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The Top Ten Before Christmas

12/22/2013

Hi All!

It seems like we just got started, and now Christmas Day is almost here!

Thanks so much to everyone who has already stopped by and shared some of your holiday with us! Hope you're having a wonderful season, so far!

This week, we added new music from Sarah McLachlan, Scott MacIntyre, Harry Connick Jr., Jack Johnson and Marillion (just to name a few)! And there's plenty more to come!

The All Request Hour and the New Music Hour will continue through the end of December, so you still have time to get requests in and catch the latest new Christmas music! 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 about it! 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, Danny Wright, James Robert Webb and Joel Kopischke 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!

Oh, Two For Tuesdays will also continue til the end of December! 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) Tey "Christmas Is Easy When Love Is Around"
2) Marillion "Carol Of The Bells"
3) Roger McGuinn "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear"
4) Soupy Sales "Santa Claus Is Surfin' To Town"
5) The Bobs "Fifty Kilowatt Tree"
6) Elton John and Joss Stone "Calling It Christmas"
7) Andy Williams "Hark The Herald Angels Sing"
8) Ingram Hill "Santa Claus Is Back In Town"
9) Melissa Etheridge "It's Christmas Time"
10) Reilly "Dear Santa (I Can Explain)"
11) Smashing Pumpkins "Christmastime"
12) Nick Lowe "Christmas At The Airport"
13) Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans "The Bells Of St. Mary"
14) Tom Lehrer "A Christmas Carol"
15) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy "Run Rudolph Run"
16) Empty Pockets "Baby It's Cold Outside"
17) Fats Domino "Jingle Bells"
18) Lisa Kessler "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
19) Frank Sinatra "Mistletoe And Holly"
20) Ringo Starr "I Wanna Be Santa Claus"

This week, there are actually eight songs tied at 20, so here are the other seven...

20) Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas" (12" Mix)
20) Carole King "Sleigh Ride"
20) Honeymoon Suite "I Believe In Father Christmas"
20) Frank Sinatra "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day"
20) Kimberley Locke "We Need a Little Christmas"
20) Wilson Pickett "Silver Bells"
20) Straight No Chaser "The 12 Days Of Christmas" (live)

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

Boston, Ashanti and Blue Sky Riders

12/14/2013

Hi All!

It seems like we're picking up speed and flying towards Christmas Day!

Thanks so much to everyone who has already stopped by and shared some of this early part of the season with us! Hope you're having a wonderful holiday season, so far!

This week, we added new music from Boston, Ashanti, Love Crushed Velvet, Blue Sky Riders, Noah, Jillaine, Ariana Grande, the Rocket Summer and Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox (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, Two For Tuesdays are 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) Wilson Pickett "Silver Bells"
2) The Beatles "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)"
3) Sand Dollar Rodeo "Island Holiday"
4) Slim Jim Phantom "Christmas Tree Boogie"
5) Roger McGuinn "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear"
6) Empty Pockets "Run Run Rudolph"
7) Johnny Mathis "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
8) Nick Lowe "Christmas at The Airport"
9) Natasha Miller "White Christmas"
10) Diana Krall "The Man With The Bag"
11) Frank Sinatra "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day"
12) Ray Charles "That Spirit Of Christmas"
13) Kimberley Locke "We Need A Little Christmas"
14) Leigh Nash "Wishing For This"
15) Michael Keaton "Frosty the Snowman"
16) Diahann Carroll "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
17) Melinda Doolittle "God Bless Us Everyone"
18) Paul Simon "Getting Ready For Christmas Day"
19) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy "It Feels Like Christmas Time"
20) Lisa Kessler "Away In A Manger"

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

Runaways, Zombies and GLEE

12/9/2013

Hi All!

Well we finally have our tree and it's nearly decorated! Hope you're enjoying this festive season (and that you really are finding it festive)!

Thanks so much to everyone who has already stopped by and shared some of this early part of the season with us! We now have listeners in all 50 states, Washington, DC and 105 other countries and territories!

