<![CDATA[The Sounds of Christmas - Top Ten]]>Mon, 21 May 2012 12:30:24 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Sounds of Christmas Top 100 of 2011]]>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:48:05 -0800http://www.soundsofchristmas.com/2/post/2012/01/sounds-of-christmas-top-100-of-2011.html_The calculations are finally done, and out of the thousands of songs we played this year, here are the top one hundred!  These are the most-requested and highest-rated songs from the Sounds of Christmas 2011! 

1) Stevie Wonder "What Christmas Means To Me"

2) Huey Piano Smith and the Clowns "White Christmas Blues"

3) David Bowie and Bing Crosby "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy"

4) REO Speedwagon "Deck The Halls"

5) Chris Squire "Run With The Fox"

6) Harry Connick Jr. "Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers"

7) Lisa Kessler "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

8) Mannheim Steamroller "Catching Snowflakes On Your Tongue"

9) David Crowder Band "Carol Of The Bells/Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)"

10) Hipwaders "Yes, It's Christmas"

11) Carpenters "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"

12) Yule Logs "Northpole 45789"

13) Richard Marx "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day"

14) NRBQ "Christmas Wish"

15) Beatles "Another Beatles Christmas Record (1964)"

16) Vanessa Peters "The Christmas We Hoped For"

17) Katharine McPhee "Silver Bells"

18) John and Yoko "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"

19) Al Jarreau "The Christmas Song"

20) Harry Connick Jr. "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year"

21) Kenny Vance and the Planotones "Doo Wop Christmas"

22) Marshall Crenshaw "Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me"

23) Motels "Santa Baby"

24) Pretenders "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"

25) Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Nutrocker"

26) Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping"

27) Laura Vane and the Vipertones "Christmas Day With Me"

28) Josh and the Empty Pockets "Baby It's Cold Outside/Baby Please Come Home"

29) Mulberry Lane "Christmas In The Car"

30) Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Siberian Sleigh Ride"

31) Percy Sledge "My Christmas Wish For You"

32) Embers "I Love Christmas Music"

33) Sheryl Crow and Eric Clapton "Merry Christmas Baby"

34) Tina Lambert "Gabriel's Message"

35) BarlowGirl "Carol Of The Bells/Sing We Now Of Christmas"

36) Ben E. King "The Christmas Song"

37) Newsboys "Winter Wonderland"

38) Sheryl Crow "The Christmas Song"

39) Trans-Sibierian Orchestra "A Mad Russian's Christmas"

40) Bing Crosby "Good King Wenceslas"

41) Mulberry Lane "Happy Holidays"

42) Ronnie Spector "It's The Time (Happy Holidays)"

43) Beatles "The Beatles Christmas Record 1963"

44) Cheap Trick "Come On Christmas"

45) Harry Nilsson "Joy To The World"

46) James Brown "Santa Claus, Santa Claus"

47) They Might Be Giants "Santa Claus"

48) Tommy James "The Christmas Song"

49) Carolyn Sills "George Bailey"

50) Dean Martin "A Marshmallow World"

51) Guster "Tiny Tree Christmas"

52) Bob Sirois and Rachel Taylor "Christmas Like A Lullaby"

53) Louis Armstrong "Zat You Santa Claus"

54) She and Him "Little Saint Nick"

55) Bette Midler "Cool Yule"

56) Drifters "White Christmas"

57) Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"

58) Jack Sheldon "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"

59) Monkees "Christmas Is My Time Of Year"

60) Royal Crown Revue "Christmas Lights"

61) Elvis Presley "If Every Day Was Like Christmas"

62) Honeymoon Suite "I Believe In Father Christmas"

63) Lisa McClowry "Before The Tree Comes Down"

64) Northern Light Orchestra "Gloria"

65) Pretenders "Happy Christmas"

66) B.B. King "Christmas Love"

67) Carole King :Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday"

68) James Taylor "Deck The Halls"

69) John Mellencamp "Teddi's Song"

70) Wilson Phillips "Christmastime"

71) Chicago with Steve Cropper "Rocking and Rolling On Christmas Day"

72) Glasvegas "A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like A Kiss)"

73) Katharine McPhee "Christmas Is The Time"

