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You Can Get Anything You Want

11/22/2015

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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 47 other countries and territories!  

This week, we added new music from Patty Smyth, Eddie Money, Carla Rae Jepson, Cassie Ramone, Beat Radio, Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley, Jessie James Decker and Matthew & Gunnar Nelson (just to name a few)!  And there's plenty more to come!  

Over the coming week, we're expecting to add new music from Nick Lowe, Janet Devlin, the Wiggles' Greg Page and the Yule Logs!

The All Request Hour and the New Music Hour are rolling along.  The All Request Hour airs weekdays from noon to 1:00pm Eastern, and you can make your requests HERE.  The New Music Hour airs weeknights from 8:00pm to 9:00pm (Eastern), and you can get an idea of some of the new music we're playing on our new NEW FOR 2015 page.

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 Russ Lorenson, Courtney Rau, Lily Lambert, Fetal Records, Brian Hutson,  Rebecca Angel, Moe and Thisbe Vos for sponsoring this year's broadcast and joining the Sounds of Christmas family!  And extra special thanks to Luanne Hunt, Kenny Davies, Danny Wright, Kanisha K, Rick Lang, Barbara Bretton and Louis 
Colaiannia for returning for another season to help get us running, and keep us running!  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, 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 Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" on Thanksgiving.  We're going to do it again this year.  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!

Here are the three different versions, if you want to get one for yourself...


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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....
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1) Susan Egan
"All Those Christmas Clichés"
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2) Jive Aces and the Three Belles
"Christmas Is Where You Are"
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3) Diane Birch
"Gee Whiz It's Christmas"
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4) Brian Wilson
"On Christmas Day"

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5) 38 Special
"Here Comes Santa Claus"
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6) Russ Lorenson
"Holiday For Two"
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7) Jonathan Butler
"Merry Christmas To You"
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8) Don Dixon
"I Saw Three Ships"

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9) Chris Mann
"Deck The Halls"
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10) Bobby Vinton
"Jingle Bells"
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11) Annie Marie Lewis
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
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12) Zoe Bentley and Canadian Brass
"Very Merry Christmas"

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13) Huey Lewis and the News
"Winter Wonderland"
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14) The Yule Logs
"Christmastime Is Here (Again)"
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15) Wizzard
"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"
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16) Johnny and June Carter Cash
"Christmas With You"

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17) Cyndi Lauper and Norah Jones
"Home For The Holidays"
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18) Lisa Kessler
"Merry Christmas Darling"
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19) Wilson Phillips
"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"
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20) Kat Tingey
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings"

Thanks again for listening, and sharing the early part of the season with us!  If you know someone who loves Christmas music, please send them my way! 

And may you always believe in Santa Claus!

Ken
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Halfway Through November Top Ten

11/15/2015

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Hi All!

And just like that, we're barreling through November and just over a week away from Thanksgiving!  And we already have listeners in 42 states, Washington, DC and 34 other countries and territories!  Thanks so much for spending this early part of the season with us!

As usual, it's very busy here.  We're constantly loading music, and this week we added songs from the Braxtons, Travis Cloer, Jacob Overstreet, the Coasters, Train, Kylie Minogue, the Count Basie Orchestra, Luanne Hunt, Vespers Nine, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and many more!  And this week, we'll be adding new stuff from Kellie Pickler, FM Radio, Jessie Jacmes Decker, the December People, Sabrina Carpenter and the Osmonds (no, really)!


Also this week, the All Request Hour will be back at noon each weekday and the New Music Hour will be back at 8:00pm each weeknight (all times are Eastern).  You can make requests by simply clicking on REQUEST in the banner at the top.  Hopefully, Two For Tuesdays will be running in another week or two!

Special thanks to Russ Lorenson, Courtney Rau, Lily Lambert, Fetal Records, Brian Hutson,  Rebecca Angel, Moe and Thisbe Vos for sponsoring this year's broadcast and joining the Sounds of Christmas family!  And extra special thanks to Luanne Hunt, Kenny Davies, Danny Wright, Kanisha K, Rick Lang, Barbara Bretton and Louis
Colaiannia for returning for another season to help get us running, and keep us running!  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, 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!  