This week, we added new music from Kenny Loggins, the Zombies, Lita Ford and Cherie Currie (from the Runaways), New Royalty, Leona Lewis, Killers, Jive Aces, Roger McGuinn and the Cast of GLEE (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, Two For Tuesdays are 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) NRBQ "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas"
2) The Hipwaders "Yes It's Christmas"
3) Brian Wilson "What I Really Want For Christmas"
4) J.D. McPherson "Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights)"
5) Roger McGuinn "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear"
6) Killers "Feel It In My Bones"
7) Belinda Carlisle "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
8) Tom Lehrer "A Christmas Carol"
9) Empty Pockets "Run Run Rudolph"
10) Kimberley Locke "We Need A Little Christmas"
11) Ingram Hill "Santa Claus Is Back In Town"
12) Lisa Kessler "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
13) Josh Grobam "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
14) Katrina Carlson "You Are Christmas"
15) Natasha Miller "Christmas Time Is Here"
16) Carla Thomas "Gee Whiz It's Christmas"
17) James Brown "Santa Claus Is Definitely Here To Stay"
18) The Bobs "Fifty Kilowatt Tree"
19) Dreams So Real "Red Lights (Merry Christmas)"
20) New Royalty "I Believe It's Christmas Time"

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

Hello December

11/30/2013

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

Pre-Thanksgiving Top Ten and Alice's Restaurant

11/23/2013

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

Halfway Through November Top Ten

11/15/2013

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

The First Top Ten For 2013

11/8/2013

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

The Sounds Of Christmas Top 100 For 2012

1/15/2013

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 2012!

1) Otis Redding "White Christmas"

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

3) Elvin Bishop "Silent Night"

4) Clarence Clemons "The Christmas Song"

5) The Fabulous Thunderbirds "(Rockin') Winter Wonderland"

6) Casting Crowns "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day"

7) BoDeans "Christmas Time"

8) Paul Carrack "Thinking About You (At Christmas Time)"

9) Cyndi Lauper "Home On Christmas Day"

10) dB's "Christmas Time"

11) Lisa McClowry "Before The Tree Comes Down"

12) Susan Egan "All Those Christmas Cliches"

13) Colbie Caillat with Jason Reeves "Every Day Is Christmas"

14) Royal Crown Revue "Christmas Lights"

15) Little Isadore and the Inquisitors "Christmas Of Love"

16) Richard Marx "Christmas Spirit"

17) Mulberry Lane "Happy Holidays"

18) Mannheim Steamroller "Above The Northern Lights"

19) Michael Buble "Grown Up Christmas List"

20) The Beach Boys "Merry Christmas Baby"

21) Bing Crosby "Do You Hear What I Hear"

22) The O'Jays "I'm What You Want For Christmas"

23) Sarah McLachlan "Christmas Time Is Here"

24) Paul Young "What Christmas Means To Me"

25) Sheryl Crow "Blue Christmas"

26) We Shot The Moon "Up On The House Top"

27) The Crystals "Parade of The Wooden Soldiers"

28) Squeeze "Christmas Day"

29) B.B. King "Please Come Home For Christmas"

30) Jimmy Fallon and the Muppets "The Twelve Days Of Christmas"

31) Lisa Kessler "The Christmas Song"

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

33) The Brian Setzer Orchestra "The Nutcracker Suite"

34) The Empty Pockets "Baby It's Cold Outside"

35) Hayseed Dixie "Misty Wonderland Hop"

36) Michael Keaton "Frosty the Snowman"

37) T-Rex "Christmas Bop"

38) Amy Grant "Hark The Herald Angels Sing"

39) Dillon Fence "Christmas"

40) Greg London "Christmas To Christmas"

41) Lois Mahalia "I'd Like You For Christmas"

42) Norah Jones "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear"

43) Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Wizards In Winter"

44) Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell "Silver Bells"

45) Burl Ives "Holly Jolly Christmas"

46) Richard Kincaid "This Christmas (*Mistletoe)"

47) Sleeping At Last "Snow"

48) Dido "Christmas Day"

49) Donnie Iris "Carol Of The Bells"

50) Ray Charles "Christmas In My Heart"

51) Annie Lennox "Lullay Lullay (Coventry Carol)"

52) The Beatles "The Beatles' Third Christmas Record (1965)"

53) Brian Wilson "Christmasey"

54) Joan Baez "Little Drummer Boy"

55) John Popper and Eric Clapton "Christmas Blues"

56) Josh Groban "I'll Be Home For Christmas"

57) Leigh Nash "Wishing For This"

58) Tracey Thorn "Tinsel And Lights"

59) Collective Soul "Blue Christmas"

60) The Motels "All I Want For Christmas Is You"

61) Tommy James and the Shondells "It's Christmas Again"

62) Andy Williams "Sleigh Ride"

63) The Honeydrippers "Santa Claus Is Back In Town"

64) Madonna "Santa Baby"

65) Oasis "Merry Xmas Everybody"

66) Celtic Woman "Mary's Boy Child"

67) Chris Mann "White Christmas"

68) The Eels "Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas"

69) Mannheim Steamroller "Deck The Halls"

70) Sheryl Crow "White Christmas"

71) Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy"

72) Dean Martin "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"

73) Kay Starr "The Man With The Bag"

74) Rosemary Clooney "The Christmas Waltz"

75) Salsoul Orchestra "Merry Christmas All"

76) Bruce Springsteen "Merry Christmas Baby"

77) Carolyn Sills "Blue Christmas"

78) Lynyrd Skynyrd "Christmas Time Again"

79) Burt Reynolds "Frosty The Snowman"

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

81) Francesca Battistelli "Christmas Dreams"

82) Kem "Merry Christmas Baby"

83) Bing Crosby "White Christmas"

84) Bing Crosby and Peggy Lee "Here Comes Santa Claus"

85) Dreams So Real "Red Lights (Merry Christmas)"

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

87) Tommy James "Little Drummer Boy"

88) Vertical Horizon "I Believe In Father Christmas"

89) Anna Wilson "Yule Swing"

90) Louis Armstrong "Christmas In New Orleans"

91) Polyphonic Spree "A Working Elf's Theme"

92) Status Quo "It's Christmas Time"

93) A Fine Frenzy "Christmas Time Is Here"

94) Bobby Goldsboro "Look Around You (It's Christmas Time)"

95) Fun "Sleigh Ride"

96) REM "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"

97) Tina Lambert "Once In Royal David's City"

98) Dave Davies "Father Christmas" (Live)

99) Scotty McCreery "Holly Jolly Christmas"

100) TobyMac with Leigh Nash "Christmas This Year"

101) Annie Lennox and Al Green "Put A Little Love In Your Heart"

102) Darlene Love with the Brian Setzer Orchestra "Sleigh Ride"

103) The Empty Pockets "Holly Jolly Christmas"

104) Fountains Of Wayne "The Man In The Santa Suit"

105) Lisa Kessler "Coventry Carol"

106) Sting "I Saw Three Ships"

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

108) Faith Hill "Little Drummer Boy"

109) Johnny Mathis "Have Reindeer Will Travel"

110) Kate Davis "That's What I Want For Christmas"

111) The Payolas "Christmas Is Coming"

112) Randy Bachman "Takin' Care Of Christmas"

113) Heart "Here Is Christmas"

114) Hey Monday "Mixtape For Christmas"

115) Josh Groban "Believe"

116) Lunch At Allen's "Christmas Day"

117) Scotty McCreery "Jingle Bells"

118) Sleeping At Last "Silver Bells"

119) Bob Rivers "Toy Sack"

120) Chris Rea "Driving Home For Christmas"

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 2013! And may you always believe in Santa Claus!

Ken

The Last Top Ten Of The Season

1/4/2013

Hi All!

Not much in the way of news this week. Christmas and New Year's have come and gone, and the Sounds of Christmas will go away Sunday night, following the Feast of the Epiphany.

Thanks so much for stopping by and listening this season, spending at least a little of your Christmas celebration with us! I hope you've enjoyed the music this year, and I'm already looking forward to Christmas 2013 (and hoping that this is the year we really do get that Christmas album from Pat Benatar)!

I'd also, one more time, 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 about it, i think. I hope this new year brings you much happiness and joy!

And with that, here's the last Top Ten of the season....

1) Ronnie Spector and Darlene Love "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"
2) Michael Keaton "Frosty the Snowman"
3) Otis Redding "White Christmas"
4) Burl Ives "A Holly Jolly Christmas"
5) Casting Crowns "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day"
6) Brian Wilson 'Christmasey"
7) Collective Soul "Blue Christmas"
8) Josh Groban "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
9) Chris Mann "White Christmas"
10) Dean Martin "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
11) The Empty Pockets "Baby It's Cold Outside"
12) Lois Mahalia "I'd Like You For Christmas"
13) Dreams So Real "Red Lights (Merry Christmas)"
14) Louis Armstrong "Christmas In New Orleans"
15) Polyphonic Spree "A Working Elf's Theme"
16) TobyMac with Leigh Nash "Christmas This Year"
17) Lisa Kessler "Coventry Carol"
18) Payolas "Christmas Is Coming"
19) Sleeping At Last "Silver Bells"
20) Bob Rivers "Toy Sack"

I'm still crunching numbers, and should have a Top 100 list (for the whole season) up next week!

Thanks again for listening, and sharing the season with us!

And may you always believe in Santa Claus!

Ken

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

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