I remember it shaking when he waved his arms around and yelled, to make some point or other. I noticed he wore a gold identity bracelet, and he showed me the inscription on the inside: "To Jule, who knew me when, Frankie" - a gift from Sinatra delivered to a bleary Styne by a courier from Cartier's the morning after the singer's spectacular solo debut at the Paramount Theatre in 1942.
The first time I met Styne was at his office up the dingy stage-door stairs above the Mark Hellinger Theatre on Broadway. I knew Jule Styne somewhat, and Sammy Cahn rather better: He was very generous to me, and opened a lot of doors. Sometimes it pays to be counter-intuitive: The following winter, on the chilliest of days, Styne & Cahn wrote "The Things We Did Last Summer". But Jule said, 'Let's go write a winter song.'" That being so, he continued, "I wanted to go to the beach and cool off. Styne & Cahn were sitting in the offices of the Edwin Morris music publishing company on what Sammy told me was "one of the hottest days in the history of Los Angeles". It didn't seem that smart a move in July 1945. But even for songwriters that successful, a lasting seasonal hit is an insurance policy that never stops paying out the "Yuletide gravy", as Variety called it. Styne was a blockbuster Broadway composer of the post-war era - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Gypsy, Funny Girl - and Cahn wrote the lyrics that re-defined the post-bobby-sox Sinatra as a ring-a-ding-ding swinger: "The Tender Trap", "Come Fly with Me", "My Kind of Town". His new music and the birth of their identical twin daughters, Ava "Dior" and Athens Elizabeth, have been covered in the mainstream media by PEOPLE, "The Doctors" and "Entertainment Tonight.The men who wrote it are no strangers to these parts: Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn. The self-titled EP-his first on mainstream label Atlantic Records-features five originals, all co-written by Dixon, including his recent chart-topping hit, "Miracles." Not only did he become a first-time father, but Dixon also released his first batch of new music in three years. The Christmas single caps a big year for the singer. Not sure we'll get any snow either, but one could hope!" "Annie and I are so excited to celebrate our first Christmas as a family of four, so recording a new song in time for the holidays just seemed like a really fun idea. "'Let It Snow' has always been a favorite of mine," Dixon says of the selection. So no matter where the couple and their brand new twin girls-born in August-spend the holiday, they might just be wishing for freezing temps, too.
While Dixon hails from Tennessee, his wife, Annie, is from California. The duo, dreaming of cooler weather, penned the song as a heat wave crested over Hollywood, California. Ironically, the original rendition of "Let It Snow" was written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in the summer of 1945.
He previously put his stamp on "Jingle Bells" back in 2013. "Let It Snow" is only the second Christmas release of Dixon's career. Dixon's slow-burning version of "Let It Snow" finds the new "girl dad" performing a traditional arrangement of the seasonal favorite against a backdrop of plaintive piano and subtle sleigh bells. "American Idol" alum Dixon rings in the holiday season with his take on a Christmas classic.
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