KOCF.org /
KOCF-FM 92.7 radio host Chris Stilwell has recently been devoting
extensive segments of his program,
"Free Formations," to profiling me and my good
friend, producer and brilliant songwriting partner, Dave
Siebels.
Chris has also generously given over substantial
segments of his shows for my presentations of the
career story
of my late friend and mentor, the great Herb
Jeffries and my audio version of my Las Vegas-style musical
revue of
"There Will Never Be Another... Harry Warren" which
chronicles the career of one of America's finest songwriters.
On December 23 & 30, 2023, I was honored to present
a half-hour special of my original Christmas songs.
Click the button below to access and listen to these
recorded segments.
(Click on the artwork for any song below to display its individual webpage.)
A star shined bright one silent
night
The heavens it adorned
It bathed the world in sacred
light
The night that Christ was born
The night that Jesus Christ was born good tidings
were revealed
To shepherds tending to their flock abiding in the field
An Angel of the Lord declared these words of hope and joy
A savior God has sent to you... a blessèd baby boy
A star shined bright one silent
night
The heavens it adorned
It bathed the world in sacred
light
The night that Christ was born
Three wise and wealthy kings set forth toward a land afar
To seek the newborn Prince of Peace beneath that yonder star
Though
precious were their gifts of gold... of frankincense and myrrh
The shepherds’ humble gift of love The Holy Child preferred
A star shined bright one silent
night
The heavens it adorned
It bathed the world in sacred
light
The night that Christ was born
Instrumental
S o may we too at Christmastime
and every day we live
Recall the greatest gift of all is all the love we give
A star shined bright one silent
night
The heavens it adorned
It bathed the world in sacred
light
The night that Christ was born
A star shined bright one silent
night
The night that Christ was born
Is There Any Day Better Than Christmas?
Is there any day better than Christmas
Any day any more full of cheer
There’s no way any day could be better
It’s the merriest day of the year
Bright Christmas lights are twinkling nightly all across the town
December chills the air as frosty snowflakes flitter down
The malls abound with hurried shoppers giggling rounds of glee
They scurry home with gifts to stow beneath a Yuletide tree
Is there any day better than Christmas
Any day any more full of cheer
There’s no way any day could be better
It’s the merriest day of the year
How dearly we anticipate the year's most sacred day
To celebrate the birth of Him who’d come to show the way
To venerate the One who changed the course of all our lives
To keep His love… peace and good will within our hearts alive
Is there any day better than Christmas
Any day any more full of cheer
There’s no way any day could be better
It’s the merriest day of the year
Is there any day better than Christmas
Any day any more full of cheer
There’s no way any day could be better
It’s the merriest day of the year
If Every Day Were Christmas...
If every day were Christmas… if somehow this came true
The world would soon be filled
with joy and no one would be
blue
If every day were Christmas… the spirit of the day
Of peace on Earth… good will to everyone...
would
come to stay
Let every day be
Christmas
Be kind to everyone
Help others realize
their dreams
With good deeds you
have done
Sweet light will
shine upon you
From Heaven high
above
And everyone you
meet will be
Inspired by your
love
If every day were Christmas… if somehow this came true
The world would soon be filled
with joy and no one would be
blue
If every day were Christmas… the spirit of the day
Of peace on Earth… good will to everyone...
would
come to stay
Instrumental
Keep every day as
Christmas
With cheerfulness to
spare
And give your
smiles away like you're
A smile millionaire
If every day were Christmas… if somehow this came true
The world would soon be filled
with joy and no one would be
blue
If every day were Christmas… the spirit of the day
Of peace on Earth… good will to everyone...
would
come to stay
Yes... peace on Earth… good will to everyone ...
would
come to stay
There is a Santa Claus!
