This past Sunday night brought us The 26th Annual THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Christmas Show. A few years back, I compiled a list of all of the Christmas records played on our annual This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio Christmas shows, 1999-2017. Each year, I update that list to include what we've played on the Christmas shows since then. Here's the updated list through this year's show, with slightly-edited commentary from 2017:
The only constant fixture on all of our Christmas shows (except Christmas Without Cancer) is that we always play all of the Beatles' annual fan club Christmas messages. I think "It's About That Time" by the Idea and John and Yoko's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over) are otherwise our most-played Christmas tracks. Here's a list of what we played over the course of twenty-six TIRnRR Christmas shows, along with a specific wish from the 2015 show.
Hearts can grow heavy at Christmas. The bright lights, the clamor, and even the warmth itself can seem empty promises to one who feels alone, unappreciated, vulnerable, unloved. All of us, every single one of us, knows someone like this, whether we realize it or not; many of us have suffered it first-hand.
Although it is, we admit, just a gesture, we offer this show for all of you. We offer it for our friends, our families, our loved ones, for people we barely know, and for people we may never know. We offer you the joy of music, the comfort of companionship, the giddiness of laughter, and maybe even a brief, fleeting moment of peace. Whoever you are, and however you are, we wish you a peace that will overcome torment, and we wish you a belief in magic that transcends creed. We wish you the merriest.
N/A [from Santa Claus Conquers The Martians]: Hooray For Santa Claus
ADDISON LOVE: Utah Winter
THE ANDERSONS!: A Million Dollars For Christmas
TIM ANTHONY: I Still Believe In Christmas
LOUIE ARMSTRONG: Zat You Santa Claus
ATOMIC 7: Señor Santa El Es El Monstruo
GENE AUTRY: Here Comes Santa Claus
THE B.B.B.'s: A Credit Card Christmas
THE B.B.B.'s: Ready For Christmas
JIM BABJAK'S BUZZED MEG: Christmas Morning
KURT BAKER: Christmas In The Sand
THE BANGLES: A Hazy Shade Of Winter THE BEACH BOYS: Christmas Day
THE BEACH BOYS: Little Saint Nick
THE BEACH BOYS: Merry Christmas, Baby
THE BEATLES: 1963-1969 Christmas messages
THE BEATMAS: Mary's Boy Child
CHUCK BERRY: Merry Christmas Baby
CHUCK BERRY: Run Rudolph Run
LAURIE BIAGINI: A Magical Christmas
BIG STAR: Jesus Christ
BLONDIE: We Three Kings
BOOKER T AND THE MG'S: Jingle Bells
THE BOXMASTERS: My Dreams Of Christmas
THE BRADBURYS: I Love It When It Snows
THE BROTHERS STEVE: I Love The Christmastime
CHARLES BROWN: Please Come Home For Christmas
JAMES BROWN: Merry Christmas, I Love You
JAMES BROWN: Hey America
JAMES BROWN: Let's Unite The Whole World At Christmas
JAMES BROWN: Merry Christmas, I Love You
JAMES BROWN: Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto
JAMES BROWN: Soulful Christmas
SOLOMON BURKE: Presents For Christmas
EDWARD BYRNES: Yulesville
DAVID CARSWELL AND MEGAN BARNES: I Wanna Kiss You This Christmas
CAST OF RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER: We're A Couple Of Misfits
EDDIE C. CAMPBELL: Santa's Messin' With The Kid
CANNED HEAT: Christmas Blues MICHAEL CARPENTER: Another Xmas Song
MICHAEL CARPENTER: Wake Me Up When It's Christmas Time
THE CATHOLIC GIRLS: Christmas With This Girl
THE CLICK BEETLES: So Glad It's Christmas
NAT KING COLE: The Christmas Song
RAY CONNIFF: Joy To The World
SI CRANSTOUN: A Christmas Twist
SI CRANSTOUN: Sleigh Rider
THE CRITICS: She Feels Like Christmas Day
BING CROSBY AND FRANK SINATRA: We Wish You The Merriest
DANCE HALL CRASHERS: I Did It For The Toys
THE DARKNESS: Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells Ring)
THE DELTA RAYS: Merry, Merry Christmas
DETROIT JUNIOR: Christmas Day
DEVO: Merry Something To You
DON DIXON: Christmas Is Saturday
THE DONNAS: Christmas Wrapping
DUOTANG: Old Man Davie's Christmas Kingdom
THE DRIFTERS: White Christmas
THE EDUCATORS: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
HERB EIMERMAN: Treat Yourself Well
THE ELFETTES: Jingle Joy
EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER: I Believe In Father Christmas
ESQUIVEL: Here Comes Santa Claus
ESQUIVEL: Jingle Bells (Greetings From Esquivel)
THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Christmas Eve Can Kill You
THE FABULOUS PLAYGROUND FAMILY: I'll Be Home For Christmas
BIBI FARBER AND THE MICHAEL LYNCH ORCHESTRA: Gonna Ask Santa
FARRAH: Santa Don't Go
THE FLESHTONES: Hooray For Santa Claus
THE FORTY NINETEENS: Frosty The Snowman
TODD FRAUD: Xmas Past
THE FREE DESIGN: Close Your Mouth (It's Christmas)
THE GEMS: Love For Christmas
GO HOME PRODUCTIONS: Christmas In Boston
GREG GODOVITZ AND THE CARPET FROGS: Christmas All Over The World
THE GOING THING: The Christmas Waltz
THE GRIP WEEDS: Christmas Dream
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO: The Christmas Song
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO: Christmas Time Is Here
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO: Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO: Linus And Lucy
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO: Skating
HAMELL ON TRIAL: Santa, Can Ya
LIONEL HAMPTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
THE HANDSOME FAMILY: So Much Wine
GEORGE HARRISON: Ding Dong, Ding Dong
HAWAII MUD BOMBERS: Santas Wish
BOBBY HELMS: Jingle Bell Rock
RICHARD X. HEYMAN: I Can't Wait
RON HOLDEN AND THE THUNDERBIRDS: Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus
THE HOLLY TWINS: I Want Elvis For Christmas
THE HOLLYRIDGE STRINGS: Santa's Got A Brand New Bag
THE HONEYMOON STALLIONS: Snowbirds
JAMIE HOOVER: I Believe In Father Christmas
THE ICICLES: Snowman THE INSIGHT: Please Come Home For Christmas
THE JAC: Holiday On Mars
THE JAC [featuring THE CHRISTMAS CREW]: Won't Be Leaving Home For Christmas
THE JAC: Merry Christmas (Around The World)
BIG DEE IRWIN AND LITTLE EVA: I Wish You A Merry Christmas
TOM HOOPER: Christmas Kiss
LIGHTENING HOPKINS: Happy New Year
THE IDEA: It's About That Time
THE JACKSON 5: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town JAMIE AND STEVE: What Am I Gonna Get?