74) Bryan Adams "Christmas Time"

75) She and Him "Christmas Day"

76) Belinda Carlisle "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"

77) Brian Setzer Orchestra "(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag"

78) Carole King "Carol Of The Bells"

79) Stephen Colbert "Another Christmas Song"

80) Blondie "We Three Kings"

81) Coldplay "Christmas Lights"

82) Otis Redding "Merry Christmas Baby"

83) Roy Holliday "Christmas Time On The Beach"

84) Tina Lambert "O Christmas Tree"

85) Mannheim Steamroller "Little Drummer Boy"

86) Brian Wilson "Christmasey"

87) Jean Meileur "Driving Home For Christmas"

88) Jennifer Cella "Come Home For Christmas"

89) Lisa Kessler "Christmas Vacation"

90) Michael Keaton "Frosty the Snowman"

91) Ronnie Spector and Darlene Love "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"

92) Billy Joel "Christmas In Fallujah"

93) Chris Rea "Driving Home For Christmas"

94) Eagles "Please Come Home For Christmas" (Live)

95) Robbie Robertson "Christmas Must Be Tonight"

96) Tommy James "I Love Christmas"

97) Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Promises To Keep"

98) Ella Fitzgerald "The First Noel"

99) Frank Sinatra "Christmas Memories"

100) Puppini Sisters "Here Comes Santa Claus"

Thanks again for listening!  And we're looking forward to spending next Christmas with you, as we plan to be back on the air again on November 1!

All our best for you and yours for all of 2012!  And may you always believe in Santa Claus!
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]]><![CDATA[On The Twelfth Day]]>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:43:10 -0800http://www.soundsofchristmas.com/2/post/2012/01/on-the-twelfth-day.html_Hi All!

It's so hard to believe that it's already the Twelfth Day of Christmas, and the season is coming to close.  Thanks so much for spending some of your holiday with us!  We're still crunching numbers here, but it looks like we did crack the five million listener mark this year, which seems appropriate for this, our fifth anniversary!

We'll be putting together a big, end-of-the-season top hundred list, but that won't be ready for a few more days.  In the meantime, here's the last top ten for Christmas 2011...

1) Sheryl Crow "The Christmas Song”

2)  REO Speedwagon "Deck The Halls”

3)  The Beatles "The Beatles Christmas Record 1963”

4)  Dean Martin "A Marshmallow World”

5)  NRBQ "Christmas Wish”

6)  David Bowie and Bing Crosby "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy"

7)  Stevie Wonder "What Christmas Means To Me"

8) John Mellencamp "Teddi's Song”

9)  Glasvegas "A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like A Kiss)”

10)  Marshall Crenshaw "Santa Bring My Baby Back”

11)  Mulberry Lane "Christmas In The Car”

12)  Tina Lambert "Gabriel's Message"

13) Yule Logs "Northpole 45789"

14) Brian Wilson "Christmasey”

15)  Chris Rea "Driving Home For Christmas"

16)  John and Yoko "Happy Xmas”

17)  General Johnson and the Chairmen of the Board "I'll Be Home For Christmas”

18) Katharine McPhee "Silver Bells"

19) Lisa Kessler "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"

20)  Wilson Phillips "Christmastime"

21) Ringo Starr "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"

22) U2 "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"

23) Tim Zimmerman and the King's Brass "Go Tell It On The Mountain"

24) Harry Connick Jr. "What A Night"

25) Bob Rivers "Toy Sack"

Yes, as usual, there are twenty-five.  Since we play so much more Christmas music than anyone else, I just thought our Top Ten list should be bigger, too! 

Thanks again for listening!  I hope you, your family and your friends all have a very happy and safe New Year!  And May You Always Believe In Santa Claus!

Ken
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]]><![CDATA[Happy New Year Top Ten!]]>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:17:23 -0800http://www.soundsofchristmas.com/2/post/2011/12/happy-new-year-top-ten.html_Hi All!

Happy New Year!  As another year draws to a close, I want to say thank you again for everyone that has stopped by to spend some of their Christmas with us!  Since the Twelve Days of Christmas actually come AFTER Christmas, we'll keep going through Epiphany, so there will be one more Top Ten List!