I read a letter yesterday a girl wrote long ago
With hope that
someone at
The Sun would more than likely know
Dear Editor… I’m eight years old… Virginia is my name
While I believe in Santa Claus my friends don’t feel
the same
I asked my Papa who is right... my little friends or I
He said I should ask you because The New York Sun won't
lie
So tell me
please what is the truth… does Santa Claus exist
Or is he just a
fairy tale… a legend or a myth
T here is a Santa Claus
You may be sure
because
His presence
though your eyes conceal
Y our
faithful heart will still reveal
And that’s why I can say
to you
Y es
Virginia it is true
There is a Santa Claus
There is a Santa Claus
That editor was Francis Church who tenderly opined
My dear your little friends are wrong... I fear they've
closed their minds
These days so
many people won't believe what they can't see
And what their brains don't comprehend they'll say no
way can be
How dreary
must existence be for those who don’t believe
Whose faith is
lost with all the wonders that they can't perceive
The things most
real in all the world... like love... no one can see
And yet they fill our wistful lives despite their
mystery
T here is a Santa Claus
You may be sure
because
His presence
though your eyes conceal
Y our
faithful heart will still reveal
And that’s why I can say
to you
Y es
Virginia it is true
There is a Santa Claus
There is a Santa Claus
There is a
Santa Claus
There is a
Santa Claus
A Living Christmas Tree
I'm celebrating
Christmas with a living Christmas tree
A tree that
purifies the air to keep us breathing free
A tree that in the
springtime I'll be planting in the ground
A
living Christmas tree to give us gifts the whole year-round
It’s getting
close to Christmastime… the season of good cheer
Without a doubt
this truly is my fav’rite time of year
Thou gh
lately I’m preoccupied with something of great worth
A way to stave off climate change and save our planet
Earth
I'm celebrating
Christmas with a living Christmas tree
A tree that
purifies the air to keep us breathing free
A tree that in the
springtime I'll be planting in the ground
A
living Christmas tree to give us gifts the whole year-round
Earth needs more trees to sweep the breeze of man-made
CO2
If we chop down too many trees we'll soon be turning
blue
We must not wait
till it’s too late... the bill is overdue
And so to start
to pay my part here’s what I plan to do
I'm celebrating
Christmas with a living Christmas tree
A tree that
purifies the air to keep us breathing free
A tree that in the
springtime I'll be planting in the ground
A
living Christmas tree to give us gifts the whole year-round
Instrumental
An artificial
Christmas tree's a partial substitution
It saves a tree but can't reverse the curse of air pollution
So if you have a mind to stand behind a real solution
Go get a living Christmas tree and join the revolution
I'm celebrating
Christmas with a living Christmas tree
A tree that
purifies the air to keep us breathing free
A tree that in the
springtime I'll be planting in the ground
A
living Christmas tree to give us gifts the whole year-round
To help with the solution to CO2 pollution
Go get a living Christmas tree and join the revolution
One Christmas Eve
One Christmas Eve so very long ago
We chanced to meet beneath a mistletoe
I heard enchanting music play
Just as you smiled to sweetly say
For this and every Christmas
May all your dreams come true
I wish you Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year too
One Christmas Eve as moonlight lit the snow
We shared a kiss beneath a mistletoe
I realized that
blissful day
I’d never tire to
hear you say
For this and every Christmas
May all your dreams come true
I wish you Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year too
One Christmas Eve the world was all aglow
We fell in love beneath a mistletoe
Happy together since that day
That day I heard you
sweetly say
For this and every Christmas
May all your dreams come true
I wish you Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year too
For this and every Christmas
May all your dreams come true
I wish you Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year too
I wish you Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year too
Your Christmas Carol
This is your
Christmas carol
It's my
gift of cheer for you
May it wish you Merry Christmas
Every year your whole life through
I pray each Christmas from your past
Still brings you joy today
In memories that linger on
To never fade away
But may this Christmas top them all
Until the one next year
And every future Christmas be
A sweeter souvenir
This is your
Christmas carol
It's my
gift of cheer for you
May it wish you Merry Christmas
Every year your whole life through
My fondest Christmas wish of all
Has been far better said
In words much finer than are mine
I'll share with you instead
It's the most well-known Christmas wish
Since Christmas was begun...
