Rosemary Clooney - "Christmas Mem'ries"

As every Holiday Season, this month I’ll be choosing only Holiday Songs from as many holidays as I can.

Her voice, lit up a room. It was iconic. She was a master interpreter of song, and she had an uncanny knack of being able take a song that had been recorded time and time again, and making it seem brand new. Most importantly though, she infused each performance with a passion that was infectious.

Rosemary Clooney was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me", "Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There" and "This Ole House". She also had success as a jazz vocalist. Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly due to problems related to depression and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her White Christmas co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She continued recording until her death in 2002.

So today, memories lingering in the air, I choose Rosemary Clooney’s “Christmas Mem’ries” as my, hold on the golden moments, light up your life, look to the dreams, song for a, don’t linger where it hurts, love everywhere you can, shine back like a mirror, Monday.