Since the death of Charley Pride a few days ago, I have been listening to his beautiful music...including Christmas songs, including O Holy Night.
So YouTube began feeding me more renderings of O Holy Night! Not only Enrico Caruso, Placido Domingo, Mario Lanza...but also wonderful tenors I have not known before. Here is the magnificent Swedish tenor, Jussi Bjorling. Even the photos tugged my heart, because I grew up in SW Washington State logging country, amongst lots of rugged Swedes who came for the timber. And for a long time I thought everybody in the world looked like this, the Nordic bone structure...
...and here is Charley Pride, his lovely country baritone rendering...