"And so, as Tiny Tim observed,
God bless Us, Every One!” *
This is your
Christmas carol
It's my
gift of cheer for you
May it wish you Merry Christmas
Every year your whole life through
Instrumental
This is your
Christmas carol
It's my
gift of cheer for you
May it wish you Merry Christmas
Every year your whole life through
* Charles
Dickens (1812-1870) - "A Christmas Carol" (1843)
I Never Met a Stranger at Christmastime
Well I never
met a stranger at Christmastime
Everybody's
overflowing with good cheer
Merry Christmas... Peace on Earth... Days of Auld Lang Syne
Health and
happiness be yours throughout the year
Santa's
helper on the sidewalk rings a silver bell
To remind us
what a joy it is to give
That there's
nothing more than sharing makes you feel so well
For to keep love to yourself is not to live
While the children grow excited counting down the hours
Until Santa leaves their toys beneath the tree
I'm remembering the Child this day is all about
And how we're all part of one big family
Oh I never
met a stranger at Christmastime
Everybody's
overflowing with good cheer
Merry Christmas... Peace on Earth... Days of Auld Lang Syne
Health and
happiness be yours throughout the year
Instrumental
It's too
long and so unwise to wait another year
Looking
forward to December twenty-five
So I'm
promising myself to send out Christmas cheer
From my
heart for all three hundred sixty-five
'Cause I
never met a stranger at Christmastime
Everybody's
overflowing with good cheer
Merry Christmas... Peace on Earth... Days od Auld Lang Syne
Health and
happiness be yours throughout the year
Merry Christmas... Peace on Earth... Days of Auld Lang Syne
Health and
happiness be yours throughout the year
The Joy of Christmas Day
There's nothing more I'd Like to do
Nowhere
on Earth I’d rather stay
Than my dear friend to be with you
To share
the joy of Christmas Day
Just
call me sentimental...
I’m not
too shy at all
To don
my Yuletide spirit when
summer turns to fall
All
autumn I look forward to Saint
Nick’s holiday
As it
draws near I cheer him to hurry
on his way
There's nothing more I'd Like to do
Nowhere
on Earth I’d rather stay
Than my dear friend to be with you
To share
the joy of Christmas Day
Fa la la la la la la la
Fa la la la la la la la
Fa la la la la la la la
Fa la la la la la la la
Your lovely invitation arrived
today by mail
With
sweet anticipation
I’ll be
there without fail
Another
year behind us... old
Santa on his sleigh
This
Christmas Eve will find us together
come what may
There's nothing more I'd Like to do
Nowhere
on Earth I’d rather stay
Than my dear friend to be with you
To share
the joy of Christmas Day
Fa la la la la la la la
Fa la la la la la la la
Yes
my dear friend I'll be with you
We'll
share the joy of Christmas Day
(Plays over Opening Credits)
(Plays over End Credits)
Vocalist: Randy Crenshaw
Vocalist: Jordyn Simone
Eighteen wheels
keep right on turnin’
Eighteen wheels
keep right on turnin’
Windin’ through
these parts unknown
Windin’ over parts unknown
Eighteen wheels
with tires burnin’
Eighteen wheels
with tires burnin’
Help me find my
way back home
Help him find
his
way back home
Most
my life’s been on the highway
Most
the time he's on the highway
Concrete ribbons ’cross the
land
Concrete ribbons ’cross the
land
Seems they’re
never goin’ my way
Looks like
life's not goin’ my way
Not the way I
ever planned
Not the way I
had it planned
For my fam’ly I
stand ready
Still I’m
faithful... true an' steady
I’ll make any
sacrifice
Willin’ to pay
any price
Workin’ hard
an’ drivin’ steady
For his sake
I'm always ready
Willin’ to pay any price
To make any sacrifice
Eighteen wheels
keep right on turnin’
Eighteen wheels
keep right on turnin’
Windin’ through
these parts unknown
Windin’ over parts unknown
Eighteen wheels
with tires burnin’
Eighteen wheels
with tires burnin’
Help me find my
way back home
Help him find
his
way back home
At the end of
all my rollin’
At the end of
