuts
Beginning with It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown in 1966, Trotter arranged and directed music scores for 11 _Peanuts_ television specials and one feature film in conjunction with composer Vince Guaraldi. His final work, _You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown,_ was broadcast on October 28, 1975-one day before his death. Trotter was nominated for an Oscar award and a Grammy award for his musical score for the 1969 feature film, _A Boy Named Charlie Brown._
John Scott Trotter died of cancer on October 29, 1975, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was buried in Sharon Memorial Park in Charlotte. Surviving him were a sister, Margaret Kinghorn, and two brothers, William and Robert Trotter.
Legacy and criticism
Carroll Carroll, who was the chief writer of Kraft Music Hall, recalled Trotter's massive volume and appetite when it came to his everyday life;
_Trotter, a monolith of a man, stood astride pop and 'long hair' music, as it was then called, like a colossus, and occasionally flew from Hollywood to New Orleans for the weekend (something not done often in the thirties) just to cater to his gourmet tastes with a decent plate of oysters Rockefeller. During the war, when food writer M. F. K. Fisher was a guest on the show to plug her wartime conservation cookbook, How to Cook a Wolf, she told Bing that her book explained how to use leftovers. The heartily-fed Trotter stepped to the mike and, in his most polite and gentle North Carolina drawl, asked, 'Pardon me, ma'am, but what are left-overs?_
Trotter, along with Jack Kapp, has been criticized for mainstreaming Crosby's style away from his jazz roots. The reality is that Crosby himself chose the songs he performed on his radio shows and had ultimate approval for anything he recorded to disc. Crosby could have worked with any musical arranger he chose, but he preferred working with Trotter for 17 years. Crosby once said of Trotter;
I'm not musically educated enough to really describe what he was in music terms. I just knew he was very good and he had marvelous taste.
*IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS*
Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
First release October 1951 First recording on September 18, 1951
*Bing Crosby with Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra* November 1951 Sampled by Bing Crosby with the London Symphony Orchestra
John Gart with The Yuletiders 1959 Medley
Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville 1962
Laurence Naismith, Janis Paige, Fred Gwynne 1963 Medley
The Merrill Staton Voices 1963 Medley
The Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus 1964
Living Voices 1965 Medley
Kate Smith 1966
The Osmonds 1976 Medley
Keath Barrie 1980
Johnny Mathis Sep 23, 1986
The Party Poppers (MFP Studio Artists) 1987 Medley
Kathie Lee Gifford 1993
Scott Bakula 1993 Charity
Rockapella Nov 18, 1994 A cappella Medley
Dionne Warwick 1994
The Mistletones [CA] 1995
Björgvin Halldórsson 1996
Dean Martin Apr 27, 1998
The Merrywoode Singers Oct 1998 A cappella
Denis Walter 1998 Medley
The Vocal Majority and Acoustix Oct 1999 Medley
The Talley Trio 2000
Anne Murray Oct 2001
Evil Beaver 2001
America Oct 1, 2002
Kidz Bop Kids Oct 2002
David Clayton-Thomas 2003
Diane Collins 2003
Jennifer Grimm Oct 2004 Medley
Andrew Heller 2004
Tony Paglia and His Orchestra 2004
Gold City Nov 2005
Heartbound 2005 Medley
Erich Kunzel - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra - Indiana University Singing Hoosiers Sep 26, 2006
Bob McGrath Nov 2006
Andrea Marcovicci 2006
The Chickadivas 2006
The Kingdom Heirs 2006
The Van Bloom Brothers Dec 25, 2007
Marian Aas Hansen 2007
The Four Freshmen 2007
Shane & Shane Oct 14, 2008
Harry Connick, Jr. Nov 4, 2008
Mariah Hortans, M Sandberg Duo 2008
Mike Stone 2008