As we got closer to Christmas, there were many more requests for novelty songs, so before we get to this week's list, here's a look at the ten highest-rated and most-requested novelty Christmas songs...

1)   Canned Heat with the Chipmunks "The Chipmunk Song"

2)   Stephen Colbert "Another Christmas Song"

3)   Pledge Drive "Christmas Rhapsody"

4)   Plain White T's "Nuttin' For Christmas"

5)   William Shatner "Good King Wenceslas"

6)   Tommy Tutone "Santa I Got Your Number"

7)   Johnny Carson and the Mighty Carson Art Players "The Twelve Days of Christmas"

8)   The Bobs "Fifty Kilowatt Tree"

9)  Jose Ferrer "Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus"

10) Bob Rivers "The Twelve Pains of Christmas"

There's often disagreement about just what puts a song into the "novelty" category.  I have simply used those suggested by online retailers and terrestrial radio stations, and trust that none of the artists (or their fans) are offended by their inclusion in this list.

Once again, we have an all-new top ten this week, though there are a handful of songs that have managed to remain on the list (or return).  In two weeks, we'll have a final list for the season, our top one hundred for Christmas 2011.  So you still have one week left to listen and rate your favorites!

For those who do want to rate the music we play, it's not too late!  You just have to listen through Live 365, which you can get to by going here --> http://www.live365.com/stations/soundsofchristmas

I also wanted to mention that if you listen through our website, you don't have to stay on the page.  If you click on the little double box in the upper right hand corner, the player will pop out, so you can go wherever you want on the web and still listen to the Sounds of Christmas!

So with all that said, here's this week's Top Ten...

1) Stevie Wonder "What Christmas Means To Me”

2)  The Hipwaders "Yes, It's Christmas”

3)  REO Speedwagon "Deck The Halls”

4)  David Bowie and Bing Crosby "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy”

5)  David Crowder Band "Carol Of The Bells/Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)”

6)  The Beatles "Another Beatles Christmas Record 1964"

7)  The Yule Logs "Northpole 45789"

8) Sheryl Crow and Eric Clapton "Merry Christmas, Baby”

9)  Katharine McPhee "Silver Bells”

10)  Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Nutrocker”

11)  Percy Sledge "My Christmas Wish For You”

12)  John and Yoko "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"

13) Tommy James "The Christmas Song"

14) Roy Holliday "Christmastime On The Beach”

15)  Marshall Crenshaw "Santa Bring My Baby Back"

16)  Ella Fitzgerald "The First Noel”

17)  Aimee Mann "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch”

18) Lisa Kessler "The Christmas Song"

19) Wilson Phillips "Christmastime”

20)  Tina Lambert "Joy To The World"

21) U2 "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"

22) Michael Buble with Naturally 7 "Silver Bells"

23) Brian Hyland "Frosty the Snowman"

24) Bruce Springsteen "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"

25) Vertical Horizon "I Believe in Father Christmas"

Yes, I know there are twenty-five.  Since we play so much more Christmas music than anyone else, I just thought our Top Ten list should be bigger, too! 

Thanks so much for listening!  I hope you, your family and your friends all have a very happy and safe New Year!  And May You Always Believe In Santa Claus!

Ken
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]]><![CDATA[Merry Christmas Top Ten]]>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:40:49 -0800http://www.soundsofchristmas.com/2/post/2011/12/merry-christmas-top-ten.html_Hi All!

Merry Christmas!  I'm getting ready to head out into the throng one more time for a final round of shopping, before Lisa and I retire to separate parts of the house to watch "A Christmas Story" and wrap until dawn (hopefully only til about midnight, but you never know)!

Thanks so much for spending part of your holiday with the Sounds of Christmas!  Even though it's Christmas Eve, I'm still adding new music to the station, including new Christmas tracks from Percy Sledge, Steve Miller, Sarah McLachlan and Smashing Pumpkins! 

There's an all-new top ten this week, and since we're now in the middle of Chanukah, I've also added a second top ten of our highest rated Chanukah songs from the past week!