all his rollin’
Down the road
to who knows where
Down the road
to who knows where
Lies the dream
my heart’s been holdin’
I'm the woman he'll be holdin'
My sweet woman’s waitin’ there
Lovin' him with tender care
Eighteen wheels
keep right on turnin’
Eighteen wheels
keep right on turnin’
Windin’ through
these parts unknown
Windin’ over parts unknown
Eighteen wheels
with tires burnin’
Eighteen wheels
with tires burnin’
Help me find my
way back home
Help him find
his
way back home
Written for the Motion Picture: "Selfie
Dad" (2020)
- Verse 1 -
God preserve our
noble nation
Victory
on her
bestow
Liberty be her
foundation
Tyranny her mortal foe
Bless America and her people
Shield our hearts
from fearsome woe
God preserve our
noble nation
Now
and forever as in days long ago
God preserve our
noble nation
Now
and forever as in days long ago
- Verse 2 -
God preserve our
noble nation
For her children yet unborn
Always make her fate be certain
As the dawning rays of morn
Bless America and her people
True allegiance we have sworn
God
preserve our noble nation
Now and forever may this world she adorn
God
preserve our noble nation
Now and forever may this world she adorn
- Verse 3 -
God preserve our
noble nation
Grant her might
that right be done
Brightly light her
lamp of freedom
Constant as the
midnight sun
Bless America and her people
Out of many we are one
God
preserve our noble nation
Now
and forever as a new day begun
God
preserve our noble nation
Now
and forever as a new day begun!
Miss Brandi Burkhardt - Vocalist
O Maryland… our
Maryland
We praise the
wonders of you
Among the states
that grace our land
No other stands
above you
Your loyal people
bold and free
Extol your noble history
Our Maryland will
always be
A state of greater
destiny
Though life may call
us far away
Within our hearts
you’ll surely stay
Until the end
our love we send
To Maryland… our
Maryland
Our Maryland will
always be
A state of greater
destiny
Until the end
our love we send
To Maryland… our
Maryland
The good people of Maryland
have determined that the lyrics
of
their official state song,
"Maryland, My Maryland"
(1861), don't reflect their
current-day values of equality and
inclusiveness.
Accordingly, legislation has
been proposed to replace the
offensive words in that song.
I've submitted these
replacement lyrics for
consideration by Maryland's
legislators.
(Note: I've retained the
traditional melody which was
written by Melchior Franck in
1615.)
"The song is beautiful and would be an ideal replacement
for our state song."
It is especially heartwarming to hear my dear friend
sing your song."
The Honorable Nicholaus Kipke, Maryland House of
Delegates
"This is great! Thanks for
sharing! "
"It's well past time we change the song to something
that better represents
the values of today’s Marylanders, and your lyrics set a
good example."
The Honorable Julie Palakovich Carr, Maryland House
of Delegates
"You’ve done a terrific job on the lyrics. "
The Honorable Terri L. Hill, M.D., Maryland House of
Delegates
From the soundtrack of the motion picture "Big Life" (2023) Also included on the album: "The Quarantine Project"... exclusively benefitting the "Nurses House" charity ( Download MP3 at Amazon: https://amzn.to/3sEpzIR )
(Lyrics: Damon Leigh / Music: Dave Siebels)
(Lyrics: Damon Leigh / Music: Damon Leigh & Dave Siebels)
(Music & Lyrics: Damon Leigh)
(Video & Lyrics: Damon Leigh / Music: Dave Siebels)
performed by legendary entertainment industry icon
Say
what do I do with this stupid tattoo of a
heart on my neck that says “Suzy”
It’s
as blue as the mold on a cheese that’s too old... What
a dipstick won’t do for a floozie
I
thought she was cool funky hip and old school... I was blind as a
bat in a blizzard
So I
said "What the heck!" and I inked up my neck... Now I look like a
lopsided lizard
Dumb fads… they come and they go like the wind and the rain with the weather
I
shoulda slipped the ditzy thing a mood ring...
