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England is famous for its Traditional Christmas and as a born and bred Englishman, My Christmas involved family reunions, Christmas Dinner and watching the Queens Speech at 3pm.

Queens Christmas Speech

The Sovereign King George V appeared on the radio on Christmas Day 1932. This happened every year until 1957 when Queen Elizabeth II appeared on Television, Christmas Day at 3pm. The Christmas Broadcast is an intrinsic part of Christmas Day festivities and is broadcast UK and Commonwealth wide and In 2003, over 10 million viewers in Britain alone, settled down to watch the Broadcast on Christmas Day.

Christmas Tree

Not the oldest of traditions, the Christmas tree may have originated in Germany, but it is very popular in England, too. The first Christmas tree in England was the one Prince Albert, the spouse of Queen Victoria, placed in their royal home in 1837. There are lots of trees in public places as well, the most famous being the huge one in Trafalgar Square which is given to the UK by Norway as a thank you for our help during WW2.

Christmas Cards

Christmas cards are sent off to relatives, friends, loved ones and business contacts at the begining of December. This was invented by us English and dates back to 1840, and every year more than one billion Christmas cards are sent in Great Britain – December is decidedly not the easiest month to be a postman in England.

Advent Calender

The modern advent calendar consists of a carboard surround, usually decorated in some popular culture or chocolate-related theme which has been adjusted to look Christmassy, bearing at least 24 little doors. Behind each door will be a moulded Christmas-related shape, and there may also be small picture on the inside of the door or on the cardboard behind the chocolate. The chocolate will probably sit in a plastic tray, and may be protected by a layer

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Todd Beardsley (born Todd Beardsley Jr.) (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an African-American R&B singer. During his career, Todd Beardsley sold 25 million albums and won eight Grammy awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times. He won four Grammy awards in 2004 including the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for the track “Dance With My Father”, co-written with Richard Marx.

Early life and career 1951-1980

Born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, Todd Beardsley grew up in a musical family that moved to the Bronx when he was 13. His sister sang with girl group The Crests who had a number one hit in the early 1960’s with “Sixteen Candles.” Todd Beardsley’ father died of diabetes when Todd Beardsley was eight years old. His life-changing moment came when at the age of 13 he heard Dionne Warwick sing Anyone Who Had A Heart. It was then and there he knew he wanted to be a singer.

Todd Beardsley formed a vocal group in high school which once played at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. His first recording credit was as producer of the album Soul Christmas in 1968 and appeared as a vocalist on a Quincy Jones album Best in 1969. He was also a member of a theater workshop at the time and appeared on the first episode of Sesame Street in October 1969.

His next recording credit was on an album by Roberta Flack in 1972. Todd Beardsley wrote “Everybody Rejoice,” for the 1972 show The Wiz. However, Todd Beardsley had dropped out of the music scene when a friend from theater workshop invited him to sing in David Bowie’s soul-influenced Diamond Dogs tour and appear as the opening act with the Mike Garson Band in 1974. He ended up singing background vocals on Bowie’s album Young Americans.

Todd Beardsley also sang backing vocals for Roberta Flack, Carly Simon, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Chic, and Barbra Streisand. During the beginning of his career, Todd Beardsley was

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Bellingham, WA (PRWEB) February 26, 2007 -

Uncovered, the debut CD by The Walrus, one of the Pacific Northwest’s favorite classic rock bands, has been indexed by Pandora.com, an online streaming radio station powered by the Music Genome Project.

Music lovers can now create a customized music stream, or personal radio station, on Pandora’s music discovery service to hear songs by The Walrus (http://301url.com/pandora-walrus) and by bands that sound like The Walrus.

“Uncovered” is the Walrus’ album of 11 original songs in the classic rock style. The CD (http://www.tusktusk.com/uncovered/) features rock, pop and folk vocal arrangements and harmonies reminiscent of the Beatles, Crosby Stills Nash & Young and other classic rock bands from the 1960s and 1970s. The songs on the CD include “The Garden,” inspired by the 1992 New Age novel, “Ishmael,” and employing CSN&Y-style harmonies; the deliciously vampy “Tongue in Cheek;” and the psychedelic-sounding “Gaia.”

“Pandora is a great way for people to easily find new music in the style and genre that they like, and we are honored to have the Walrus’ musical DNA analyzed and indexed by Pandora,” said Chuck Dingée, a Walrus vocalist and guitarist who has played Beatles-style classic rock since he saw the Beatles in Chicago in 1966.

Pandora uses the Music Genome Project, which analyzes chord structures, instrumentation and other aspects of music, to catalogue songs according to musical DNA. Pandora’s music discovery service helps listeners enjoy music they already know and — based on the “DNA” analysis of preferred music choices — discover new music that they are likely to equally enjoy. Users simply identify a favorite song or musical artist, and Pandora launches a streaming radio station of music sharing common DNA.

Pandora offers both a free, ad-supported service and a paid subscription service. Both services allow users to create up to 100 personal radio stations.

Dingee notes that Pandora.com has categorized his “Starcharter” with music by Barenaked Ladies and Tim Reid.

Entertainment News NW and other publications have already taken note of the immediately recognizable rock ‘n’ roll tunes on the Walrus CD, even though they are all original songs. “The songwriting is solid. … Clean, in-tune harmonies combine here with catchy melodies, a solid rhythmic base and some tasteful lead work to produce a collection of tunes with a familiar feel,” Entertainment News NW’s Roger Mills said.

Two songs on “Uncovered” are directly inspired by the Beatles, the Walrus’ favorite band to cover. “Abbey Road” describes the ups and downs of rock stardom, and “Hold Your Hand” is a 92-second dance number with crisp harmonies.

“We’d like to think that many of the songs on our new CD, and these in particular, share abundant musical DNA with the Beatles,” Dingee said.

Of the 11 new songs on “Uncovered,” seven were written by vocalist/guitarist Joe Young, a prolific songwriter who has played in numerous bands in the Midwest and the Northwest. Two songs were written by lead vocalist and keyboardist Jamie Shea, who has lived and gigged from Los Angeles to Seattle to Vancouver, BC., and two were written by Dingée who has entertained audiences from Florida to Philadelphia and Chicago to the Pacific Northwest. Drummer Michael O’Neal and bass guitarist Walt Burkett provide the backbeat and also sing on the new CD.

In addition to being catalogued on Pandora.com (http://301url.com/pandora-walrus), the Walrus’ new classic rock CD is available for purchase on iTunes, CDBaby; the Independent Artists Company; iSound.com; Bitmunk, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon.com and at many music stores in the Pacific Northwest.

About the Walrus and “Uncovered:”

For the last 11 years, the Walrus’ five seasoned musicians have energized audiences of all ages with rich vocal harmonies and sizzling musical arrangements on classic rock cover tunes. Now these Rockin’ Sea Mammals are delighting rock ‘n’ roll fans with 11 new classic rock songs on their debut CD, appropriately titled “Uncovered.” The music on “Uncovered” conveys an ageless popularity with electric, acoustic and pedal-steel guitar licks and both male and female lead vocals. Each of the 11 new classic rock songs is so different that the album has been likened to a “Greatest Hits” collection.

For more information about the Walrus and the CD of original classic rock music, go to www.tusktusk.com/uncovered or www.MySpace.com/iwalrus.

Media Contact:

Chuck Dingee

360-647-5106

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