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I posted Brian McKnight's version of this song last year, but this one is a different take entirely. It's a lot heavier on the bluesy, 12/8 kind of feel. It also has some heavier guitar in it, too, obviously. I like the song a lot and always have.
Judy Garland originally sang the song for the 1944 musical, Meet Me in St. Louis. The more popular version with modified lyrics was recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1957. Sinatra's album on which the song was to be released was entitled A Jolly Christmas. He asked one of the song's original writers, to "jolly" up the line "until then we'll have to muddle through somehow". Originally, in the musical, Garland's version was meant to give hope to her family for the future. Sinatra's version, and most subsequent ones, are more of a celebration of the season of Christmas.
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