By the way, if you want to help and rate the music we play, it's not too late!  You just have to listen through Live 365, which you can get to by going here --> http://www.live365.com/stations/soundsofchristmas

I also wanted to mention that if you listen through our website, you don't have to stay on the page.  If you click on the little double box in the upper right hand corner, the player will pop out, so you can go wherever you want on the web and still listen to the Sounds of Christmas!

So with all that said, here's this week's Top Ten...

1) Trans-Siberian Orchestra "A Mad Russian's Christmas”

2)  Bing Crosby "Good King Wenceslas”

3)  Stevie Wonder "What Christmas Means To Me”

4)  Hipwaders "Yes It's Christmas”

5)  Huey Piano Smith and the Clowns "White Christmas Blues”

6)  David Bowie and Bing Crosby "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy”

7)  Honeymoon Suite "I Believe In Father Christmas"

8) Harry Connick Jr. "Parade of Wooden Soldiers”

9)  Katharine McPhee "Christmas Is The Time”

10)  Percy Sledge "My Christmas Wish For You”

11)  Brian Setzer Orcherstra "(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag”

12)  REO Speedwagon "Deck The Halls"

13) The Pretenders "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"

14) Lisa Kessler "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer”

15)  Eagles "Please Come Home For Christmas" (Live)

16)  Tommy James "The Christmas Song”

17)  Yule Logs "North Pole 45789”

18)  Dave Davies "Father Christmas" (Live)

19) Beatles "Another Beatles Christmas Record 1964”

20)  Barry Manilow "(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays"

21) Wilson Phillips "Christmastime"

22) Yule Logs "North Pole 45789"

23) John and Yoko "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"

24) Roy Holliday "Christmas Time On The Beach"

25) Mulberry Lane "Christmas In The Car"

Yes, I know there are twenty-five.  Since we play so much more Christmas music than anyone else, I just thought our Top Ten list should be bigger, too! 

And here are the top 10 Chanukah songs from this past week...

1)  Shlomones "Rocky Hora Chanukah Song"

2)  Adam Sanlder "Chanukah Song Part II"

3)  LeeVees "How Do You Spell Channukkahh?"

4)  Barenaked Ladies "Hanukkah Blessings" 

5)  Neil Diamond "The Chanukah Song" 

6)  Barenaked Ladies "Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel"

7)  Adam Sandler "Chanukah Song"

8)  American Comedy Network "My Menorah" 

9)  Tom Lehrer "I'm Spending Chanukah In Santa Monica" 

10)  Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert  "Can I Interest You In Hannukah?"

Thanks so much for listening!  I hope you, your family and your friends all have a wonderful Christmas!  And May You Always Believe In Santa Claus!

Ken
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]]><![CDATA[Christmas Rush!]]>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:04:53 -0800http://www.soundsofchristmas.com/2/post/2011/12/post-title-click-and-type-to-edit.html_Hi All!

The days are flying by here!  It's hard to believe that this is the last weekend before Christmas!  I still have so much to do, and I'm not looking forward to waiting in line at the post office again this year.  I swear, next year, I will plan better and get cars and gifts out earlier.  And I mean it this time!

Hope you're enjoying the season, and that the rush toward Christmas isn't keeping you from enjoying the holidays!  Thanks so much for spending part it with the Sounds of Christmas!  I'm doing my best to give you a terrific soundtrack for your card-writing, gift-wrapping and tree-decorating December days and nights!  We're now sharing the season with listeners in all 50 states, Washington, DC and 109 other countries!

Just loaded even more music this week, including tracks by My Morning Jacket, Sleeping At Last, THE VOICE's Javier Colon, Roy Holliday, TSO's and Jennifer Cella!  You can hear an hour's worth of all the best of the new Christmas music each weeknight at 7:00pm (Eastern) during the New Music Hour!

And don't forget to get in your requests for our All Request Hour!  Weekdays at noon (Eastern), you'll hear an sixty minutes' worth of the highest-rated and most-requested songs.  So if there's something you want to hear, make sure you send an email to me (or comment below), and I'll do my best to get it on for you!

Looks like lots of movement again on this week's Top Ten.  The list is changing every day!

