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We Need a Little Christmas
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Wikipedia article
"'We Need a Little Christmas'" is a popular Christmas song originating from Jerry Herman's Broadway musical 'Mame', and first performed by Angela Lansbury in that 1966 production.
In the musical, the song is performed after Mame has lost her fortune in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and decides that she, her young nephew Patrick, and her two household servants "need a little Christmas now" to cheer them up. The original lyrics include the line, "But, Auntie Mame, it's one week past Thanksgiving Day now!" Since the time the song was written the phenomenon of Christmas creep has resulted in the normal holiday season beginning much earlier than it once did.
Notable recordings
* Percy Faith with His Orchestra and Chorus (1966) ('Christmas Is... Percy Faith')[http://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-is-percy-faith-mw0000315399 Percy Faith & his Orchestra. "Christmas Is...Percy Faith". Columbia. November 1966.]
* The New Christy Minstrels (1966) ('Christmas with the Christies')[https://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-with-the-christies-mw0000894384 The New Christy Minstrels. "Christmas with the Christies". Columbia. 1966.]
* Skitch Henderson & The Tonight Show Orchestra (1966) ('Broadway Tonight! Skitch Henderson & The Tonight Show Orchestra Play Music From "Mame"')[https://www.discogs.com/Skitch-Henderson-The-Tonight-Show-Orchestra-Broadway-Tonight-Skitch-Henderson-The-Tonight-Show-Orche/release/5622480 Skitch Henderson & The Tonight Show Orchestra. "Broadway Tonight! Skitch Henderson & The Tonight Show Orchestra Play Music from 'Mame'". Columbia. July 1966.]
* Johnny Mathis (1986) ('Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis')[https://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-eve-with-johnny-mathis-mw0000190940 Johnny Mathis. "Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis". Columbia. 23 September 1986.]
* The Muppets (1987) ('A Muppet Family Christmas')The Muppets. "A Muppet Family Christmas". The Jim Henson Company/Disney. 1987.
* Bugs Bunny & Friends with Daffy Duck (1994) ('Have Yourself a Looney Tunes Christmas')[http://www.allmusic.com/album/have-yourself-a-looney-tunes-christmas-mw0000448358 Bugs Bunny & Friends. "Have Yourself a Merry Looney Tunes Christmas". Kid Rhino. 1994.]
* Andy Williams (1995) ('We Need a Little Christmas')[https://www.allmusic.com/album/we-need-a-little-christmas-mw0000261358 Andy Williams. "We Need a Little Christmas". Unison. 1995.]
* Mormon Tabernacle Choir with Angela Lansbury (2001)[https://www.mormontabernaclechoir.org/videos/we-need-a-little-christmas-angela-lansbury.html Mormon Tabernacle Choir. "We Need a Little Christmas...Christmas Special". 8 May 2015.] (later appeared on the choir's 2006 album, 'The Wonder of Christmas')
* Legacy Five (2007) ('Little Christmas')[http://www.allmusic.com/album/little-christmas-mw0000581616 Legacy Five. "Little Christmas". Daywind. 18 December 2007.]
* Kimberly Locke (2007) ('Christmas')[http://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-mw0002568642 Kimberley Locke. "Christmas". Curb. 6 November 2007.]
* 'Glee' Cast (2010) ('Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album' and episode 'A Very Glee Christmas') [https://www.allmusic.com/album/glee-the-music-the-christmas-album-mw0002068912 Glee. "Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album". Columbia/Epic/Sony Music Entertainment. 16 November 2010.]
* Ages and Ages (2012) ('Holidays Rule')[https://www.allmusic.com/album/holidays-rule-mw0002423028 Various Artists. "Holidays Rule". Hear Music. 30 October 2012.]
* Idina Menzel (2019) ('Christmas: A Season of Love')[https://www.allmusic.com/album/christmas-a-season-of-love-mw0003317924 Idina Menzel. "Christmas: A Season of Love". School Boy Records. 18 October 2019.]
*Pentatonix (2020) ('We Need a Little Christmas')[https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/pentatonix-release-new-holiday-album-we-need-a-little-christmas-today Pentatonix. "We Need A Little Christmas". RCA Records. 13 November 2020.]
* Kelly Rowland (2020) '(We Need a Little Christmas)'
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References
Category:1966 songs
Category:American Christmas songs
Category:Percy Faith songs
Category:Johnny Mathis songs
Category:Kimberley Locke songs
Category:Songs from musicals
Category:Songs written by Jerry Herman
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