George Grant Of The Castelles - One Little Teardrop / At Christmas Time flac album

George Grant & The Castelles At Christmas Time. The Castelles Over A Cup Of Coffee.

Baby Please Don't Stop feat.

This page shows the best-selling Christmas albums in the United States. It includes artists from all over the world, but it only includes sales in the United States of America. Prior to March 1, 1991, the only means of tracking sales figures for record albums and singles in the United States was via the certification system of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), based specifically on shipments (less potential returns) on a long-term basis.

George Grant and the Castelles came along in the middle of that shift. The songs they sang, and later the songs they wrote, were grownup songs. The heartbreak wasn't teenage and the imagery was some of the most intriguing in rhythm and blues ballads. I'm like a bird in a sandstorm," they sang in "Marcella. Girl, I'll keep trying just to make headway  . Still, Grant remains one of the first young R&B vocal group singers. He's also considered a foundation of the 1950s Philadelphia sound, a high lead over smooth harmony backing. Mainly, he was just a lovely singer.

George Grant, lead singer of the Castelles, is often thought to be one of the first examples of the young high tenor sound, that would culminate with Frankie Lymon and his hundreds of imitators. This is not exactly accurate. Although many fans think that Grant was extremely young at the time of the recordings (as did George himself), he was actually 16 when his first record was cut. This was probably the average age for R&B singers at that time. It was not the age of the voices that made the Castelles memorable, it was the quality.

Anton Chekhov’s At Christmas Time was published in 1900 and is recognized today as a Christmas classic. Just like Dostoevsky’s short story above, it’s a departure from the typical tale of Christmas sweetness. The story begins with an illiterate Russian peasant woman hiring a man to write a letter to her daughter whom she has not heard from in four years. While it’s a sad story, it reminds us to be grateful for what we have. You can read At Christmas Time online here. A Country Christmas was written by Louisa May Alcott. She is, of course, the author of the beloved novel Little Women (incidentally, the first two chapters of Little Women are set at Christmas time). However, a lot of people don’t know that she also wrote several short stories and poems about Christmas. One of May Alcott’s Christmas stories is titled A Country Christmas. Sophie is the protagonist of A Country Christmas.