Her name’s gonna stain me forever
The
tart broke my heart when she said we must part... Seems
the dude who tattooed me replaced me
That
pin-peckin' jerk did his homewreckin' work... While
he smiled he defiled and defaced me
Hey…
life ain’t so bad… I refuse to be sad... Got a
new doll who’s really a doozie
Though her handle is “Holly” and she’s never jolly when she views my
tattoo that says “Suzy”
Dumb fads… they come and they go like the wind and the rain with the weather
I
shoulda slipped the ditzy thing a mood ring...
Her name’s gonna stain me forever
INSTRUMENTAL
I’ve peed away cash on ludicrous trash
Like Pet Rocks and other cheap rubble
Much worse than all that this hideous tatt
Ain’t done nothing but buy me deep trouble
Dumb fads… they come and they go like the wind and the rain with the weather
I
shoulda slipped the ditzy thing a mood ring...
Her name’s gonna stain me forever
Dumb fads… they come and they go like the wind and the rain with the weather
I
shoulda slipped the ditzy thing a mood ring...
Her name’s gonna stain me forever
©2010 Damon Leigh (Lyrics) & David Siebels (Music)
All Rights Reserved
Note: The lyrics of Pat
Boone's version of "My Stupid Tattoo" are at slight variance
with those in the original version as recorded by Tony Galla.
Mr. Boone has a certain
public image that he's maintained over his seven decades in
show business.
Certain of Damon Leigh's original lyrics, while not profane
in any way, are
nonetheless incompatible with either Mr. Boone's public or
personal persona.
Working together with Mr. Boone, and out of respect for his
legendary status in the
music business, Damon Leigh has happily effected these minor
lyric changes.
(Video & Lyrics: Damon Leigh / Music: Dave Siebels)
(Video & Lyrics: Damon Leigh / Music: Dave Siebels)
Stardusk on the Trail
This song is lovingly
dedicated to Mr. Herb
Jeffries (1913-2014). As "The Bronze
Buckaroo", He (on
his faithful horse,
"Stardusk")
American Anthem (God Preserve Our Noble Nation) (Vocal by Brandi Burkhardt)
Down at Stogie Joe's (coming soon)
I Can't Go Back No More (coming Soon)
Visit my Voice-Over Web Page
Here's
what 'Mr.
Charles H.' of
Philadelphia, a
listener to
WYYR.com's "Big
Band Broadcast"
had to say:
"Priscilla
was very taken
by Damon Leigh's
voice, as am I!
I would kill for
a voice like
that!
I would gladly trade my 'Philadelphia Twang' for that urbane, sophisticated sound of Damon Leigh!"
Dear Damon,
It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you
of the passing of Nick Muir on October 29, 2022. Nick had been in ill health for some time and
then suffered a fall resulting in a broken hip
in September. He passed peacefully at home
with his wife and nurse in attendance.
Nick often told me how grateful he was to you
for making the promotion audios that he so
proudly incorporated into his Memory Lane
programs during his career as a broadcaster at
radio stations in Devon, UK. I would like
to express my gratitude also for your interest
in him and the programming he provided for
mature adults, as he called it "our kind of
music." Nick loved the "Memory
Lane Family" he brought together during the
years, many of whom keep in close contact with
each other and will probably be lifelong
friends. Thank you for being
part of that - you are appreciated!
Best regards from Oklahoma,
Kaye Davis ("OK Kaye")
Music & Lyrics ©2009
Damon Leigh
(ASCAP) All Rights
Reserved
CVHS Lyrics ©2009 Damon
Leigh
(ASCAP) / Music
Derived from the Public
Domain
We'll make you a sausage you can't
refuse!
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Jingles
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Ò Sausage Mio
Sausage Lucia
Pizza Mezzo Mare
Sausage Funiculà
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El Chorizo Lindo
Sausage Sorrento
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