[klaatumail] Re: I believe in Father Christmas
- From: "Bradley, David" <David_Bradley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:35:20 -0500
Answered my own question:
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Believe_in_Father_Christmas
Covers
* Toyah Wilcox recorded the song for her 1982 ITV television special
Pop Goes Christmas.
* Elaine Paige recorded the song for her 1986 album Christmas
* Human Drama in 1999
* Vertical Horizon in 2002
* Overview in 2008.
* The melody was used in "Weird Al" Yankovic's dark comedy song,
"The Night Santa Went Crazy."
* Canadian band Honeymoon Suite covered the song in 1989 for a
compilation album titled Revellion, featuring WEA (now Warner Music
Canada) recording artists. It was not featured on an HMS album until the
2006 collection Feel It Again: An Anthology which is now out of print.
* Sarah Brightman recorded the song in 2008 for her album A Winter
Symphony.
* Irish rock-group U2 recorded the song in 2008, for Bono's Product
Red campaign to fight AIDS in Africa.
* The Swingle Singers recorded this song in 1994 for their album The
Story of Christmas.
* 2008 Australian Idol winner Wes Carr recorded this song in 2009
for Sony Entertainment Australia's seasonal release Stars of Christmas.
Most likely the version I heard was Wes Carr's version.
Dave Bradley
-----Original Message-----
From: Bradley, David
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 2:30 PM
To: 'klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: I believe in Father Christmas
Hi all,
I walked to the grocery store at lunch to buy some food to keep at my
desk for days when I don't have any cash for the cafeteria. Coming over
the store PA is a version of "I Believe In Father Christmas" the Greg
Lake/Emerson Lake and Palmer song. However, it's not them singing it.
And it's not U2 who recently did a version of this for a charity disc.
That leaves me wondering if anyone knows who else has covered this
song..... ?
Dave
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