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Hello December

11/30/2013

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Hi All!

And just like that, Thanksgiving has come and gone and we're entering December! 

Thanks so much to everyone who has already stopped by and shared some of this early part of the season with us!  We already have listeners in all 50 states, Washington, DC and 89 other countries and territories! 

This week, we added new music from Kellie Pickler, Never Shout Never, Edwin McCain, Gary Hoey, Dee Snider, Sleeping At Last and Johnny Reid (with Peter Frampton) (just to name a few)!  And there's plenty more to come! 

The All Request Hour and the New Music Hour are back.  In fact, if there's something you'd like to hear, just click on the REQUEST tab at the top of the page and let me know what you want to hear!  The All Request Hour is on every weekday from noon to 1:00pm Eastern.  The New Music Hour is on each weeknight from 8:00pm to 9:00pm (Eastern).

And at 1:00am and 7:00am, and 1:00pm and 7:00pm, you'll get an hour's worth of Christmas music from the Stars of the Sounds of Christmas - spotlighting the singers and bands who have supported us in the past, and continue to support us, with their time, talent and treasure!

Special thanks to DeDe, Kanisha K, Luanne Hunt, Sarah Pierce, Kenny Davies, Terence P. Minogue, Barbara Bretton, Louis Colaiannia, Natasha Miller and Danny Wright for sponsoring this year's broadcast!  Without them, there wouldn't be 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!

And finally, this week, Two For Tuesdays return!  Every Tuesday in December, you'll hear two in a row from all your favorite singers and bands!

That's the news for now, so let's move on to this week's top twenty!  Since the Sounds of Christmas plays so many songs, all the top ten's are actually top twenty's.  It just seems hard to limit it to only ten, when we play so many!

By the way, here's how the rating system works at Live 365.  To be able to vote on songs, you have to have an account with Live 365.  This is free and only takes a minute or two to set up.  Just go to their home page RIGHT HERE and click LOG IN/SIGN UP in the upper right.  Then follow the prompts to start a new account.

To vote, listen through the Live 365 website HERE.  On the player, you'll see a cartoon "thumbs up" hand and a cartoon "thumbs down".  Click on either during the song you want to vote on.  Oh, and Live 365 also counts it as a "thumbs down" vote when you turn off the station, so don't turn us off when it's a song you really like.  Hope that all makes sense!  If not, you can check out a previous blog which goes into a little more details RIGHT HERE!

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

1) Chicago "Merry Christmas Happy Holidays"
2) The Empty Pockets "Run Run Rudolph"
3) Darlene Love "What Christmas Means To Me"
4) Harry Connick Hr. "When My Heart Finds Christmas"
5) Natalie Cole "A Song For Christmas"
6) New Royalty "I Believe It's Christmas Time"
7) NRBQ "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas"
8) Sidewalk Prophets "That Spirit Of Christmas"
9) Brian Wilson "What I Really Want For Christmas"
10) The Drifters "White Christmas"
11) The Killers "Feel It In My Bones"
12) Mariah Crey "Christmas Time Is In The Air Again"
13) Nancy Wilson "That's What I Want For Christmas"
14) Lois Mahalia "Deck The Halls/Joy To The World"
15) Brian Setzer Orchestra "Santa Claus Is Back In Town"
16) Davy Jones "It's Christmas"
17) Bryan Adams "Merry Christmas"
18) Tom Hanks "The Polar Express"
19) Katrina Carlson "You Are Christmas"
20) The Temptations "Christmas Everyday"

Thanks again for listening and sharing your holiday celebration with us!  If you know someone who loves Christmas music, please send them our way!

And may you always believe in Santa Claus!

Ken
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Pre-Thanksgiving Top Ten and Alice's Restaurant

11/23/2013

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Hi All!

Wow!  I can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving (here in the U.S.)! 

Thanks so much to everyone who has already stopped by and shared some of this early part of the season with us!  We already have listeners in all 50 states, Washington, DC and 85 other countries and territories! 

This week, we added new music from the Jive Aces, Kim Wilde, Crystal Bowersox, GLEE's Matthew Morrison, the Ready Set and San Dollar Rodeo (just to name a few)!  And there's plenty more to come! 

The All Request Hour and the New Music Hour will be back on Monday.  In fact, at some point over the weekend, there will be a Request tab at the top of the page, so you can leave your requests there.  The All Request Hour will be on every weekday from noon to 1:00pm Eastern.  The New Music Hour will be on weeknights from 8:00pm to 9:00pm (Eastern).

