Back to the top

Merry Christmas, Darling

At Christmas time, I am always reminded of the time I made a music video with Karen Carpenter.  She was so good to work with!  I’ll always have such great memories with her!  Ha ha! 

Actually, with this song, I have just always loved Karen Carpenter’s smooth voice.  It is so clear and pure, and easy to listen to.  I always wanted to sing a duet with her.  So, I wrote the harmony part to this song, and made a recording along with her original track and laid them together.  I thought it turned out nicely!

Then, I thought it would be fun to mix a video to it as well.  So I found the original video and merged some other scenes with myself as well.  It actually works out nicely since the song is about longing to be with the other person at Christmas, but having to remain far apart.  It was a lot of fun to put together!  What a talented singer Karen Carpenter was!

Jo Ann Castle

Ragtime Queen

Jo Ann Castle was so fun to watch, especially in her frequent appearances on the Lawrence Welk show.  She had such a fun and bouncy personality when she played, and it looked like she had so much fun all the time!  As her fingers flew all over the piano, she would look at the audience and give a smile and a wink, and she just made it look so easy.  So many people today may have never heard of her, but what an amazing talent !

This video was a performance on the Lawrence Welk show, at Christmas time.  What a cool paint job on that piano!  And, the decorations make it look like real icicles and snow all over.  If you watch when she first starts the strong ragtime section, there are snowflakes on the piano hammers that fly off!  Look at those hammers move!  Too bad they don’t have shows like this today!  Enjoy!