By the way, if you want to help and rate the music we play, you actually have to listen through Live 365, which you can get to by going here --> http://www.live365.com/stations/soundsofchristmas

I also wanted to mention that if you listen through our website, you don't have to stay on the page.  If you click on the little double box in the upper right hand corner, the player will pop out, so you can go wherever you want on the web and still listen to the Sounds of Christmas!

So with all that said, here's this week's Top Ten...

1) David Crowder Band "Carol Of The Bells/Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)”

2)  The Carpenters "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”

3)  Al Jarreau "The Christmas Song”

4)  Huey Piano Smith and the Clowns "White Christmas Blues”

5)  Bob Sirois and Rachel Taylor "Christmas Like A Lullaby”

6)  Royal Crown Revue "Christmas Lights”

7)  Lisa Kessler "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"

8) Laura Vane and the Vipertones "Christmas Day With Me”

9)  The Pretenders "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”

10)  Richard Marx "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day”

11)  Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer”

12)  Katharine McPhee "Silver Bells"

13)  Harry Connick Jr. "Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers"

14) Jennifer Cella "Come Home For Christmas”

15)  Sheryl Crow and Eric Clapton "Merry Christmas Baby”

16)  Chris Squire "Run With The Fox”

17)  Smashing Pumpkins "Christmastime”

18)  Ball and Chain "The First Noel”

19) Mulberrry Lane "Christmas In The Car”

20)  Barenaked Ladies with Michael Buble "Elf's Lament"

21) Kinks "Father Christmas"

22) Yule Logs "North Pole 45789"

23) Honeydrippers "Santa Claus Is Back In Town"

24) Jack Johnson "Someday At Christmas"

25) Tina Lambert "Gabriel's Message"

Yes, I know there are twenty-five.  Since we play so much more Christmas music than anyone else, I just thought our Top Ten list should be bigger, too!

Thanks so much for listening!  And May You Always Believe In Santa Claus!

Ken

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]]><![CDATA[Two Weeks To Go!]]>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:39:20 -0800http://www.soundsofchristmas.com/2/post/2011/12/two-weeks-to-go.html_Hi All!

Wow!  Just two weeks to go and Christmas will be here!  It sure seems like this year, the season is just flying by!  We finally got our tree in the house, and will hopefully trim it tonight (after using some gardening tools last night to LITERALLY trim it so we could actually get it in the house)!

Hope you're having a Holly Jolly holiday, so far!  And thanks so much for letting the Sounds of Christmas be a part of your celebration!  We're now sharing the season with listeners in all 50 states, Washington, DC and 102 other countries!

Just loaded even more music this week, including tracks by Uncle Kracker, Kelly Clarkson, Donny Osmond, Iggy Pop, Jordin Sparks and Leo Sayer!  You can hear an hour's worth of all the best of the new Christmas music each weeknight at 7:00pm (Eastern) during the New Music Hour!

And don't forget to get in your requests for our All Request Hour!  Weekdays at noon (Eastern), you'll hear an sixty minutes' worth of the highest-rated and most-requested songs.  So if there's something you want to hear, make sure you send an email to me (or comment below), and I'll do my best to get it on for you!

Looks like lots of movement again on this week's Top Ten.  The list is changing significantly almost every !

By the way, if you want to help and rate the music we play, you actually have to listen through Live 365, which you can get to by going here --> http://www.live365.com/stations/soundsofchristmas

I also wanted to mention that if you listen through our website, you don't have to stay on the page.  If you click on the little double box in the upper right hand corner, the player will pop out, so you can go wherever you want on the web and still listen to the Sounds of Christmas!

So with all that said, here's this week's Top Ten...

1) Chris Squire "Run With The Fox”

2)  Ronnie Spector "It's The Time (Happy Holidays)”

3)  Mannheim Steamroller "Catching Snowflakes On Your Tongue”

4)  Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Siberian Sleigh Ride”

5)  The Carpenters "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”

6)  Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Nut Rocker”

7)  Northern Light Orchestra "Gloria"

8) Carole King "Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday”

9)  Laura Vane and the Vipertones "Christmas Day With Me”

10)  Lisa Kessler "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer”

11)  Richard Marx "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day”

12)  Al Jarreau "The Christmas Song"

13)  The Beatles "Another Beatles Christmas Record (1964)"

