Al Martino - A Merry Christmas
There are exactly two discs left in my stack of CDs waiting to be reviewed - this is the first of those two. I've held off posting it here at the yuleblog until now because it segues rather nicely into the 2006 downloading season (more on that in a while). A scene from the movie " The Godfather ": Kay Adams : Michael, you never told me your family knew Johnny Fontane! Michael Corleone : Oh sure, you want to meet him? Kay : Yeah! Michael : You know, my father helped Johnny in his career. Kay : Really? How? Michael : ...Let's listen to this song. Kay : ( after listening to Johnny for a while ) Please, Michael. Tell me. Michael : ...Well when Johnny was first starting out, he was signed to this contract with a big-band leader. And as his career got better and better he wanted to get out of it. Now, Johnny is my father's godson. My father went to see the bandleader, with a contract for $10,000 to let Johnny go, but the bandleader said no. So the next day,...