Tim Tamashiro 2008
Connie Talbot Oct 13, 2009
Celtic Thunder Oct 12, 2010
Katharine McPhee Oct 12, 2010
2Divine Dec 1, 2010
Brittany Allyn 2010
The Sign Posters Jul 2011
Michael Bublé Oct 24, 2011
Palmer Allen Oct 2011
Jim Chuporak 2011
Laura Mills 2011
Fruit Bats Oct 30, 2012
Ricki Derek Nov 5, 2012
Cara Alboucq Dec11, 2012
The Grand St. Stompers Dec 2012
Daniel Kirkley 2012
The Nelons 2012
Wade Tower 2012
Alanna Matty Dec 16, 2013
Jillaine Dec 2013
Blue Champagne 2013
Marlene Young 2013
The Whiskeybelles 2013
Michael Feinstein Oct 14, 2014
Kim Walker-Smith Nov 4, 2014
Scott Chapman Nov 5, 2014
Emerald City Voices Nov 12, 2014 A cappella
Christiane Roald Nov 29, 2014
Angela Gheorghiu with Ioana Dan Nov 2014
Danny Peck Dec 4, 2014
Union J Dec 8, 2014
This Remarkable Vessel Dec 17, 2014
Lisa Fox 2014
Cava [No] Jan 1, 2015
PelleK Jan 9, 2015
Elizabeth Kusak Aug 6, 2015
The Swing Kittens feat. Mark Kopitzke Sep 23, 2015
Jann Arden Oct 31, 2015
Joe Caron & Frederick Lewis DeAngelis Nov 12, 2015
Blake Nov 20, 2015
Tony DeSare Nov 2015
Breath of Aire 2015 Live
Mathilde Santing 2015
Jason Manns Aug 10, 2016
Antje Kohler Sep 13, 2016
Damian McGinty Oct 14, 2016
Brett Eldredge Oct 28, 2016
Donny Most Nov 1, 2016
Laura Pausini with The Patrick Williams Orchestra Nov 4, 2016
Mr. Tumble Nov 4, 2016
Pioneer Pepper and the Sunset Pioneers Nov 5, 2016
John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John Nov 11, 2016
Tiffany Coburn Nov 28, 2016 Medley
Forest Creatures Dec 2, 2016
The Barefoot Movement Dec 2, 2016
Andy Arsenault Dec 16, 2016
Danish Radio Big Band feat. Curtis Stigers 2016
3JS 2016 Acoustic
Patricia Nesci 2016
Sherry Dyanne 2016
The Mylon Hayes Family Sep 12, 2017 Medley
Bryan & Katie Torwalt Oct 13, 2017
Calum Scott Oct 13, 2017
Jill Johnson Oct 2017
Katherine Penfold Oct 2017
Noah Cyrus Nov 3, 2017
Twin Kennedy Nov 10, 2017
Lori-Michele Nov 18, 2017
Marc Martel feat. Plumb Nov 24, 2017
Joe Gransden Nov 2017
A Little Farther West Dec 8, 2017
Reindeer Tribe Dec 12, 2017
Death by Railroad Dec 23, 2017
Meg Birch Sep 30, 2018 Acoustic
Ivan Parker Oct 5, 2018
Martina McBride Oct 19, 2018
Manos Wild Oct 22, 2018
Pentatonix Oct 26, 2018 A cappella
Robyn Spangler feat. Don Most Nov 1, 2018
Amber Leigh Irish Nov 9, 2018 Acoustic
Emily Hearn Nov 23, 2018
Judy Rafat Nov 23, 2018
Phat Cat Swinger feat. Tim Shirah Nov 23, 2018
Maria Schafer, Shane Savala Nov 26, 2018
Rag'n'Bone Man Nov 30, 2018 Live
Rebecca Robinson Dec 11, 2018
Elves & Eggnog Dec 20, 2018
Magic Magic Dec 20, 2018
Homewreckr Dec 24, 2018
The Droners ft. Cody Wirth Dec 24, 2018
.tif Dec 24, 2018
Alexander Thoma Dec 2018
Le Trio BBQ 2018
Johnny Cowling 2018
Ron Hawking 2018
Jessica Horton Nov 1, 2019
Dylan Scott Nov 8, 2019
Michael Sinatra Nov 8, 2019
TaRanda Greene Nov 8, 2019
Chris Kamara Nov 15, 2019
Emily Hall Nov 15, 2019 Acoustic
Ben Adams Nov 22, 2019
Bing Crosby [sampled] with the London Symphony Orchestra Nov 22, 2019 Uses samples from Bing Crosby with Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
Martin & Shirlie Nov 22, 2019
Timi Dakolo Nov 22, 2019
Colin & Caroline Nov 29, 2019
Evade Nov 2019
Andy Pokel Dec 15, 2019
Colin Paul 2019
Dave Willetts 2019
Meghan Trainor Oct 30, 2020
Michael Ball - Alfie Boe Oct 30, 2020
Edmund Bagnell Oct 2020
Leslie Odom, Jr. Nov 6, 2020
The Macarons Project Nov 12, 2020
Arturo Chacón feat. Roberto Berrocal Nov 13, 2020
Rebecca Immanuel Nov 13, 2020
Gold, Frankincense, & Myrrh Nov 20, 2020
Charlotte Ave Nov 27, 2020 Mash-up
First to Eleven Nov 27, 2020
Trijntje Oosterhuis - Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw Nov 27, 2020
John Riesen, Neill Campbell & Gillian Riesen feat. Chris Glassman Nov 2020
Shannon Brown feat. Tanner Silva Dec 4, 2020
OG3NE Dec 11, 2020 Live Medley
Arpi Alto Dec 12, 2020
27 On The Road 2020
Christian Marc Gendron 2020
