Who is this singing ?

[manealca]

PLEASE can someone tell me who it is singing "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas " on the TV advert for Argos. I know the voice but can't put a name to it & it's driving me round the bend !

[kempie]

Dean Martin

[Paul22118]

I think it is Perry COMO, US crooner who I think died at a grea age not that long ago.
Him of Magic Moments, Catch a Falling Star etc.

[Eastender]

Its Bing Crosby...

[samsong7]

Its sung by Dean Martin, Lyrics are below!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Everywhere you go
Takes a look in the five and ten
Glistening once again

With candy canes and silver lanes aglow

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Toys in every store
It's the prettiest sight to see
Is the holly that will be on your own front door
A pair of Hopalong boots and a pistol that shoots is the wish of Barney and Ben
Dolls that will talk and will go for a walk is the hope of Janice and Jen
And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again

[Paul22118]

This version is Perry Como - check it out

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9E5WqegfuyE

[StepsinTime]

There are various versions of this Song. The one in the Argos TV Ad is by Perry Como (track 14 on Disc 1 of Christmas Hits). Not Now Music NOT2CD244
The other versions, by Bing Crosby and Dean Martin are a lot slower in tempo.
There is also a Singalong version with the same tempo as the Ad by The Christmas Party Singers on Non-Stop Sing-a-long Christmas Party (36 Festive Favourites).
Merry Christmas

[crab101]

Hi, it is Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters with the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra. It wasrecorded in 1951.