I hope somebody can give me more information on this album. The title, as you can see, is called "The Cowboys Sing Holiday Halftime". That's because it features the Dallas Cowboys football team singing Christmas songs. As I did more research, I found that there are other Christmas albums available with other football teams singing Christmas songs. The covers look exactly the same except for the change in title. What I'm wondering is, did they actually get each team to sing, record, and release their own album, or did they just get a huge group of football players to record one album and release it with the different names? Another interesting thing is that in the song "Let It Snow" there's a solo by Lance Rentzel, who I believe played for the Cowboys when this album was released. If these songs were all done with one big group of guys, did they pick a member of each team to sing the solo in that song and put it on the appropriate team's album? Anyway, I hope you enjoy this, no matter what team you like!
Here's the track list:
- Deck the Halls
- All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
- Winter Wonderland
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- A Tropical Winter
- Frosty the Snowman
- Let It Snow
- Jingle Bells
- Auld Lang Syne
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I have basically the same thing (covers, songs), except it is the Green Bay Packers.
I'm not sure if the recordings are the same and can't bring myself to listen to them side by side.
I was looking for something like that, thanks
The Cowboys & the Packers versions share the identical instrumental backing tracks but the vocals are very diferent. The Packers version was a Christmas music staple & tradition in my household when I was a little boy growing up in Wisconsin during the Vince Lombardi Packers era.
I still covet & play my copy of this LP each Christmas when my kids decorate our Christmas tree.
I must say that the Cowboys vocals are much better than the Packers singing that I grew up listening to, however, just thinking of Ray Nitchke, Jerry Kramer, Bart Starr & Max Magee getting together and giving these holiday chestnuts a shot certainly held it's own charm. It just sounds like the Packers may have had a little julenog to wet their whistles at their recording session.
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