The Christmas Song - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire - Wells and Torme - arranged by Jose Valdez
Channel: Danny Muliana
Date: 2019-12-16

To Listen to Michael Buble singing in live performance of "The Christmas Song", please click links below :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-cxnPRwbNg

"The Christmas Song" (commonly subtitled "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" or, as it was originally subtitled, "Merry Christmas to You") is a classic Christmas song written in 1945 by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé.

In 1946, Nat King Cole became the first recording artist to wrap his lush vocals around what would become a standard of the holiday season, "The Christmas Song." But that song was written by a different crooner: Mel Tormé.

The story behind the creation of this Christmas classic:

It was on a hot, oppressive summer day in 1945 that Mel Torme, went over the house of one of his writing partners, Bob Wells.

"Wells was nowhere to be seen," James says, "But there was a spiral pad at the piano. There were four lines scribbled down on it in pencil."

Those four lines were: "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire / Jack Frost nipping at your nose / Yuletide carols being sung by a choir / And folks dressed up like Eskimos."

When Bob Wells eventually appeared, he told Mel that he had been trying to do everything to cool down on that hot day. 

Wells said, "I thought that maybe if I could just write down a few lines of wintry verse, I could physiologically get an edge over this heat."

Forty-five minutes later, the lyrics of what would be "The Christmas Song" were finished.

GEAR USED : 
Guitar: Ryoji Matsuoka MF80 (Ignacio Fleta model) 

Guitar String: D'addario EJ45FF Pro Arte Carbon Normal Tension nylon string https://amzn.to/2PLySHI 

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6i https://amzn.to/2TCmk3Q 

Guitar Stand: OnStage XCG4 Black Tripod Single Guitar Stand https://amzn.to/2DXbhh0 

These are Affiliate links, meaning I make a small commission if you buy using them.

It makes no difference in the price, it's just a normal Amazon sale and I really appreciate the support for the channel that you provide by using these links to buy the above gear used.

Guitar Tuning: 6th String Drop D Tuning 

If you enjoy my performance, please "SUBSCRIBE" for coming new videos and hit that "LIKE" button to help more people see it.

Thanks for watching and listening !