14) Jean Meileur "Driving Home For Christmas”

15)  Robbie Robertson "Christmas Must Be Tonight”

16)  The Puppini Sisters "Here Comes Santa Claus”

17)  BarlowGirl "Carol of The Bells/Sing We Now of Christmas”

18)  Sheryl Crow "White Christmas”

19) Sixpence None The Richer "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear”

20)  Tina Lambert "Gabriel's Message"

21) Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer"

22) Amy Grant "A Christmas To Remember"

23) TobyMac with Leigh Nash "Christmas This Year"

24) Mulberry Lane "Christmas In The Car"

25) Blondie "We Three Kings"

Yes, I know there are twenty-five.  Since we play so much more Christmas music than anyone else, I just thought our Top Ten list should be bigger, too!

Thanks so much for listening!  And May You Always Believe In Santa Claus!

Ken
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]]><![CDATA[December Already!]]>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:34:33 -0800http://www.soundsofchristmas.com/2/post/2011/12/december-already.html_Hi All!

I can't believe it's already December!  Hope you're enjoying the season!  Have you gotten a tree, yet?  The Sounds of Christmas family is heading out this weekend to get ours!  There's a wonderful family-run tree lot in town that we always go to, and I'm really looking forward to breathing in a lungful of that wonderful Christmas tree smell!

Before I get to this week's top ten, I'd like to thank everyone that has stopped by and tuned in already.  As we enter into December, we have listeners in all 50 states, Washington, DC and 88 other countires!

We're still loading music, including new Christmas singles from Bryan Adams, the Killers, Red Wanting Blue, Simply Red's Mick Hucknall and R&B legend Eddie Floyd (just to mention a few)!  You can hear sixty minutes' worth of the best of all the new Christmas music each weeknight at 7:00pm (Eastern) during the New Music Hour!

And don't forger to get in your requests for our All Request Hour!  Weekdays at noon (Eastern), you'll hear an hour's worth of the highest-rated and most-requested songs.  So if there's something you want to hear, make sure you send an email to me (or comment below), and I'll do my best to get it on for you!

Looks like lots of movement on this week's Top Ten.  It's getting to the point now where this list changes almost every !

By the way, if you want to help and rate the music we play, you actually have to go through Live 365, which you can get to by going here --> http://www.live365.com/stations/soundsofchristmas

I also wanted to mention that if you listen through our website, you don't have to stay on the page.  If you click on the little double box in the upper right hand corner, the player will pop out, so you can go wherever you want on the web and still listen to the Sounds of Christmas!

So with all that said, here's this week's Top Ten...

1) Chris Squire "Run With The Fox”

2)  Mannheim Steamroller "Catching Snowflakes On Your Tongue”

3)  Harry Nilsson "Joy To The World”

4)  Guster "Tiny Tree Christmas”

5)  Josh and the Empty Pockets "Baby It's Cold Outside/Baby Please Come Home”

6)  Bette Midler "Cool Yule”

7)  The Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping"

8) Kenny Vance and the Plantones "Doo Wop Christmas”

9)  Lisa Kessler "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”

10)  Huey Piano Smith and the Clowns "White Christmas Blues”

11)  Carole King "Carol Of The Bells”

12)  The Motels "Santa Baby"

13)  Richard Marx "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day"

14) Harry Connick Jr. "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year”

15)  Billy Joel "Christmas In Falujah”

16)  Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Siberian Sleigh Ride”

17)  Mulberry Lane "Christmas In The Car”

18)  Beach Boys "Merry Christmas Baby”

19)  Tina Lambert "Gabriel's Message”

20)  The Pretenders "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"

21) Eddie Money and Ronnie Spector "Everybody Love Christmas"

22) The Embers "I Love Christmas Music"

23) Sammy Davis Jr. "Christmas Time All Over The World"

24) The Payolas "Christmas Is Coming"

25) Lisa McClowry "Brand New Hallelujah"

Yes, I know there are twenty-five.  Since we play so much more Christmas music than anyone else, I just thought our Top Ten list should be bigger, too!

Thanks so much for listening!  And May You Always Believe In Santa Claus!

