Adam Sandler, “The Chanukah Song” The OG of Chanukah hits has to be Sandler’s iconic recitation of all the famous folks you didn’t realize were also celebrating the holiday, if only to make those kids with Santa envy realize that they’ve got a pretty deep bench as well. From David...
1: Adam Sandler: The Chanukah Song When actor and comedian Adam Sandler unveiled his ode to Hanukkah onSaturday Night Livein 1994, he was introducing the world to a new holiday classic. In an effort to help Jewish kids feel a little less alienated during the holidays, when Christmas is eve...
Co-written by singer Mel Torme, "The Christmas Song" became one of the defining performances of Nat King Cole's career. He recorded the song at least three times, but the 1961 recording is often considered the best. Sometimes the song is referred to as "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire...
More songs have probably been written to celebrate Hanukkah than any other Jewish festival. Whatever the reasons for the enduring popularity of Hanukkah, its music provides us with a fascinating insight into Jewish history and culture. Here is a medley of children's Hanukkah songs, performed by H...
coming off his 1980 albumThe River, which saw the artist reach the top of the Billboard album chart for the first time. The track was featured inReign Over Me, a rare dramatic role for Adam Sandler, who played Dr. Charley Fineman, a man bereaved by the loss of his family during the...
6. "The Chanukah Song" - Adam Sandler Perhaps the best song about Hanukkah ever written that isn't "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel." Adam Sandler appeared on SNL with this song in 1994 and we've been singing it ever since. In fact, theHaim sistersrecently did their own rendition of the fun...
New wave/disco hit "You Spin Me Round" has proven one of the most durable dance songs of the 1980s. It includes strings based on Richard Wagner's classical piece "Ride Of the Valkyries." The song was introduced to a new generation of fans by Adam Sandler in the "Wedding Singer." It...
Rape Victims Are Horny Too, parody songsters have rarely been such a central part of the cultural zeitgeist. Yet comedy musicians have been trailblazing for much longer than we may realize, and before the popularity of Weird Al, or even Bo Burnham, Adam Sandler, and Steve Martin, there was...
Adam -- a primal Old Testament name -- was revived as a 1960s cowboy name. Adam is not as popular as it once was and feels ready for a respite, replaced by newer A names like Aidan/Aiden, Avery and Axel. Its most prominent current bearers include Adams Sandler, Levine, Brody and ...
Sandler, Adam