Sue Dodge 2020
Leo [NO] Feb 9, 2021
Mark James [US2] Aug 2021
Kelly Clarkson Oct 15, 2021
Lindsay Ell Octo 22, 2021
She & Him Oct 27, 2021
Elizabeth Montgomery & The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Nov 14, 2021
Kadiatou Nov 19, 2021
Jon Mullins Nov 26, 2021
Mosaic MSC Dec 1, 2021
Julia Stone Dec 10, 2021
Anders Blichfeldt 2021
Ghostwriter Sep 16, 2022
Thomas Rhett Oct 21, 2022
CJ Jarrell Oct 31, 2022
Rhonda Burchmore & The Jack Earle Big Band Nov 4, 2022
Aled & Russell (Russell Watson, Aled Jones) Nov 11, 2022
Tyrone Wells Nov 17, 2022
Canyon City Nov 18, 2022
Finding Us Nov 18, 2022
Adona Nov 25, 2022
Emery Nov 25, 2022
Andrea Corr Dec 2, 2022
David Foster & Katharine McPhee Oct 20, 2023
Maddie & Tae Oct 27, 2023
Matthew Ifield Oct 27, 2023
Il Divo Nov 3, 2023
Levi Kreis Nov 3, 2023
Joseph Vincent Nov 7, 2023
Wes Brown Nov 15, 2023
Sarah Reeves Nov 17, 2023
Tom Gaebel Nov 17, 2023
Rhett Walker Nov 24, 2023
Stella Cole Oct 25, 2024
BOYNEXTDOOR Oct 31, 2024
Chase Wright Nov 8, 2024
Simone Kopmajer Nov 8, 2024
Herman Düne Nov 21, 2024
Gina & the Gentlemen Nov 22, 2024
Craig Campbell feat. The Campbell Family Nov 29, 2024
Natasha St-Pier Nov 29, 2024
Spenser Olson Nov 29, 2024
*Instrumental*
Jesse Crawford 1958
Bob Kames 1961
Dino [US2] 1987
The Hampton String Quartet 1989
Lori Andrews 1993
Jack Jezzro & Sam Levine 1996
Charlie Bertini Oct 1998
Newell Oler 1999 Medley
The Steve Wingfield Band 1999
1926 Wurlitzer Band Organ Style 2000
Edward Wright 2001
Phil Klein 2002
Newell Oler June 2003
Emile Pandolfi 2004
Lorie Line 2004
Steve Siu Jun 1, 2005
Dayton Mandolin Orchestra 2006
Wild Basin Winds 2006
Randy Porter 2007
Stephanie Jackson 2007
Jim "Kimo" West 2008
Erich Kory 2008
Beegie Adair 2009
Chris Dawson 2009
Kim Collingsworth 2009
Marcus Roberts Trio 2011
The Sweetback Sisters Nov 27, 2012
Tim Smith [US4] Nov 2012
8-Bit Arcade Nov 18, 2013
AcousticTrench Dec 7, 2013 Acoustic
Jon England 2013
Christmas Music Piano Oct 15, 2015
Jamie Conway 2015
Midnite String Quartet Oct 21, 2016
Christmas Music Jazz Trio Nov 3, 2016
Piano Dreamers Nov 25, 2016
Chris Beckstrom Dec 4, 2016
Rob Arthur Nov 27, 2017
Emil Ernebro Nov 29, 2017
The Cat and Owl Dec 2017
Rum Ragged 2017 Medley
Uriel Aug 9, 2018
Jack Jezzro Oct 22, 2018
Spinphony Nov 16, 2018 Mash-up
Joshua Rich Nov 2018
Doc Barrie 2018
Dallas String Quartet Nov 8, 2019
Sebastian Lightfoot Nov 11, 2019
Allen & Bright Nov 22, 2019 Medley
Jon Lang Nov 29, 2019
Lisa Addeo Nov 2019
Sam Ocampo Nov 2019
Billboard Baby Lullabies Nov 27, 2020
Acoustic Heartstrings Sep 3, 2021 Acoustic
Music Box Mania Oct 29, 2021
Till Brönner Oct 29, 2021
Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star Oct 29, 2021
Al Gibbs Nov 3, 2021
Divine String Quartet Nov 5, 2021
Ibrahim Maalouf Nov 5, 2021
Sleeping Panda Nov 5, 2021
Francis Tétu Nov 26, 2021
Martin Berggren Trio Dec 1, 2021
Pete Smyser & Friends Dec 10, 2021
Chris Mercer [GB2] 2021
Funky DL Nov 3, 2023
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Markéta Konvičková Nov 18, 2015 First release
*I'm Dressin' Up Like Santa (When I Get Out on Parole)* written by Brian Silva, Dennis Amero, Bob Rivers *English*
Bob Rivers Comedy Corp 1987 First release
*There's a Santa who Looks a Lot Like Elvis* written by Joe Bryant, Bob Rivers, Spike O'Neill *English*
Bob Rivers 1997 First release
*Getur verið* written by Karl Ágúst Úlfsson *Icelandic*
María Björk Sverrisdóttir - Barnakór Kársness 1996 First release
*Nú minnir svo ótalmargt á jólin* written by Jónas Friðrik *Icelandic*
Diddú 1997 First release
Sætabrauðsdrengirnir Aug 19, 2020
Goedemorgen Henri ! Sorry dat ik gisteren niet geantwoord heb maar we hadden het huis vol visite !!!! Dank voor het opnamejaar en het interessante verhaal over deze song en voor de info over de andere uitvoeringen !!! Dankbare groeten van Henk !!!!