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The Top Ten After Christmas

12/29/2012

Hi All!

What a difference a week makes! This week's top ten looks very different from last week's!

As we got closer to Christmas, we saw a real surge in listeners again this year! 116 countries outside the U.S. joined us, along with folks in all 50 states and Washington DC! Thank you so much for spending part of your Christmas celebration with the Sounds of Christmas!

We'll still be here for just over one more week. Since the Twelve Days of Christmas actually come AFTER Christmas, the Sounds of Christmas will keep going through Epiphany!

As we move into January, we will be putting away some of our toys. The All-Request Hour, the New Music Hour and the Stars of the Sounds of Christmas will all go away until we come back on next Fall. Monday's All Request Hour will be the last one of the season, and it will feature some of the highest-rated and most-requested songs from the last two months. Monday's New Music Hour will showcase many of the songs we nearly missed, most of which were released during that final week running up to Christmas!

I'd like to thank the singers and bands who helped make this season possible (many of which you've heard on the Stars of the Sounds of Christmas)! A giant THANK YOU to the Polyphonic Spree, the Prog World Orchestra, Scotty McCreery, Richard Kincaid, Chuck Cape, Frank D'Angelo, Luanne Hunt and Lois Mahalia. Without them, there would be no 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 this week's top ten. Since the Sounds of Christmas plays thousands of songs, all the top ten's for the rest of the season will have at least twenty songs. It just seems hard to limit it to only ten, when we play so many!

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

1) B.B. King "Please Come Home For Christmas"
2) Brian Setzer Orchestra "the Nutcracker Suite"
3) Norah Jones "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear"
4) Sleeping At Last "Snow"
5) Donnie Iris and the Cruisers "Carol Of The Bells"
6) Joan Baez "The Little Drummer Boy"
7) BoDeans "Christmas Time"
8) Madonna "Santa Baby"
9) Eels "Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas"
10) The O'Jays "I'm What You Want This Christmas"
11) Otis Redding "White Christmas"
12) Bing Crosby "Do You Hear What I Hear"
13) Tim Zimmerman and the King's Brass "Go Tell It On The Mountain"
14) The Beach Boys "Merry Christmas Baby"
15) Lisa McClowry "Before The Tree Comes Down"
16) Dave Davies "Father Christmas"(live)
17) Elvis Presley "If Every Day Was Like Christmas"
18) Aimee Man "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
19) Josh Groban "Believe"
20) Lois Mahalia "I'd Like You For Christmas"

By the way, if you want your voice to be heard, rating the music we play, you can find the details on how to do that RIGHT HERE!

Thanks again for listening, and sharing 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

The Top Ten Before Christmas

12/22/2012

Hi All!

Every year, it seems like the season goes by faster and faster. I could have sworn I just turned the Sounds of Christmas back on, and now we're just days away from Christmas!

The Sounds of Christmas will keep going through Epiphany, so there's still a couple weeks of great Christmas music to come!

Thanks so much for listening to the Sounds of Christmas, and making us part of your holiday season! We're now being heard in all 50 states (plus Washington, DC), as well as 113 other countries!

The All-Request Hour continues this week (and through the rest of December). Still doing my best to get everyone's favorites on, but sometimes there are just so many requests for the same artist that it's a little tricky. Hope you got to hear yours, and if you didn't, the new Request Blog will be up later this weekend. If you click on REQUESTS at the top of this page, you'll find it, and you can comment with your requests and find out when they'll be on!

The All Request Hour runs from 12:00pm to 1:00pm (Eastern) each weekday.

The New Music Hour is going strong, too! From 8:00pm to 9:00pm (Eastern) each weeknight, you'll get an entire hour of the latest Christmas music! I'm still adding lots of new music, so you'll always get to hear something new! This week, you can catch new songs from Northern Light Orchestra, Chaise Lounge, Sci-Fi Romance and Stephen Colbert (with some very special friends)!

