The Holiday Music Fest

A few years ago, in order to "compete" with the recording of the Singing Dogs barking "Jingle Bells," someone put out a piece with singing cats.

Sorry, that doesn't cut it.  Talk about "copy cats."  The Singing Dogs were not only the original, but the record was made over half a century ago, in 1955.  It was done by a fellow named Don Charles, who had an act with his pooches.

I first heard this many decades ago on the Midnight Special radio program on an otherwise classical music station, WFMT, in Chicago.  Then, after a long time passed, Dr. Demento in Los Angeles popularlized it with his nationally syndicated show.

​This is the original.