NEW STANDARDS -- CHRISTMAS SONGS OF THE 1970S TO TODAY
CHRISTMAS PLAYLISTS
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Elvis Presley/Frank Sinatra's Jolly Christmas Album
THE ESSENTIAL CHRISTMAS ALBUM LIBRARY
Herb Alpert -- Christmas Album (1968)
Bing Crosby -- Merry Christmas aka White Christmas (many editions)
Bing Crosby -- Sings Christmas Songs
Ella Fitzgerald -- Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas (Just the first 12 songs, please; skip the rest)
Vince Guaraldi -- A Charlie Brown Christmas
Emmylou Harris -- Light Of The Stable
Mahalia Jackson -- Silent Night: Songs For Christmas
The Living Sisters -- Harmony Is Real: Songs For A Happy Holiday
Aimee Mann -- One More Drifter In The Snow
Wynton Marsalis -- Crescent City Christmas Card
Johnny Mathis -- Merry Christmas
Liam Neeson -- The Polar Express (narrator) (out of print)
Great Songs/Standards Since 1970
Jose Feliciano -- "Feliz Navidad" (Nov 1970)
Donny Hathaway -- "This Christmas" (Dec, 1970)
Joni Mitchell -- "River" (June 1971)
The Pretenders -- "2000 Miles" (single from Learning To Crawl, for o.d. James Honeyman Scott)
Ron Sexsmith -- "Maybe This Christmas"
Wham -- "Last Christmas"
Stevie Wonder -- "Someday at Christmas" (1967)
Great Records Since 1970
Band Aid -- "Do They Know It's Christmas"
The Bangles -- "Hazy Shade of Winter" (cover of 1966 S&G) (Less Than Zero)
Barenaked Ladies -- "Deck The Stills"
Mariah Carey -- "All I Want For Christmas Is You"
Bing Crosby and David Bowie -- "Peace on Earth/The Little Drummer Boy" (1977 special)
Everything But The Girl -- "Come On Home"
Aled Jones -- "Walking In The Air" from 1982's The Snowman TV special Raymond Briggs
The Kinks -- "Father Christmas"
John Lennon & Yoko Ono -- "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"
The Pogues w Kristy MacColl -- "Fairytale Of New York"
Queen -- "Thank God It's Christmas"
Chris Rea -- "Driving Home For Christmas" (1988, Top 40 since 2008)
Run-D.M.C. -- "Christmas In Hollis"
Bruce Springsteen -- "Santa Claus is Coming To Town"
U2 -- "New Year's Day"
Kate Bush -- "December Will Be Magic Again" and "Home For Christmas"
Most Emotional
Band Aid -- "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (Bono)
Darlene Love -- "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" On Letterman/The View
John & Yoko -- "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"
Terrible Records By Great Artists
Elton John -- "Step Into Christmas"
Paul McCartney -- "Wonderful Christmastime"
Under-appreciated
Extreme -- "Christmas Time Again"
Stevie Wonder -- "One Little Christmas Tree"
Greatest Christmas Songwriter?
Johnny Marks -- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree, A Holly Jolly Christmas, Silver and Gold, I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day AND Run Rudolph Run for Chuck Berry! Plus all the songs on the Rankin-Bass TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Like "We're A Couple Of Misfits"
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Check out The Shins - Wonderful Christmastime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IBqwAKv8b8
Thx for playing! Can The Shins rescue that Paul McCartney song?? Do I LOOK like Zach Braff? I'll bet it's better than his version. I almost included Diana Ross's version in one of my mixes. So I'll give it a spin :)
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