And at 1:00am and 7:00am, and 1:00pm and 7:00pm, you'll get an hour's worth of Christmas music from the Stars of the Sounds of Christmas - spotlighting the singers and bands who
have supported us in the past, and continue to support us, with their time, talent and treasure!

Special thanks to DeDe, Kanisha K, Luanne Hunt, Sarah Pierce, Kenny Davies, Terence P. Minogue, Barbara Bretton, Louis Colaiannia and Natasha Miller for sponsoring this year's broadcast!  Without them, there wouldn't be 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!

A couple other programming notes to mention.  First, we've gotten a lot of requests to play Arlo Guthroe's "Alice's Restaurant" on Thanksgiving.  This year, we're going to do it.  So if you'd like to hear that on your Thanksgiving, you'll get three opportunities - 10:00am, 4:00pm and 10:00pm (all times Eastern).  The first one will be the original recording.  The second will be an update Arlo did in the 1990's.  The third will include a recent performance from Australia about the difficulty in Remembering Alice, along with the original version!

And then, once we're into December,
Two For Tuesdays will be back!  Every Tuesday in December, you'll hear two in a row from all your favorite singers and bands!


That's the news for now, so let's move on to this week's top twenty!  Since the Sounds of Christmas plays so many songs, all the top ten's are actually top twenty's.  It just seems hard to limit it to only ten, when we play so many!

By the way, here's how the rating system works at Live 365.  To be able to vote on songs, you have to have an account with Live 365.  This is free and only takes a minute or two to set up.  Just go to their home page RIGHT HERE and click LOG IN/SIGN UP in the upper right.  Then follow the prompts to start a new account.

To vote, listen through the Live 365 website HERE.  On the player, you'll see a cartoon "thumbs up" hand and a cartoon "thumbs down".  Click on either during the song you want to vote on.  Oh, and Live 365 also counts it as a "thumbs down" vote when you turn off the station, so don't turn us off when it's a song you really like.  Hope that all makes sense!  If not, you can check out a previous blog which goes into a little more details RIGHT HERE!

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

1) B.B. King 'Christmas Celebration"
2) Josh Groban "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
3) My Morning Jacket "Christmas Must Be Tonight"
4) Burl Ives "Silver And Gold"
5) Bruce Springsteen "Blue Christmas"
6) Harry Connick Jr. "When My Heart Finds Christmas"
7) Death Cab For Cutie "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
8) The Empty Pockets "Run Run Rudolph"
9) Chicago "Merry Christmas Happy Holidays"
10) Ringo Starr "Dear Santa"
11) The Partridge Family "My Christmas Card To You"
12) Florin Street Band "My Favourite Time Of Year"
13) Davy Jones "It's Christmas"
14) Otis Redding "White Christmas"
15) Sidewalk Prophets "That Spirit Of Christmas"
16) NRBQ "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas"
17) New Royalty "I Believe It's Christmas Time"
18) Natalie Cole "A Song For Christmas"
19) Lois Mahalia "Deck The Halls/Joy To The World"
20) Nancy Wilson "That's What I Want For Christmas"

Thanks again for listening and sharing your holiday celebration with us!  If you know someone who loves Christmas music, please send them our way!  Especially if they live in New Mexico!

And may you always believe in Santa Claus!

Ken


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Halfway Through November Top Ten

11/15/2013

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Hi All!

2013 is zipping along, and we're already halfway through November!  Thanks so much to everyone who has already stopped by and shared some of this early part of the season with us!  We already have listeners in 49 states (come on, New Mexico), Washington, DC and 65 other countries and territories! 

It's still very busy here.  This week, we added new music from Jewel, Chris Mann, Heart, Tamar Braxton and Kool & the Gang (among many others)!  And there's plenty more to come! 

The All Request Hour and the New Music Hour will be back in another week or two, and Two For Tuesdays should be running by Thanksgiving!

Special thanks to DeDe, Kanisha K, Luanne Hunt, Sarah Pierce, Kenny Davies, Terence P. Minogue and Barbara Bretton for sponsoring this year's broadcast!  Without them, there wouldn't be 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!

That's the news for now, so let's move on to our first top twenty of the season!  Since the Sounds of Christmas plays so many songs, all the top ten's are actually top twenty's.  It just seems hard to limit it to only ten, when we play so many!

By the way, here's how the rating system works at Live 365.  To be able to vote on songs, you have to have an account with Live 365.  This is free and only takes a minute or two to set up.  Just go to their home page RIGHT HERE and click LOG IN/SIGN UP in the upper right.  Then follow the prompts to start a new account.

