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The Sounds of Christmas Top 100 For 2013

1/21/2014

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The number-crunching is 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 2013!

1) The Empty Pockets "Run Run Rudolph"
2) Tey "Christmas Is Easy When Love Is Around"
3) Roger McGuinn "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear"
4) The Drifters "White Christmas"
5) NRBQ "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas"
6) Harry Connick Jr. "When My Heart Finds Christmas"
7) Brian Wilson "What I Really Want For Christmas"
8) Lisa Kessler "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
9) Marillion
"Carol Of The Bells"
10) Greg Pope "Christmas Snow"
11) Death Cab For Cutie "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
12) Nat King Cole Trio "The Christmas Song"
13) Andy Williams "Hark The Herald Angels Sing"
14) Bruce Springsteen "Blue Christmas"
15) Chicago "Merry Christmas Happy Holidays"
16) Elton John and Joss Stone "Calling It Christmas"
17)
The Empty Pockets "What Christmas Means To Me"
18) The Smithereens "Waking Up On Christmas Morning"
19) Soupy Sales "Santa Claus Is Surfin' To Town"
20) Tina Lambert "The Holly And The Ivy"
21) Jackie Wilson "Deck The Halls"
22) The Bobs "Fifty Kilowatt Tree"
23) B.B. King "Christmas Celebration"
24) Joan Jett and the Blackhearts "Little Drummer Boy"
25) Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans "The Bells Of St. Mary"
26) Josh Groban "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
27) Joshua Bell with Gloria Estefan "Christmas Auld Lang Syne"
28) 3rd Echo "December Nights"
29) Killers "Feel It In My Bones"
30) Dave Davies "Father Christmas" (live)
31) Frank Sinatra "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day"
32) Ingram Hill "Santa Claus Is Back In Town"
33) Lois Mahalia "Deck The Halls/Joy To The World"
34) Nick Lowe "Christmas At The Airport"
35) Wilson Pickett "Silver Bells"
36) Brian Setzer Orchestra "Santa Claus Is Back In Town"
37) Kimberley Locke "We Need A Little Christmas"
38) New Royalty "I Believe It's Christmas Time"
39) Sidewalk Prophets "That Spirit Of Christmas"
40) Tom Lehrer "A Christmas Carol"
41) The Beatles "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)"
42) The Hipwaders "Yes It's Christmas"
43) Katrina Carlson "You Are Christmas"
44) Melissa Etheridge "It's Christmas Time"
45) Natalie Cole "A Song For Christmas"
46) Darlene Love "What Christmas Means To Me"
47) My Morning Jacket "Christmas Must Be Tonight"
48) Sand Dollar Rodeo "Island Holiday"
49) Burl Ives "Silver and Gold"
50) J.D. McPherson "Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights)"
51) Slim Jim Phantom "Christmas Tree Boogie"
52) Smashing Pumpkins "Christmastime"
53) Pretenders "Happy Christmas"
54) Belinda Carlisle "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
55) Holiday Express "Disco Santa"
56) Johnny Mathis "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
57) Ramsey Lewis Trio "The Sounds of Christmas"
58) The Temptations "Christmas Everyday"
59) Vonda Shepard "The Man With The Bag"
60) Davy Jones "It's Christmas"
61) Lisa Kessler "Perfect Christmas Night"
62) Natasha Miller "White Christmas"
63) Vanessa Peters "The Christmas We Hoped For"
64) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy "Run Rudolph Run"
65) Carole King "Carol Of The Bells"
66) Diana Krall "The Man With The Bag"
67) Otis Redding "Merry Christmas, Baby"
68) Ray Charles "That Spirit Of Christmas"
69) Reilly "Dear Santa (I Can Explain)"
70) Ringo Starr "Dear Santa"
71) Moe "Linus and Lucy"
72) Partridge Family "My Christmas Card To You"
73) U2 "I Believe In Father Christmas"
74) Chuck Berry "Run Rudolph Run"
75) Florin Street Band "My Favourite Time Of Year"
76) Mariah Carey "Christmas Time Is In The Air Again"
77) Nancy Wilson "That's What I Want For Christmas"
78) Sleeping At Last "Christmas All Around Us"
79) Bryan Adams "Merry Christmas"
80) Carole King "Sleigh Ride"
81) Otis Redding "White Christmas"
82) Leigh Nash "Wishing For This"
83) Ringo Starr "I Wanna Be Santa Claus"
84) Wizzard "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"
85) Harry Nilsson "Hark The Herald Angels Sing"
86) Michael Keaton "Frosty the Snowman"
87) Natasha Miller "Christmas Time Is Here"
88) Carla Thomas "Gee Whiz It's Christmas"
89) DeDe "Deck The Halls"
90) Diahann Carroll "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
91) The Empty Pockets "Baby It's Cold Outside"
92) Little Isadore and the Inquisitors "Christmas Of Love"
93) The Band "Christmas Must Be Tonight"
94) Eddie Money and Ronnie Spector "Everybody Loves Christmas"
95) Fats Domino "Jingle Bells"
96) James Brown Santa Claus Is Definitely Here To Stay"
97) Melinda Doolittle "God Bless Us Everyone"
98) The Beach Boys "Little Saint Nick"
99) The Empty Pockets "Holly Jolly Christmas"
100) The Jackson Five "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"
101) Paul Simon "Getting Ready For Christmas Day"
102) Ringo Starr "Christmas Time Is Here Again"
103) Tom Hanks "The Polar Express"
104) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy "It Feels Like Christmas Time"
105) Bob Seger and the Last Heard "Sock It To Me Santa"
106) Chicago with Steve Cropper "Rocking and Rolling on Christmas Day"
107) Dreams So real "Red Lights (Merry Christmas)"
108) Frank Sinatra "Mistletoe and Holly"
109) Lunch At Allen's "Zuzu's Petals"

110) Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas" (12" Mix)
111) Brian Setzer Orchestra "(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag"
112) Honeymoon Suite "I Believe In Father Christmas"
113) Lisa Kessler "Away In A Manger"
114) Straight No Chaser "12 Days Of Christmas" (live)
115) Tina Lambert "Caroling, Caroling"
116) Michael Buble "All I Want For Christmas Is You"
117) Cyndi Lauper and Norah Jones "Home For The Holidays"
118) Andy Williams "Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season"
119) Johnny Mathis and Billy Joel "The Christmas Song"
120) Richard Marx "Christmas Spirit"
121) Matthew West "The Heart Of Christmas"
122) Dave Barnes and Hillary Scott "Christmas Tonight"
123) Elvis Presley "Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees"
124)
Vince Guaraldi Trio "Christmas Is Coming"
125) Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra "We Wish You The Merriest"

I know there's more than 100.  Since we play so many songs, and since all our top ten lists were really top twenty lists, it just seemed right to give you a little more!

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 2014!  And may you always believe in Santa Claus!

Ken

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Last Top Ten Of The Season

1/6/2014

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Hi All!

Hard to believe it's already the Twelfth Day of Christmas!

I can't thank you enough for stopping by and listening to the Sounds of Christmas this season.  The comments and emails have helped make it a wonderful year for me, and I'm very grateful that you chose to spend at least part of your holiday celebration with us!

Getting ready to put my toys away for the year, but we will be back on in the Fall, and I do hope you'll take a moment to bookmark us so you can be sure to be with us for the Christmas season of 2014!

Special thanks to DeDe, Kanisha K, Luanne Hunt, Sarah Pierce, Kenny Davies, Terence P. Minogue, Barbara Bretton, Louis Colaiannia, Natasha Miller, Danny Wright, James Robert Webb and Joel Kopischke for sponsoring this year's broadcast!  Without them, there would not have been a Sounds of Christmas! 
You can click on each of their names and visit their homes on the web, check out their music and books, and, if so moved, buy their stuff!  Or look them up on Amazon, iTunes, etc.  Or just visit them on Facebook or Twitter and show them some love!

While this is the last Top Ten list, I will have a Top 100 for the whole season, coming up in another week or so (once I finish crunching all the numbers)!

In the meantime, here's this week's list of the highest-rated songs on the Sounds of Christmas....

1) Tey "Christmas Is Easy When Love Is Around"
2) Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans "The Bells of St. Mary"
3) Andy Williams "Hark!  The Herald Angels Sing"
4) Elton John and Joss Stone "Calling it Christmas"
5) Marillion "Carol Of The Bells"
6) Soupy Sales "Santa Claus Is Surfin' To Town"
7) The Smithereens "Waking Up On Christmas Morning"
8) Nat King Cole Trio "The Christmas Song"
9) Joan Jett and the Blackhearts "Little Drummer Boy"
10) Jackie Wilson "Deck The Halls"
11) The Bobs "Fifty Kilowatt Tree"
12) 3rd Echo "December Nights"
13) Dave Davies "Father Christmas" (live)
14) Melissa Etheridge "It's Christmas Time"
15) Smashing Pumpkins "Christmastime"
16) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy "Run Rudolph Run"
17) Lisa Kessler "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
18) Ringo Starr "Christmas Time Is Here Again"
19) Lunch At Allen's "Zuzu's Petals"
20) Brian Setzer Orchestra "(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag"

Thanks again for listening and sharing your holiday celebration with us! 

And may you always believe in Santa Claus!

Ken
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