You can also hear the singers and bands that are sponsoring us this season, as well as those who have been a big part of the Sounds of Christmas in years past, on the Stars of the Sounds of Christmas. That airs four times a day, at 1:00am and 7:00am, and 1:00pm and 7:00pm. You'll hear from Richard Kincaid, Scotty McCreery, the Prog World Orchestra, Judy Pancoast, Chuck Cape, Frank D'Angelo, Luanne Hunt, Lois Mahalia and the Polyphonic Spree, as well as Tommy James, Shelby Lynne and Mannheim Steamroller (just to name a few).

Speaking of Scotty McCreery, the Scotty McCreery Song of the Day Contest wrapped up this week! Congrats to all our winners, and thanks to everyone who listened (and extra thanks to Scotty for sending the CDs)!

One more Tuesday left in December, which is Christmas Day, of course, and that will be the last Two For Tuesday of the season, with two songs in row, all day long, from all your favorite Christmas music artists!

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

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

1) Susan Egan "All Those Christmas Cliches"
2) Casting Crowns "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day"
3) Little Isadore and the Inquisitors "Christmas Of Love"
4) Mannheim Steamroller "Above The Northern Lights"
5) Otis Redding "White Christmas"
6) Lisa McClowry "Before The Tree Comes Down"
7) Mulberry Lane "Happy Holidays"
8) Oasis "Merry Christmas Everybody"
9) Ray Charles "Christmas In My Heart"
10) Kay Starr "The Man With The Bag"
11) Michael Buble "Grown Up Christmas List"
12) Francesca Battistelli "Christmas Dreams"
13) Lois Mahalia "I'd Like You For Christmas"
14) Sheryl Crow "Blue Christmas"
15) Fun "Sleigh Ride"
16) Elvis Presley "If Every day Was Like Christmas"
17) Sting "I Saw Three Ships"
18) The Empty Pockets "Baby It's Cold Outside"
19) Josh Groban "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
20) Polyphonic Spree "A Working Elf's Theme"

By the way, if you want your voice to be heard, rating the music we play, you can find the details on how to do that RIGHT HERE!

Thanks again for listening, and sharing 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

Halfway Through December Top Ten

12/15/2012

Hi All!

Things are crazy-busy here at the Sounds of Christmas, as I'm sure it is at your house. So much to do, and the time seems to be flying by! How can we already be halfway through December???

Thanks so much for listening to the Sounds of Christmas, and making us part of your holiday season! We're now being heard in all 50 states (plus Washington, DC), as well as 110 other countries!

The All-Request Hour continues. Still trying to get everyone's favorites on, but sometimes there are just so many requests for the same artist that it's a little tricky. Hope you got to hear yours, and if you didn't, the new Request Blog will be up later this weekend. If you click on REQUESTS at the top of this page, you'll find it, and you can comment with your requests and find out when they'll be on!

The All Request Hour runs from 12:00pm to 1:00pm (Eastern) each weekday.

The New Music Hour is going strong, too! From 8:00pm to 9:00pm (Eastern) each weeknight, you'll get an entire hour of the latest Christmas music! I'm still adding lots of new music, so you'll always get to hear something new! This week, you can catch new songs from Kris Allen, People On Vacation and the Cast of GLEE (among many, many more)!

You can also hear the singers and bands that are sponsoring us this season, as well as those who have been a big part of the Sounds of Christmas in years past, on the Stars of the Sounds of Christmas. That airs four times a day, at 1:00am and 7:00am, and 1:00pm and 7:00pm. You'll hear from Richard Kincaid, Scotty McCreery, the Prog World Orchestra, Judy Pancoast, Chuck Cape, Frank D'Angelo, Luanne Hunt and the Polyphonic Spree, as well as Tommy James, Shelby Lynne and Mannheim Steamroller (just to name a few).

Speaking of Scotty McCreery, the Scotty McCreery Song of the Day Contest continues this Monday! You can win a CD Prize Pack including Scotty's new CD "Christmas With Scotty McCreery"! You can get the details on that RIGHT HERE!

