Thursday, December 20, 2012

The Best Christmas Songs of All-Time, Part Four

Here is a recap of the songs featured so far in our annual feature of The Best Christmas Songs of All-Time* (click on the link for each date to view those six songs):


December 13
"The 12 Days of Christmas"
by the Ray Conniff Singers

"Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
by Amy Grant

"Please Come Home for Christmas"
by the Eagles

"The Little Drummer Boy"
by Perry Como

"My Favorite Things"
by the Supremes"


Do You Hear What I Hear"
by Whitney Houston



"Christmas Eve Sarajevo" 
by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra

"Where Are You Christmas?"
by Faith Hill

"Jingle Bells"
by Brian Setzer Orchestra

"I'll Be Home for Christmas"
by Elvis Presley

"Sleigh Ride"
by the Boston Pops

"Joy to the World"
by Anne Murray



"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
by Judy Garland

"I Heard the Bells"
by Three Irish Tenors

"Happy Xmas" (War Is Over)"
by John Lennon

"Silver Bells"
by the Supremes

"The Christmas Waltz"
by Frank Sinatra

"Silent Night"
by Josh Groban


"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
by Ella Fitzgerald

"Santa Claus & His Old Lady"
by Cheech & Chong

"All I Want for Christmas"
by Vince Vance & the Valients

"What Child Is This"
by Charlotte Church

"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
by Bing Crosby

"We Need a Little Christmas"
by Johnny Mathis

The Best Christmas Songs of All-Time, Part Three

(Click on dates for links to each group of six songs):


December 9:


"The Christmas Song"
by the Carpenters



"The Chipmunk Song"
by the Chipmunks



"Carol of the Bells"
by David Foster



"Mary's Boy Child"
by Boney M



"I Saw Three Ships"
by Sting



"Joy to the World"
by Whitney Houston





December 10:


"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
by Bing Crosby

"Let It Snow"
by Diana Krall

"Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
by Nat King Cole

"All I Want for Christmas"
by Spike Jones

"Jingle Bell Rock"
by Bobby Helms

"Silent Night"
by the Temptations





December 11:


"Jingle Bells"
by the Singing Dogs



"Oh Holy Night"
by John Denver



Jolly Old St. Nicholas"
by the Ray Conniff Singers



"(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays"
by the Carpenters



"Baby, It's Cold Outside"
by Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer



"Ave Maria"
by Barbra Streisand





December 12:


"Here We Come A-Caroling"
by the Ray Coniff Singers

"Silver Bells"
by Bing Crosby and Carol Richards

"Little Drummer Boy"

by Bob Seger

"Welcome Christmas"
by Boris Karloff

"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
by Josh Groban

"Sleigh Ride"
by the Ronettes

Top Tracks: "Take Me To the Top" by Loverboy

Canada's Loverboy put out the great album Lucky Ones as their second release.  We've recently begun a new feature called Top Tracks, and we'll add this song to the list.  Never released as a single, but one of the great songs on Lucky Ones: