Your Favorite Christmas Song?

[Mike Bruce]

Santa says not to get your hopes up this year, he knows where you've been on the internet!

So, here are some tune suggestions to sooth your soul:

1. Presents for Christmas -Solomon Burke
2. Santa Claus is Coming- Ray Charles
3. Winter Wonderland -Annie Lennox
4. Thank God It's Christmas- Queen
5. Santa Claus is Coming -Pointer Sisters
6. That Spirit of Christmas -Ray Charles
7. Blue Christmas -Loretta Lynn
8. Back Door Santa -Clarence Carter
9. Merry Christmas Baby -Sheryl Crow & Eric Clapton
10. Run Run Rudolph- Bryan Adams
11. Lonely This Christmas- Mud
12. Merry Christmas Everybody -Slade
13. Blue Christmas- Gary Hoey
14. Merry Christmas Baby -Tina Turner
15. Five Wishes for Christmas -Steve Martin
16. White Christmas -The Beatles
17. Merry Christmas Baby -Otis Redding
18. Another Christmas Song -Jethro Tun
19. Rockabilly Christmas- Big Bad Voodoo Daddies
20. Christmas All Over Again -Tom Petty
21. Walking'round Bob Rivers
22. Father Christmas -The Kinks
23. Christmas (Please Come Home) - U2
24. I Am Santa Claus - Ozzie

1. Poor Man's X-mas -Smokin' Joe Kubek wl Bnois King
2. Merry Christmas Baby I Please Come Home for Christmas -
Charles Brown
3. Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' -Albert King
4. I Wanna Be Your Santa Claus -Jerry McCain
5. Please Come Home for Christmas -Johnny Winter
6. Santa Claus, Santa Claus -Louis Jordan
7. Lonesome Christmas -Lowell Fulson
8. Run Rudolph Run -Chuck Berry
9. All I Need for Christmas is You -BB Coleman & Blues Boy Willie
10. At the Christmas Ball -Bessie Smith wl Louis Armstrong
11. How I Hate to See Christmas Come Around -Jimmy
Witherspoon
12. Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues -Sonny Boy Williamson
13. Christmas Comes but Once a Year -Charles Brown
& Johnny Otis
14. Merry Christmas Baby -BB King
15. Christmas Tears -Sandra Hall wl Chicago Bob Nelson
16. Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday -William Bell
17. Santa's Messin' with the Kid -Eddie C. Campbell
18. Santa -Lightnin' Hopkins
19. Santa, Don't Let Me Down -Earl King
20. Merry Christmas Baby - Luther Johnson "Guitar Junior"

1. Booge Woogie Santa Claus - Mabel Scott
2. Absent Minded Santa - Jerry McCain
3. Christmas Is Here Again - Little Johnny Taylor
4. Christmas Time - Trudy Lynn
5. Please Come Home For Christmas - Holy Cole
6. One Day Before Christmas - Legendary Blues Band
7. Sad, Sad Christmas - McCain/Coleman
8. Merry Christmas baby - William Bell
9. Blue Christmas - Meditation Singers
10. Gee Whiz It's Christmas - Carla Thomas'
11. Jingle Bells - Bookwer T and The MGs
12. Backdoor Santa - BB King
13. Happy Christmas Tears - Little Jimmy King
14. X-mas Blues - Preston Shannon Band
15. Five Pound Box Of Money - Michelle Wilson
16. I Wanna Spend Christmas With You - Lowell Fulson
17. Merry Christmas Baby - Chuck Berry
18. Empty Stocking Blues - Floyd Dixon
19. May Christmas Bring You Happiness - Chick Willis
20. Sam's Christmas Blues - Anson Funderburgh
21. I Didn't Get Nothin' For Christmas - Vernon Garrett

1. Christmas Celebration - B.B. King
2. Christmas, Don't Forget About Me - Drink 5mqll
3. Run, Rudolph, Run - Roomful of Blues
4. Dig That Crazy Santa Claus - Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers
5. Cool Yule - Louis Armstrong & the Commanders
6. Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas - Staple Singers
7. Santa Done Got Hip - The Marquees
8. Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Lionel Hampton
9. Five Pound Box of Money - Pearl Bailey
10. Santa Baby - Holly Cole
11. Let's Make Christmas Mean Something - James Brown
12. Lonesome Christmas - Blues Boy Willie
13. Just a Lonely Christmas - Diana Ross & the Suptemes
14. Merry Christmas, Baby - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
15. (AII I Want For Christmas) Is To Lay Around - Chick Willis
16. Hey Santa Claus - The Moonglows
17. Santa Claus is Back in Town - Nqppy Brown
18. Christmas Spirit - Julie Lee & Het Boy Friends
19. Christmas Tears - David Dee
20. I Told Santa Claus - Roomful of Blues
21. Wintertime Done Rolled - Lightnin S1im
22. Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby - Amos Milburn
23. Blues for Christmas - Eddie C. Campbell
24. Please Come Home for Christmas - Chick Willis


Jingle Bells-Diana Krall
Cool Yule-Matt Dusk
Santa Baby-Holly Cole
Silent Night-Take Three
Make It Christmas Day-Jan Arden
The First Noel-Frank Mills
O Little Town Of Bethlehem-John McDermott
I Saw Three Ships-Bruce Cockburn
Silver Bells-Anne Murray
It's A Marshmallow World-Kim Stockwood
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree-Rankin Sisters
I'll Be Home For Christmas-Joee
Taking Care Of Christmas-Randy Bachman
Christmas Eve-Spirit Of The West
12 Days Of Christmas-Bob & Doug McKenzie

Winter/Yule Folk-Rock, Disc 1

1."Fire And Wine" - Steve Ashley Stroll On; The Test of Time
2."Spirit of Christmas" - Steve Ashley; Stroll On Revisited, various - The Electric Muse
3."Gower Wassail" - Steeleye Span Ten Man Mop
4."Winter Winds - Fotheringay; Sandy Denny Who Knows Where The Time Goes
5."Winter Song" - Lindisfarne Nicely Out Of Tune
6."We Sing Hallelujah" - Richard & Linda Thompson I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
7."Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow" - Dave Pegg - The Cocktail Cowboy (or: Jethro Tull Christmas Album*
8."Inside" - Jethro Tull Benefit
9."Old Horse" - Martin Carthy The Collection
10."Here We Come A Wassailing" - Lea Nicholson Horsemusic
11."Romjulsgangar" - Bukkene Bruse (Norway) The Loveliest Rose*
12."For Saadan' Mildheds Gaver " - Bukkene Bruse (Norway) The Loveliest Rose*
13."German Tune" (carol) - Shirley & Dolly Collins For As Many As Will
14."The Moon Shines Bright" - Shirley & Dolly Collins For As Many As Will
15."Now Be Thankful" - Fairport Convention Full House (bonus tracks); History Of Fairport Convention
16."A Christmas Song" - Jethro Tull; Living In The Past, This Was (bonus tracks); (other rerecordings: A Little Light Music" (live); The Jethro Tull Christmas Album*)
17."The Sun Never Shines On The Poor" - Richard & Linda Thompson Hokey Pokey
18."Gaudete" - Steeleye Span Below The Salt
19."Cherry Tree Carol"- Pentangle Solomon's Seal
20."Feast Of Stephen" - Mike Heron Smiling Men With Bad Reputations
21."The Holly And The Ivy" - Steeleye Span (45 single)
22."Benedictus" - The Strawbs Grave New World
23."Ring Out Solstice Bells" - Jethro Tull Songs From The Wood; rerecording: The Jethro Tull Christmas Album

Winter/Yule Folk-Rock, Disc 2

1. Lena Willemark & Ale Möller (Sweden) - "Trilo" Nordan
2. Paul McCandless - "Coventry Carol" Windham Hill A Winter Solstice III*
3. Nightnoise - "Snow Is Lightly Falling" Windham Hill A Winter Solstice III*
4. Bukkene Bruse (Norway) - "Mariam hun er en Jomfrureen (Virgin Mary)" The Stone Chair
5. Ensemble Choral du Mout du Monde (breton)- "Nedeleg war ar mor (Christmas At Sea)" Noels Celtique*
6. Annbjørg Lien (Norway) - "A Little Child" Felefeber
7. The Strawbs - "Witchwood" From The Witchwood
8. Maggie Sansone - "Cantiga, A Madre Do Que Livrou" Ancient Noels*
9. Maggie Sansone - "15th Century Dutch Carols: When as The Rose of Jericho/A Year Begins Of Joy and Grace/To Us A Little Child Is Born" Ancient Noels*
10. Fairport Convention - "Journeyman's Grace" Angel Delight
11. Annbjørg Lien (Norway) - "Villvinter" (Wild Winter) Prisme
12. Jethro Tull - Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow Jethro Tull Christmas Album*
13. Mari & Sari Kaasinen (Finland) - "Heinilla härkien kaukalon (There In The Manger)" Can We Have Christmas Now?*
14. Muckram Wakes - "Horse March/Poor Old Horse" A Map of Derbyshire
15. Plainsong - "Raider" In Search of Amelia Earhardt
16. Ale Möller (Sweden) - "Snöflöjt (Snow Flute)" The Horse And The Crane
17. Roger Nicholson - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Fantasy" Nonesuch For Dulcimer
18. Donovan - "People Used To" Open Road
19. Shirley Collins - "Ashen ****** Wassail" Adieu Yo Old England
20. Steeleye Span - "The King" Please To See The King
21. Martin Carthy (w/Dave Swarbrick) - "Lord Of The Dance" The Bonny Black Hare; But Two Came By
22. Na Fili (Ireland) - "Don Oiche Ud I Mbeithil (That Night In Bethlehem)" Na Fili 3
23. Fairport Convention - "Farewell, Farewell" Liege And Lief; Sandy Denny - Who Knows Where The Time Goes

Winter/Yule Folk-Rock, Disc 3

1. "Bewcastle" - Maddy Prior and Rick Kemp
2. "Lament & Jig: Valencia Lament/Apples In Winter" - The Woods Band The Woods Band
3. "January's Snows" - The Woods Band The Woods Band
4. "January Man" - Bert Jansch Moonshine
5. "Lord Franklin" - Pentangle Cruel Sister (or Kevin Burke & Micheal O Domhniall Promenade)
6. "Frozen Man" - James Taylor New Moon Shine; Fairport Convention Old New Borrowed Blue
7. "Christmas Eve" - Andy Irvine Rainy Sundays...Windy Dreams
8. "Fire At Midnight" - Jethro Tull Jethro Tull Christmas Album, Heavy Horses
9. "The Apple-Wassailing Song" - The Watersons For Spence and Spicy Ale
10. "Christmas Hare" - Roger Watson The Pick And The Malt Shovel
11. "Down In Yon Forest" - Polly Bolton
12. "Arthur McBride" - Paul Brady Andy Irvine & Paul Brady
13. "Weathercock" - Jethro Tull Heavy Horses, Jethro Tull Christmas Album
14. "The Plainsman" - Fairport Convention Rosie
15. "The Snows They Melt The Soonest - Dick Gaughan
16. "Rain and Snow" - Pentangle Reflections;
17. "Cold And Raw" - High Level Ranters A Mile To Ride
18. "Turning Into Winter" - Jack The Lad It's Jack The Lad
19. "Lyke Wake Dirge" - Pentangle Basket of Light
20. "Candlemas Carol" - Steve Ashley Stroll On


"Footprints In The Snow" - Muleskinner
"Last Train To Poor Valley" - Norman Blake Fields of November
"The 28th of January" - Fuzzy Mt. String Band
"Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis" - Tom Waits Blue Valentine
"Dire Wolf" - Grateful Dead Workingman's Dead
"Jimmy Brown The Newsboy"
"Aqualung" - Jethro Tull Aqualung
"Cold Rain and Snow" - Grateful Dead (first album)
"Rain and Snow" - Muleskinner Muleskinner

Peace, Mike Bruce.

[Mike Bruce]

Also:

AC/DC - "Mistress For Christmas" THE RAZOR'S EDGE
Spinal Tap - "Christmas With The Devil" BREAK LIKE THE WIND
Bob Rivers (?) - "Christmas Hell's Bells" (good AC/DC impression)
The Christmas Jug Band (w/Dan Hicks) - Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'"
MISTLETOE JAM
Bob Seger - "Sock It To Me Santa" (early Detroit single, pre "Ramblin
Gamblin Man")

Jingle Bells-Diana Krall
Cool Yule-Matt Dusk
Santa Baby-Holly Cole
Silent Night-Take Three
Make It Christmas Day-Jan Arden
The First Noel-Frank Mills
O Little Town Of Bethlehem-John McDermott
I Saw Three Ships-Bruce Cockburn
Silver Bells-Anne Murray
It's A Marshmallow World-Kim Stockwood
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree-Rankin Sisters
I'll Be Home For Christmas-Joee
Taking Care Of Christmas-Randy Bachman
Christmas Eve-Spirit Of The West
12 Days Of Christmas-Bob & Doug McKenzie

Bruce Cockburn Christmas cd (from 1993).

1. Adeste Fidelis
2. Early On One Christmas Morn
3. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
4. Riu Riu Chiu
5. I Saw Three Ships
6. Down In Yon Forest
7. Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes
8. Go Tell It On The Mountain
9. Shepherds
10. Silent Night
11. Iesus Ahatonnia (The Huron Carol)
12. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
13. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
14. Mary Had A Baby
15. Joy To The World


Diana Krall Christmas Songs:


Jingle Bells

Let It Snow

The Christmas Song

Winter Wonderland

I'll Be Home For Christmas

Christmas Time Is Here

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

White Christmas

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

Sleigh Ride

Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep

Charles Brown Cool Christmas Blues

Tracklist:

1. Merry Christmas, Baby
2. Santa's Blues
3. Blue Holiday
4. Silent Night
5. Christmas Comes But Once a Year
6. Please Come Home for Christmas
7. Song for Christmas
8. Stay With Me
9. To Someone That I Love
10. Christmas in Heaven
11. Bringing in a Brand New Year

Peace, Mike Bruce.