And every Tuesday in December is a Two For Tuesday, with two songs in row, all day long, from all your favorite Christmas music artists, all day long!

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

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

1) Otis Redding "White Christmas"
2) Royal Crown Revue "Christmas Lights"
3) Amy Grant "Hark The Herald Angels Sing"
4) Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell "Silver Bells"
5) BoDeans "Christmas Time"
6) Lisa McClowry "Before The Tree Comes Down"
7) Mulberry Lane "Happy Holidays"
8) Little Isadore and the Inquisitors "Christmas Of Love"
9) Mannheim Steamroller "Deck The Halls"
10) Salsoul Orchestra "Merry Christmas All"
11) Carolyn Sills "Blue Christmas"
12) Kem "Merry Christmas Baby"
13) Tommy James "Little Drummer Boy"
14) Casting Crowns "I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day"
15) Beach Boys "Merry Christmas Baby"
16) O'Jays "I'm What You Want For Christmas"
17) Fountains Of Wayne "The Man In The Santa Suit"
18) Kate Davis "That's What I Want For Christmas"
19) Susan Egan "All Those Christmas Cliches"
20) Bing Crosby "Do You Hear What I Hear"

By the way, if you want your voice to be heard, rating the music we play, you can find the details on how to do that RIGHT HERE!

Thanks again for listening, and sharing 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

The First Top Ten Of December

12/9/2012

Hi All!

Here we are into December! At the Sounds of Christmas home, our tree is up, but not decorated, yet. Hoping to take care of that, and finish getting lights up today! Hope you're having a wonderful season!

Thanks so much for listening to the Sounds of Christmas! We're now being heard in all 50 states (plus Washington, DC), as well as 99 other countries!

The All-Request Hour is back. If you click on REQUESTS at the top of this page, you'll find a new blog posted each week, so you can comment with your requests and find out when they'll be on! This is the first year I've tried to do it this way, and hopefully it will work and be a little easier for everyone. I try to get to all of them, but sometimes there are so many requests for a single artist or song that it makes it a little tricky, so bear with me! The new blog for the upcoming week will go active this weekend, so check back if it isn't already up. Had a little trouble with it near the end of last week, but I think it's fixed now!

The All Request Hour runs from 12:00pm to 1:00pm (Eastern) each weekday.

The New Music Hour is also back. From 8:00pm to 9:00pm (Eastern) each weeknight, you'll get an entire hour of the latest Christmas music! I'm still adding lots of new music, so you'll always get to hear something new! This week, you can catch new songs from Bunny Sigler, Chaka Khan and the Piano Guys (among many, many more)!

You can also hear the singers and bands that are sponsoring us this season, as well as those who have been a big part of the Sounds of Christmas in years past, on the Stars of the Sounds of Christmas. That airs four times a day, at 1:00am and 7:00am, and 1:00pm and 7:00pm. You'll hear from Richard Kincaid, Scotty McCreery, the Prog World Orchestra, Judy Pancoast, Chuck Cape, Frank D'Angelo, Luanne Hunt and the Polyphonic Spree, as well as Tommy James, Shelby Lynne and Mannheim Steamroller (just to name a few).

Speaking of Scotty McCreery, the Scotty McCreery Song of the Day Contest continues this Monday! You can win a CD Prize Pack including Scotty's new CD "Christmas With Scotty McCreery"! You can get the details on that RIGHT HERE!

And every Tuesday in December is a Two For Tuesday, with two songs in row, all day long, from all your favorite Christmas music artists, all day long!

