貓王的憂鬱聖誕

貓王Elvis Presley早年的錄音室與演唱會高音和聲歌手 Mildred "Millie" Kirkham 12月14日中風後在故鄉納許維爾家中去世 （91歲），1970年時Kathy Westmoreland就取代了"Millie"的舞台演出的位子，但是在貓王的記錄片"Elvis: That's The Way It Is."當中還可以看到她的身影。

"Millie"的聲音在貓王的暢銷曲"Blue Christmas" 、"Don't" 、"The Wonder Of You" 及 "Surrender"當中可以聽到，另外在Roy Orbison的"Oh, Pretty Woman"及Brenda Lee的"I'm Sorry"當中也有她的伴唱。

"Blue Christmas"是貓王1957年錄製的聖誕歌曲，詞曲作者是Billy Hayes 與 Jay W. Johnson，是Bing Crosby的White Christmas之外近代最知名的聖誕歌曲。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KK6sMo8NBY

 

Blue Christmas

I'll have a Blue Christmas without you

I'll be so blue just thinking about you

Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree

Won't be the same dear, if you're not here with me

 

And when those blue snowflakes start falling

That's when those blue memories start calling

You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white

But I'll have a blue, blue blue blue Christmas

 

You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white,

But I'll have a blue, blue, blue blue Christmas