Eddie Wakes Shares Holiday Jingle “It’s Christmas Time (That’s Why)”

Flatiron Recordings is very pleased to announce that “It’s Christmas Time (That’s Why),” the new holiday single from vocalist extraordinaire Eddie Wakes, is available everywhere HERE.

Wakes’ life as a singer is the stuff movies are made of: from performing at the Super Bowl as a youngster to being discovered years later singing on the street in Los Angeles by Hollywood A-listers.

Wakes comments:

“Who were my great influences growing up singing? Well, my older brothers, and of course, the countless icons who influenced them: Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Billy Eckstine, Johnny Hartman, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, even James Brown.”

In fact, the first time Wakes recorded a Christmas song was for Damien Chazelle’s LA LA Land, after Damien discovered Eddie singing on the street in Santa Monica, CA.

That’s because when Eddie Wakes sings, he turns heads. His vocal style is reminiscent of another time; Wakes has a velvety, wide-range baritone that doesn’t sound like other contemporary singers today. He’s a “tremendous singer,” says Elvis Costello.