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New York-area earworm “Dominick the Donkey,” recorded by Lou Monte in 1960, is sprinkled with Italian vocabulary and tells the story of a donkey that delivers Brooklyn-made presents to kids in Italian hills too steep for reindeer. “It gives you that charming feeling of what a nice idea,” said Bennett, “but it’s not a universal sentiment.” The genre is not new - it developed right alongside the canon during the creative exploration of songwriters in the 1950s, Simos said.įor example, “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” recorded in a startlingly Ethel-Merman-like voice by 10-year-old Gayla Peevey in 1953, has a clever conceit: a child making an unreasonable demand. Rather than aiming for universality, novelty songs address a specific theme or appeal to a certain slice of people. Just like there is a canon for traditional holiday songs, there’s a canon of sorts for novelty songs, which are too goofball-niche to enter the Serious Traditional Canon but are also too much fun to not play every year. “You can have your prediction violated but find it wonderful.” It works the same with music, Rabinovitz said. It’s why many of us like surprise parties and roller coasters even though they’re initially terrifying. But if the surprise is not too drastic, he said, our brains might decide they like the change - and then they are often happier than if there had been no surprise in the first place. Our brains feel rewarded when they correctly predict what happens next, and if a prediction is wrong, we feel momentarily discombobulated. Rabinovitz provided a neurological explanation for why we like covers: They meet our expectations. That way, people can “have all of the sound quality they expect in a modern recording from a contemporary artist while getting all the nostalgic feelings that we want from the songwriter.” “He’s choosing very old songs played with classic old school, big-band arrangements, but he’s recording them with contemporary technology that makes them radio air-play friendly,” Bennet said. Hear your holiday favorites on this Christmas Jingles collection.Source: Data based on Joe Bennett’s analysis of top 200 Spotify UK song streams from the week of Dec. Listen to your favorite holiday pop hits here! Listen to Holiday Pop Hits on Apple Music Listen to Holiday Pop Hits on Spotify x Christmas Jingles Christmas Jingles The perfect collection of holiday music for Christmas Eve! Listen to Christmas Eve on Apple Music Listen to Christmas Eve on Spotify x Holiday Pop Hits Holiday Pop Hits Andy Williams, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Tony Bennett, Michael Buble, Nat King Cole, and more! Listen to Traditional Christmas Music 2021 on Spotify x Country Christmas 2021 Country Christmas 2021Ĭountry Christmas hits! Get in the holiday spirit with Pistol Annies, Johnny Cash, Mitchell Tenpenny, Chris Young, Tenille Townes, Brad Paisley, Willie Nelson & more! Listen to Country Christmas 2021 on Apple Music Listen to Country Christmas 2021 on Spotify x Christmas Eve Christmas Eve Traditional holiday favorites and classic Christmas songs. Andy Williams, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, and more! Listen to Classic Christmas on Apple Music Listen to Classic Christmas on Spotify x Traditional Christmas Music 2021 Traditional Christmas Music 2021 Listen to Christmas Songs - Holiday Music on Apple Music Listen to Christmas Songs - Holiday Music on Spotify x Classic Christmas Classic Christmas

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