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

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

1) The Fabulous Thunderbirds "(Rockin') Winter Wonderland"
2) The dB's "Christmas Time"
3) Dillon Fence "Christmas"
4) Sheryl Crow "Blue Christmas"
5) Michael Buble "Grown Up Christmas List"
6) Bing Crosby "Do You Hear What I Hear"
7) T-Rex "Christmas Bop"
8) Royal Crown Revue "Christmas Lights"
9) Tracey Thorn "Tinsel And Lights"
10) BoDeans "Christmas Time"
11) Otis Redding "White Christmas"
12) The O'Jay's "I'm What You want This Christmas"
13) Colbie Caillat with Jason Reeves "Every Day Is Christmas"
14) The Beatles "The Beatles Third Christmas Record 1965"
15) Tina Lambert "Once In Royal David's City"
16) Sarah McLachlan "Christmas Time Is Here"
17) Ray Charles "Christmas In My Heart"
18) The Beach Boys "Merry Christmas Baby"
19) Lunch At Allen's "Christmas Day"
20) We Shot The Moon "Up On The House Top"

By the way, if you want your voice to be heard, rating the music we play, you can find the details on how to do that RIGHT HERE!

Thanks again for listening, and sharing 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

End Of November Top Ten

12/1/2012

Hi All!

November has come and gone, and now that it's December, Christmas music is all around us!

Thanks so much for listening to the Sounds of Christmas! We're now being heard in all 50 states (plus Washington, DC), as well as 84 other countries!

The All-Request Hour is back. If you click on REQUESTS at the top of this page, you'll find a new blog posted each week, so you can comment with your requests and find out when they'll be on! This is the first year I've tried to do it this way, and hopefully it will work and be a little easier for everyone. I try to get to all of them, but sometimes there are so many requests for a single artist or song that it makes it a little tricky, so bear with me! The new blog for the upcoming week will go active this weekend, so check back if it isn't already up.

The All Request Hour runs from 12:00pm to 1:00pm (Eastern) each weekday.

The New Music Hour is also back. From 8:00pm to 9:00pm (Eastern) each weeknight, you'll get an entire hour of the latest Christmas music! I'm still adding lots of new music, so you'll always get to hear something new! This week, you can catch new songs from Sarah McLachlan, Roger McGuinn and the Killers (among many, many more)!

You can also hear the singers and bands that are sponsoring us this season, as well as those who have been a big part of the Sounds of Christmas in years past, on the Stars of the Sounds of Christmas. That airs four times a day, at 1:00am and 7:00am, and 1:00pm and 7:00pm. You'll hear from Richard Kincaid, Scotty McCreery, the Prog World Orchestra, Judy Pancoast, Chuck Cape and the Polyphonic Spree, as well as Tommy James, Shelby Lynne and Mannheim Steamroller (just to name a few).

Speaking of Scotty McCreery, we'll be launching the Scotty McCreery Song of the Day Contest this Monday! You can win a CD Prize Pack including Scotty's new CD "Christmas With Scotty McCreery"! You can get the details on that RIGHT HERE!

And on Tuesday, it's the return of Two For Tuesday! Each Tuesday in December, you'll hear two songs in row, all day long, from all your favorite Christmas music artists!

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

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

1) Jimmy Fallon and the Muppets "The Twelve Days Of Christmas"
2) The dB's "Christmas Time"
3) Suqeeze "Christmas Day"
4) Richard Marx "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day"
5) The Fabulous Thunderbirds "(Rockin') Winter Wonderland"
6) Leigh Nash "Wishing For This"
7) Susan Egan "All Those Christmas Cliches"
8) We Shot The Moon "Up On the House Top"
9) Celtic Woman "Mary's Boy Child"
10) Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Wizards In Winter"
11) Mannheim Steamroller "Above the Northern Lights"
12) The Beach Boys "Merry Christmas Baby"
13) Cyndi Lauper "Home On Christmas Day"
14) Lisa Kessler "The Christmas Song"
15) Richard Kincaid "This Christmas (Mistletoe)"
16) Bobby Goldboro "Look around You (It's Christmas Time)"
17) The Crystals "Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers"
18) Tracey Thorn "Tinsel And Lights"
19) Andy Williams "Sleigh Ride"
20) Empty Pockets "Holly Jolly Christmas"

By the way, if you want your voice to be heard, rating the music we play, you can find the details on how to do that RIGHT HERE!

Thanks again for listening, and sharing 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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