BREAKS & BITS 7
CHRISTMAS ALL YEAR
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime >< DE LA SOUL - Simply
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1979
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Simply comes off De La Soul's AOI: Bionix, their sixth album released in 2001. The song samples and loops Paul McCartney's 1979 holiday classic Wonderful Christmastime. It is reported that McCartney makes $400,000. each year in royalties from this popular song. That includes royalties from samples, and for covers from other artists, such as Rahsaan Patterson, Diana Ross,Hillary Duff and The Kidz Bop Kids.
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2001
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LEONTOVYCH - Carol Of The Bells >< NAS - Shoot Em Up
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1916
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Carol Of The Bells is a Ukranian Christmas carol from 1904. The song is based on a folk chant welcoming the new year composed by Mykola Leontovych. The song has been covered across many genres of music. It's also been sampled several times such as in 1999's Shoot Em Up from Nas off his fourth studio album Nastradamus.
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1999
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MILLY & SILLY - Gettin' Down For Christmas >< MAIN SOURCE - Peace Is Not The Word
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1973
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Peace Is Not The Word To Play is a track off Breaking Atoms - Main Source's debut album in 1991. This classic hip-hop album also featured the debut of Nas on Live At The Barbeque. Peace Is Not The Word To Play is the fourth single off the celebrated album. The track samples several songs including Lyn Collin's Things Got To Get Better from 1972, and this funky single from Milly and Silly in 1973 - Gettin' Down For Christmas.
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1991
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HARRY SIMONE CHORALE - Do You Hear What I Hear >< NATURE - The Ultimate High
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1962
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The lyrics in Nature's The Ultimate High were inspired and taken from Do You Hear What I Hear. The classic Christmas carol from 1962 was written as a plea for peace during the Cuban missile crisis. The song has been covered hundreds of times, but this is the original version from The Harry Simone Chorale
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2000
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VINCE GUARALDI TRIO - Christmas Time Is Here >< DWELE - Shady
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1965
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Christmas Time Is Here from the 1965 Christmas classic A Charlie Brown Christmas has become a very popular holiday standard. There have been many cover versions from artists ranging from Mariah Carey to R.E.M. to Tony Bennett. The song was also released in an instrumental version that has been sampled a few times, such as in Shady from soul singer/songwriter Dwele.
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2008
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VINCE GUARALDI TRIO - My Little Drum >< MONSTA - Holdin' On
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1965
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This jazz piano arrangement of The Little Drummer Boy was released as part of the 1965 TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas. The song was originally written in 1941 under the title Carol Of The Drum. It was made popular, like some other Christmas songs, being covered on the 1958 Harry Simone Chorale album. By the 1960's it was a popular Christmas standard often covered. In 2012 it was sampled on the song Holdin' On, a dubstep track by Monsta.
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2012
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THE CHIPMUNKS - The Chipmunk Song >< THE WHOOLIGANZ - The Whooliganz
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1958
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The Whooliganz were a 1990's hip-hop duo that formed as teenagers in Beverly Hills. They recorded their debut album in 1993, and they were part of The Soul Assassin Collective - joined by Cypress Hill. House Of Pain and Funkdoobiest. By the time they released this 1995 track, where they sample The Chipmunk Song, they had already broken up to go separate ways. Alan Maman went solo, and he is a producer known as The Alchemist, and Scott Caan pursued acting like his famous father James.
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1995
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HARRY SIMONE - The Little Drummer Boy >< PRINCE BUSTER - Wreck A Pum Pum
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1958
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The original recorded version of The Little Drummer Boy was in 1955 by The Trapp Family Singers. This 1958 recording by the Harry Simone Chorale was the version that was covered by others, and this popular recording was re-released over and over again. It is not uncommon to find Christmas riffs inside reggae arrangements. Elements from The Little Drummer Boy are used in this classic 1969 track Wreck A Pum Pum from Prince Buster - one of the most important and influential ska and reggae artists.
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1969
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CARLA THOMAS - Gee Whiz It's Christmas >< ORIGINAL FLAVOR - Waitin' 4 My Breaks
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1963
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Carla Thomas is known as the Queen Of Memphis Soul, she is also the daughter of legendary blues and soul artist Rufus Thomas. Her most famous single was Gee Wiz (Look At His Eyes) in 1960 released by Rufus and Carla. The popularity of this song launched the young singers first record deal. In 1963 Thomas released a nice original Christmas song, Gee Whiz It's Christmas. That song was one of three sampled for 1992's Waitin' 4 My Breaks - a song by the by 1990's rap duo Original Flavor off their debut ablum
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1992
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VINCE GUARALDI TRIO - Christmas Is Coming >< MELLOWHYPE - Hell
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1965
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Mellowhype is a hip hop duo from Los Angeles that has released three albums since 2008. Hell, off their second album. features singer Frank Ocean, and it also samples from Vince Guaraldi's classic Christmas Is Coming. The song is from A Charlie Brown Christmas, an album that features several completely original songs. The Grammy Hall Of Fame recording is the tenth best selling Christmas album of all time.
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2010
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