Stop thinking of Ringo Starr as the “funny Beatle,” he’s the Christmas Beatle! Ringo is the only member of the Beatles to release an album of holiday music, and he was also the honorary “Santa tracker” for NORAD in 2003.
In 1964 Beatlemania was riding it’s first wave of popularity, and there were many Beatles-inspired Christmas songs, such as “I Want A Beatle For Christmas,” by Becky Lee Beck, “All I Want for Christmas Is a Beatle” by Dora Bryan, “I Want A Beatle For Christmas” by Patty Surby And The Canadian V.I.P’s, “Christmas with the Beatles” by Judy and the Duets and “I Want the Beatles for Christmas” by Jackie and Jill.
There were also many songs that paid special tribute to Ringo Starr alone, such as “Ringo I Love You” by Bonnie Jo Mason (aka Cher) and “I Want Ringo For Christmas” by The Four Sisters. There were also at least two Christmas songs released in 1964 titled “Santa Bring Me Ringo,” one by a group called Tich and Quackers and another by a girl named Christine Hunter.
A high-school girl named Dottie Kolzauski, along with some friends, formed a group called Three Blonde Mice, after writing a song called “Ringo Bells.” They recorded the song for Atco (a division of Atlantic Recording), and released it for the 1964 holiday season, with a squeaky rendition of “The 12 Days of Christmas” on the B-side (Atco 45-6324). The song features sped-up vocals to make it sound like singing mice, with Dottie taking lead vocals. There was also another song released the same year, with the same title, recorded by Bobby Roberts and the Ravons.
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