Sooner or Later (Madonna song) beaded fringing and striped sequined embroidery, designed by Jean Paul Gaultier, underneath a long black robe. On his review of the concert, Richard Harrington from "The Washington Post", opined Madonna "acquitted herself quite well on 'Sooner or Later'". Two different performances were taped and released on video, the "Blond Ambition Japan Tour 90", taped in Yokohama, Japan, on April 27, 1990, and the "Blond Ambition World Tour Live", taped in Nice, France, on August 5, 1990. At the 1991 Academy Awards, Madonna appeared with singer Michael Jackson as her date and performed "Sooner or Later". According to journalist Liz Smith,
A Holly Jolly Christmas A Holly Jolly Christmas "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (also called "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas") is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and most famously performed by Burl Ives. The song has since become one of the Top 25 most-performed "holiday" songs written by ASCAP members, for the first five years of the 21st century. "A Holly Jolly Christmas" was written by Johnny Marks in 1962. It was the title song of The Quinto Sisters' first album "Holly Jolly Christmas", recorded in June 1964 for Columbia Records, featuring guitarist Al Caiola with arrangements by Frank Hunter and Marty Manning.