Ken


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]]><![CDATA[Thanksgiving Weekend]]>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:54:06 -0800http://www.soundsofchristmas.com/2/post/2011/11/thanksgiving-weekend.html_Hi All!

First, to all who celebrated, hope you, your families and friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  It's hard to believe the turkey and the Macy's parade are already done!

Thanks so much to everyone that has already tuned in!  We now have listeners in 49 states, Washington DC and 80 other countries!  If you know someone in Alaska, give them a nudge to listen so next week we can say we have all of the United States!

We're still loading music, including new Christmas singles from Natasha Bedingfield, Cyndi Lauper (with Norah Jones), Paul Anka, Bowling For Soup and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (just to mention a few)  Closing in on 2000 songs, and it seems like I'm just scratching the surface!

This coming week, I'll be bringing back a couple special shows, and adding something new!

Weekdays at noon (Eastern), it's the return of the All Request Hour.  So if there's something you want to hear, make sure you send an email to me (or comment below), and I'll do my best to get it on for you!

Weekday evenings at 7:00pm (Eastern), it's the New Music Hour, featuring an entire hour of the latest Christmas releases!

And starting Monday, each weekday we'll be spotlighting the Stars of the Sounds of Christmas, featuring songs from the singers and bands that have supported us for the last five years, along with those who are helping to make this year's broadcast possible!  You can hear the Stars of the Sounds of Christmas each weekday at 1:00am and 7:00am, and 1:00pm and 7:00pm (all times Eastern)!

It looks like this week's Top Ten is once again completely different from last week's.  Pretty soon, I expect the Top Ten will change almost every day!

If you want to help and rate the music we play, you actually have to go through Live 365, which you can get to by going here --> http://www.live365.com/stations/soundsofchristmas

I also wanted to mention that whether you listen through our website here or over at Live 365, you don't have to stay on the page.  If you click on the little double box in the upper right hand corner, the player will pop out, so you can go wherever you want on the web and still listen to the Sounds of Christmas!

So with all that said, here's this week's Top Ten...

1) The Embers "I Love Christmas Music”

2)  Vanessa Peters "The Christmas We Hoped For”

3)  Cheap Trick "Come On Christmas”

4)  Carolyn Sills "George Bailey”

5)  Harry Connick Jr. "Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers”

6)  The Monkees "Christmas Is My Time Of Year”

7)  Lisa McClowry "Before The Tree Comes Down”

8) Kenny Vance and the Planotones "Doo Wop Christmas”

9)  Chicago with Steve Cropper "Rocking and Rolling on Christmas Day”

10)  She and Him "Christmas Day”

11)  Huey Piano Smith and the Clowns "White Christmas Blues”

12)  Coldplay "Christmas Lights"

13)  Josh and the Empty Pockets "Baby It's Cold Outside/Baby Please Come Home"

14)  Ronnie Spector and Darlene Love "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree”

15)  Tommy James "I Love Christmas”

16)  Lisa Kessler "Silent Night”

17)  Percy Sledge "Christmas Wish”

18)  Richard Marx "Christmas Spirit”

19)  Sarah Pierce "You Make It Christmas”

20)  Collective Soul "Blue Christmas”

Yes, I know there are twenty.  Since we play so much more Christmas music than anyone else, I just thought our Top Ten list should be bigger, too!

Thanks so much for listening!  And May You Always Believe In Santa Claus!

Ken ]]><![CDATA[62, 48 and a New Top Ten]]>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:13:47 -0800http://www.soundsofchristmas.com/2/post/2011/11/62-48-and-a-new-top-ten.htmlHi All!

It's hard to believe we're less than a week away from Thanksgiving already!  I know for many, that's the point when they're ready for Christmas music.  At least, that's the popular line a lot of people like to say.

Well, there certainly are a lot in the other group, the ones who are ready to listen to Christmas music right now!  We're off to another record-breaking season, with listeners in 48 states, Washington DC and 62 other countries!  By the way, the two hold-out states are Vermont and Alaska, so feel free to pester any friends you have there so we can have all of the United States by Thanksgiving!

We're still loading music, and probably will continue to do that way into December.  Over 1300 songs are in rotation now, though, and there are thousands more on the way!