[Telemarkman]

Oh boy ...

[flathd]

I just heard "Sleigh Ride" by the Ventures on the radio this morning.

Cool version, with alot of twang, vibrato and reverb.

Santa, I want the Ventures Christmas album.......

Whaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

[denny]

Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming. This version is my favorite - the last verse is non-traditional, but the arrangement works. Cool chord changes, and bizarre timing - the sheet music says "slowly slow down". Love instrumentals, but I think a large choir does it best.



Merry Christmas, denny

[TeleTim911]

ALL time favorite is Oh Holy Night, by John Berry.

Then there's this one....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1VkMBi9vvw

[TxTeleMan]

• Silent Night - sung to the original Austrian arrangement of Franz Gruber, by the Trapp Family Singers. *
• The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole
• O, Holy Night
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

The melody that is sung today in the US differs slightly (particularly in the second and final strains) from Gruber's original, which was a sprightly 6/8, as opposed to the slow, meditative 3/4 lullaby version generally sung today. Look at the first half of bar 3, and the final vocal line melody.

[brookdalebill]

"Christmas At The Jersey Lilly Lounge".
I don't know who did it.
Do y'all?

[otterhound]

My tastes are a little different .
" It's beginning to feel a lot like Syphilis "
" Walking 'round in women's underware "
" I am Santa Claus "
Feel free to delete this if so desired , but someone had to ask .

[caveman]

Mel Torme's version of The Christmas Song.

[Televised]

I grew up in the late 50's and early 60's so was heavily influenced by the "Chipmunks" and "Charlie Brown", (even more so than Dylan and the Beatles), and probabaly above and beyond that, lead in the drinking water. My youngest daughter when she was about two began singing "The First Noel" as "Oh Well...oh well....oh well....oh well", so that rocketed to the top of the charts with a bullet along with the old X-Mas classic, "Check the balls on uncle Charlie...fa la la la la....la la...la la". Pretty old school in this regard and stay with the X-Mas classics.

[BoogerRooger]

[Tele Fan]

Elvis - Santa Claus is back in town

[jwj4856]

Please Come Home for Christmas - Charles Brown or the Eagles
Blue Christmas - Elvis
Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
Rock and Roll Christmas - George Thorogood

[stantheman]

It's hard to think of one that isn't my favourite.
"I'll Be Home For Christmas" used to shatter me because I was so far away.
"Silent Night" brings back a flood of memories too.
"Sleigh Ride"; just being in Boston.

I guess they're all my faves.

[Hiker]

“The Christmas Song”, commonly subtitled “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire“ or “Merry Christmas to You.”

[Gilamnstr]

I can't believe nobody else has mentioned it yet: "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree", as performed by Brenda Lee.

[timmytVA]

No love for the The Chairman of the Board?

Pretty much everything on this album is awesome. Just beautifully arranged and sung. My favorite is probably "The Christmas Waltz" ... this song of mine / in three quarter time.



I'm also a big fan of Booker T and the MGs "In the Christmas Spirit".



Tim

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[KBing]

As a kid, my parents had a record by Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians. The album cover had a Norman Rockwell illustration on it. One side was traditional and the other a novelty recording that was worn out from being played so much by us kids, we loved it. It was comical had lots of sound effects and sounded like they had a great time recording it. Rousing renditions of Jingle Bells, Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer (a drunken one) and Night Before Christmas.

Fred Waring is the inventor of the drink blender that bears his name (so I've been told) maybe had something to do with the mood of the record.

Even as adults, it was not Christmas until that scratchy old album was played and everyone sang along.

Anyone else familiar with it?

[ravindave_3600]

Vince Guaraldi's "O Christmas Tree"
"O Come O Come Emmanuel"
"Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence"
Otis's "Merry Christmas Baby"

And we always decorate the tree to the strains of Alligator Records' Christmas album. Yep, Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'. :-)

[dburns]

[quote=bingy;2195046]I'm surprised I'm the first one to mention "This Christmas" by Donny Hathaway.
Released in 1970 this song is gaining in the public consciousness.



You're not the first...I was, check post No.31. I was just too lazy to post a video. Its cool, easy to see how my post could've been overlooked. Not a big deal obviously. Just busting your chops a little. Great Song.

You have good taste in Christmas tunes . Have a Merry Christmas!

[koen]

Adeste Fidelis is probably my favorite Christmas song.

And of course Handel's Messiah - not one song but an amazing piece of music.

[zoppotrump]

fairytale of new york by the pogues is my number 1 , and when it comes to twang, it´s the jingle bells version of brad paisley....awesome