44WeWantMore wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:27 am 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' was pretty dark as originally written. It was brightened for Judy Garland in 'Meet Me in St. Louis' and further brightened for Francis Albert.
https://ew.com/article/2007/01/08/histo ... iday-song/
quote from link: "The peppier Sinatra version turned the song into a Christmas perennial; it has since been recorded thousands of times."
Such panache! None better. EVER!