We'll also be featuring those artists that are sponsoring this year, as well as those that have in the past, with Stars Of The Sounds of Christmas, which you can catch each weekday at 1:00am, 7:00am, 1:00pm and 7:00pm.


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, when you hover your mouse over it, 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....
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1) Susan Egan
"All Those Christmas Clichés"
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2) 38 Special
"Here Comes Santa Claus"
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3) Chris Mann
"Deck The Halls"
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4) Don Dixon
"I Saw Three Ships"

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5) Annie Marie Lewis
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
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6) Bobby Vinton
"Jingle Bells"
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7) Johnny and June Carter Cash
"Christmas With You"
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8) Zoe Bentley and Canadian Brass
"Very Merry Christmas"

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9) Huey Lewis and the News
"Winter Wonderland"
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10) Kat Tingey
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings"
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11) Wizzard
"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"
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12) Cyndi Lauper and Norah Jones 
"Home For The Holidays"

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13) Wilson Phillips
"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday'
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14) The Yule Logs
"Christmastime Is Here (Again)"
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15) Lisa Kessler
"Merry Christmas Darling"
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16) Chris Rea
"Driving Home For Christmas"

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17) Andy Williams
"Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season"
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18) Billy Mack
"Christmas Is All Around Us"
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​19) Chicago
"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"
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20) Josh Groban
"Believe"

Thanks again for listening, and sharing the early part of the season with us!  If you know someone who loves Christmas music, please send them my way! 

And may you always believe in Santa Claus!

Ken
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First Top Ten For 2015

11/8/2015

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Hi All!

Well, it's hard to believe, but our ninth season is already a week old!  And we already have listeners in 38 states, Washington, DC and 26 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 2000 songs are already up and playing, and there are plenty more on the way!


Coming in another week or so, the All Request Hour will be back at noon each weekday and the New Music Hour will be back at 8:00pm each weeknight (all times are Eastern).  With luck, Two For Tuesdays should be running again by Thanksgiving!

Special thanks to Russ Lorenson, Courtney Rau, Lily Lambert, Fetal Records, Brian Hutson,  Rebecca Angel, Moe and Thisbe Vos for sponsoring this year's broadcast and joining the Sounds of Christmas family!  And extra special thanks to Luanne Hunt, Kenny Davies, Danny Wright, Kanisha K, Rick Lang, Barbara Bretton and Louis
Colaiannia for returning for another season to help get us running, and keep us running!  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, 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, when you hover your mouse over it, 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....
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1) Lisa Kessler
"Merry Christmas Darling"
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2) Chris Rea
"Driving Home For Christmas"
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3) Zoe Bentley and Canadian Brass
"Very Merry Christmas"
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4) Straight No Chaser
"The 12 Days Of Christmas" (live)

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5) Polyphonic Spree
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"
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6) Luther Vandross
"May Christmas Bring You Happiness"
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7) Hall and Oates
"Jingle Bell Rock"
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8) Debbie Gibson
"Sleigh Ride"

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9) Brenda Lee
"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"
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10) Trouvere
"Up On The Housetop"
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11) She and Him
"Christmas Wish"
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12) Nat King Cole
"Deck The Halls"

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13) Kelly Clarkson
"Wrapped In Red"
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14) George Thorogood
"Rock And Roll Christmas"
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15) Cyndi Lauper and Norah Jones
"Home For The Holidays"
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16) Band Of Merrymakers
"Christmastime"

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17) Thisbe Vos
"I'd Like You For Christmas"
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18) Ronettes
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
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19) Michael W. Smith and Lady Antebellum
"White Christmas"
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20) Johnny and June Carter Cash
"Christmas With You"

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! 

And may you always believe in Santa Claus!

Ken
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