Oh My – O Holy Night Revealed

Posted on October 22nd, 2007 in Music by Fred McKinnon

OK everyone -

This is TOO BIG not to blog. For those who have been around here for a while, you’ll remember that I posted a “special” rendition of “O Holy Night” on my blog a few years ago. Needless to say, it attracted a LOT of attention over the last couple of years. The true performance of the song has been a super-mystery … not just to me, but to millions of curious listeners all over the world.

Last year during the Christmas season, one specific radio station out in California actually discovered it on my blog and because it was “on my blog” they declared that I was the actual artist – and my name was used as the performer for the entire month of December during the famous “Worse Christmas Song Ever” contest. It was intimidating – a fire I couldn’t put out … but an entertaining ride, nonetheless.

Well folks … we’re entering that season again … but as of a few hours ago … it’s no longer a mystery.

That’s right … the mystery seems to be solved. Let’s just say I’ll be talking with the REAL PERFORMER tomorrow. No kidding. He contacted me tonight.

I don’t think I’ll sleep tonight – this is going to be a WILD RIDE.

Stay tuned to FredMcKinnon.Com for the next few weeks … you will NOT want to miss this one, folks.

And for those who missed the posts:
1 – the original posting of “O Holy Night”
2 – my brief mention of the fiasco last Christmas (in retrospect, I cannot believe I didn’t blog about this more!)

Are you curious?
Fred


  • http://www.chrismoncus.com/ Chris Moncus

    Wow! Finally! Will your stardom be lost once the true performer is known? Does he hate the people who made fun of him?

    Oh the questions!

  • http://www.robertpooley.org Robert Pooley

    That’s ok… don’t be sad… You will always be linked with the worst Christmas song in “my” heart.

  • Mom

    Since I kept up with the whole scenario the first time I absolutely cannot WAIT to find out the true artist!!! I have quesitons, questions, questions. Why did he just now contact you after all this time? Is he the real thing? How do you know? Hurry and tell all!

  • http://blendingworship.wordpress.com mandy

    CRAZY!!!

  • Robert McKinnon

    Dude, you better let us know something soon. You certainly know how to keep an idiot in suspense.

  • http://practicalworship.blogspot.com/ Nathan Lawrenson

    I have a funyy story about this as well…when I was at Liberty University, I helped organize and pull off our annual Christmas chapel service (which was the last service of the fall semester). This service was always given over completely to the students and was usually a fun time for the students to blow off some steam and celebrate the end of the semester and upcoming break. The CCM artist Chalres Billingsly was the “artist in residence” at the time. Anyway, beyond a bunch of other funny stuff, we had a very well-known student vocalist dress up and look just like Charles, and come out on stage and lip-sync to this song. I was most excellent…the best part was, Charles had no idea this was going to happen, and just the week before he had actually sung a very nice version of this song, telling everyone that it was his favorite Christmas song… HAHA!

  • http://www.fredmckinnon.com Fred McKinnon

    Rob – believe me, I’ll work it for every bit I can! Can’t divulge much now, there is an exclusive interview coming up from another site (not mine, unfortunately).

    Nathan – that is totally HILARIOUS!

  • http://4whatitsworth.wordpress.com/ Shannon Lewis

    O my – I AM INTERESTED.
    I predict that this will be the most famous thing you’ve ever done on the web. Wow.

  • http://mudpuppy.wordpress.com Mud Puppy

    W-O-W

    First time hearing that for me… I’m really looking foward to the interview!!

  • http://ordinary-radical.blogspot.com russ

    Nice!

    And about Shackles, it makes a very good praise song! Especially if you’ve got someone who can really soulfully sing those verses!

    Hope it goes well!

  • http://billychia.com Billy Chia

    So, who’s the guy?

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