To vote, listen through the Live 365 website HERE.  On the player, you'll see a cartoon "thumbs up" hand and a cartoon "thumbs down".  Click on either during the song you want to vote on.  Oh, and Live 365 also counts it as a "thumbs down" vote when you turn off the station, so don't turn us off when it's a song you really like.  Hope that all makes sense!  If not, you can check out a previous blog which goes into a little more details RIGHT HERE!

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

1) The Drifters "White Christmas"
2) Death Cab For Cutie "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
3) The Empty Pockets "What Christmas Means To Me"
4) Greg Pope "Christmas Snow"
5) Bruce Springsteen "Blue Christmas"
6) Pretenders "Happy Christmas"
7) Ramsey Lewis Trio "The Sound Of Christmas"
8) Tina Lambert "The Holly And The Ivy"
9) Vanessa Peters "The Christmas We Hoped For"
10) Joshua Bell with Gloria Estefan "Christmas Auld Lang Syne"
11) Katrina Carlson "You Are Christmas"
12) Chuck Berry "Run Rudolph Run"
13) Lisa Kessler "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
14) Brian Wilson "What I Really Want For Christmas"
15) Vonda Shepard "The Man With The Bag"
16) Little Isadore and the Inquisitors "Christmas Of Love"
17) Eddie Money and Ronnie Spector "Everybody Loves Christmas"
18) The Jackson Five "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"
19) Chicago with Steve Cropper "Rocking and Rolling on Christmas Day"
20) Otis Redding "White Christmas"


Thanks again for listening and sharing your holiday celebration with us!  If you know someone who loves Christmas music, please send them our way!  Especially if they live in New Mexico!

And may you always believe in Santa Claus!

Ken

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The First Top Ten For 2013

11/8/2013

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Hi All!

Well, it's hard to believe, but we've been back on for a week already!  And we already have listeners in 47 states, Washington, DC and 52 other countries and territories!  Thanks so much for giving us such an awesome start!

As usual, it's very busy here.  We're constantly loading music and going through stacks of the latest CDs and mp3s (not really stacks of mp3s, but you know what I mean).  The first 1600 songs are already up and playing, and there are plenty more on the way!

The All Request Hour and the New Music Hour will be back in another week or two, and Two For Tuesdays should be running by Thanksgiving!

Special thanks to DeDe, Kanisha K, Luanne Hunt, Sarah Pierce, Kenny Davies and Barbara Bretton
for sponsoring this year's broadcast!  Without them, there wouldn't be 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!

That's the news for now, so let's move on to our first top twenty of the season!  Since the Sounds of Christmas plays so many songs, all the top ten's are actually top twenty's.  It just seems hard to limit it to only ten, when we play so many!

By the way, here's how the rating system works at Live 365.  To be able to vote on songs, you have to have an account with Live 365.  This is free and only takes a minute or two to set up.  Just go to their home page RIGHT HERE and click LOG IN/SIGN UP in the upper right.  Then follow the prompts to start a new account.

To vote, listen through the Live 365 website HERE.  On the player, you'll see a cartoon "thumbs up" hand and a cartoon "thumbs down".  Click on either during the song you want to vote on.  Oh, and Live 365 also counts it as a "thumbs down" vote when you turn off the station, so don't turn us off when it's a song you really like.  Hope that all makes sense!  If not, you can check out a previous blog which goes into a little more details RIGHT HERE!

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

1) The Empty Pockets "What Christmas Means To Me"
2) Tina Lambert "The Holly and the Ivy"
3) The Drifters "White Christmas"
4) Greg Pope "Christmas Snow"
5) Joshua Bell with Gloria Estefan "Christmas Auld Lang Syne"
6) Tey "Christmas Is Easy When Love's Around"
7) Lois Mahalia "Deck The Halls/Joy To The World"
8) The Temptations "Christmas Everyday"
9) Lisa Kessler "Perfect Christmas Night"
10) Carole King "Carol Of The Bells"
11) U2 "I Believe In Father Christmas"
12) Brian Setzer Orchestra "Santa Claus Is Back In Town"
13) Vonda Shepard "The Man With The Bag"
14) Wizzard "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"
15) Harry Nilsson "Hark!  The Herald Angels Sing"
16) DeDe "Deck The Halls"
17) Bryan Adams "Merry Christmas"
18) Beach Boys "Little Saint Nick"
19) Bob Seger and the Last Heard "Sock It To Me Santa"
20) Sidewalk Prophets "That Spirit Of Christmas"

Thanks again for listening, and sharing the beginning of the season with us!  If you know someone who loves Christmas music, please send them my way!  Especially if they live in Delaware, New Mexico or Vermont (those are the last three states we need to have complete coverage of the U.S.)!

And may you always believe in Santa Claus!

Ken
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