It looks like this week's Top Ten (which is actually a Top Twenty, since we have such a huge library) is completely different from last week's.  Pretty soon, I expect the Top Ten will change almost every day!

If you want to help and rate the music we play, you actually have to go through Live 365, which you can get to by going here --> http://www.live365.com/stations/soundsofchristmas

I also wanted to mention that whether you listen through our website here or over at Live 365, you don't have to stay on the page.  If you click on the little double box in the upper right hand corner, the player will pop out, so you can go wherever you want on the web and still listen to the Sounds of Christmas!

So with all that said, here's this week's Top Ten...

1) Ben E. King "The Christmas Song”

2)  Harry Connick Jr. "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year”

3)  James Brown "Santa Claus, Santa Claus”

4)  The Motels "Santa Baby”

5)  She and Him "Little Saint Nick”

6)  The Drifters "White Christmas”

7)  The Pretenders "Happy Christmas”

8) James Taylor "Deck The Halls”

9)  BarlowGirl "Carol Of The Bells/Sing We Now Of Christmas”

10)  Bryan Adams "Christmas Time”

11)  Belinda Carlisle "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”

12)  Tina Lambert "O Christmas Tree"

13)  Blondie "We Three Kings”

14)  Michael Keaton "Frosty the Snowman”

15)  Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Promises To Keep”

16)  Stevie Wonder "Silver Bells”

17)  Marshall Crenshaw "Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me”

18)  Lisa Kessler "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer”

19)  Vincent Poag "This Christmas”

20)  Johnny Cash "The ChristmasSpRichard Kincaid “Magic Holiday”

Yes, I know there are twenty.  Since we play so much more Christmas music than anyone else, I just thought our Top Ten list should be bigger, too!

Thanks so much for listening!  And May You Always Believe In Santa Claus!

Ken ]]><![CDATA[First Top Ten of the Season]]>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:21:05 -0800http://www.soundsofchristmas.com/2/post/2011/11/first-top-ten-of-the-season.htmlHi All!

So excited that we're back on the air!  And even more excited that so many are already listening!  It's so cool to get to spend this special season with Christmas music fans all over the world!

So far, we have listeners in 46 states, Washington DC and in 40 other countries!

I wasn't sure if I was going to post a top ten just yet, since we're still loading so much music.  But I've already gotten a few emails about it, so even though we only have our first thousand or so songs loaded (just over 1100, actually), here's our first Top Ten of 2011.

If you want to help and rate the music we play, you actually have to go through Live 365, which you can get to by going here --> http://www.live365.com/stations/soundsofchristmas

I also wanted to mention that whether you listen through our website here or over at Live 365, you don't have to stay on the page.  If you click on the little double box in the upper right hand corner, the player will pop out, so you can go wherever you want on the web and still listen to the Sounds of Christmas!

So with all that said, here's our first Top Ten of the Season...

1) Newsboys “Winter Wonderland”

2)  Mulberry Lane “Happy Holidays” (Live)

3)  They Might Be Giants “Santa Claus”

4)  NRBQ “Christmas Wish”

5)  Louis Armstrong “Zat You Santa Claus”

6)  Jack Sheldon “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”

7)  Elvis Presley “If Every Day Was Like Christmas”

8)  B.B. King “Christmas Love”

9)  Waitresses “Christmas Wrapping”

10)  Vanessa Peters “The Christmas We Hoped For”

11)  Stephen Colbert “Another Christmas Song”

12)  Otis Redding “Merry Christmas Baby”

13)  Mannheim Steamroller “Little Drummer Boy”

14)  Lisa Kessler “Christmas Vacation”

15)  John Lennon “Happy Xmas”

16)  Frank Sinatra “Christmas Memories”

17)  Dreams So Real “Red Lights (Merry Christmas)”

18)  Pretenders “2000 Miles (Live)”

19)  Stylistics “When You’ve Got Love It’s Christmas All Year Long”

20)  Richard Kincaid “Magic Holiday”

Yes, I know there are twenty.  Since we play so much more Christmas music than anyone else, I just thought our Top Ten list should be bigger, too!

Thanks so much for listening!  And May You Always Believe In Santa Claus!

Ken
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