THE JELLYBRICKS: We'll Be Together
JEREMY: Christmas In My Heart
JEREMY: Christmas Time
JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS: Little Drummer Boy
JOHN AND YOKO: Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
GEORGE JONES: Joy To The World
MARTI JONES AND DON DIXON: Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday
SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS: Ain't No Chimneys In The Projects
JUSTINE'S BLACK THREADS: Angels We Have Heard On High
KARLA KANE: The Halsway Carol
PAULA KELLEY: Why Christmas? (The Longest Day Of The Year)
MAURA KENNEDY: Beneath The Mistletoe
THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Bell That Couldn't Jingle
THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Jingle Bell Rock
THE KIDS FROM THE BRADY BUNCH: Frosty The Snowman
THE KIDS FROM THE BRADY BUNCH: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
THE KING FAMILY: Not A Creature Was Stirring
B.B. KING: Christmas Celebration
CAROLE KING: Do You Hear What I Hear
WAYNE KING AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Jing-A-Ling-A-Ling
ANGELA LANSBURY: We Need A Little Christmas
STEPHEN LAWRENSON: Glad It's Christmas
THE LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS: Listen, The Snow Is Falling
JIMMY LIGGINS AND HIS DROPS OF JOY: I Want My Baby For Christmas
PETEY LIGHTNING: Go Santa Go
MARK LINDSAY WITH THE MICHAEL LEWIS TRIO: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
BILL LLOYD: Underneath The Christmas Tree
THE LOLAS: The Little Drummer Boy
THE LONG RYDERS: Christmas In New Zealand
CLAUDINE LONGET: I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You
THE MONKEES: Riu Chiu
THE MOONGLOWS: Hey Santa Claus
THE MONTGOMERY CLIFFS: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
NRBQ: A Christmas Wish
NO DOUBT: Oi To The World
THE O'JAYS: Christmas Just Ain't Christmas, New Year's Just Ain't New Years
ROB PARAVONIAN: We're Breaking Up For The Holidays
GRAHAM PARKER WITH NONA HENDRYX: Soul Christmas
MARI PAVELICH: The Chubby Little Snowman
GAYLA PEEVEY: I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: Christmas All Over Again
THE POGUES FEATURING KIRSTY MacCOLL: Fairytale Of New York
POP CO-OP: Christmas Eyes
POP IS ART: Everybody Needs A Little Xmas
ELVIS PRESLEY: Blue Christmas
ELVIS PRESLEY: Santa Claus Is Back In Town
THE PRIMITIVES: You Trashed My Christmas
THE PUPPINI SISTERS: Step Into Christmas
QUEEN: Thank God It's Christmas
ELIZABETH RACZ: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
THE RAMBLIN' AMBASSADORS: Don't Fear The Reindeer
THE RAMONES: Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
THE RAVERS: (It's Gonna Be A) Punk Rock Christmas
BOOTS RANDOLPH: Jingle Bells
OTIS REDDING: Merry Christmas Baby
OTIS REDDING: White Christmas
PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS: Macy's Window
PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS: Wear A Smile At Christmas
JONATHAN RICHMAN AND THE MODERN LOVERS: Abominable Snowman In The Market
THE RONETTES: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
THE RONETTES: Sleigh Ride
SANTO AND JOHNNY: Twisting Bells
SEA OF BEES: Feliz Navidad
SHOES: This Christmas
THE SLINGSBY HORNETS: All I Want For Christmas Is You
THEE SNOWGLOBE-LINS: Christmas Song
THE SONICS: Don't Believe In Christmas
THE SONICS: Santa Claus
THE SOUL STIRRERS: Christmas Means Love
SPINAL TAP: We Three Kings
THE SPLIT SQUAD: Another Lonely Christmas
THE SPONGETONES: Christmas Boy
THE SPONGETONES: Christmasland
THE SPONGETONES: Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies
THE SPONGETONES: The Little Wiped-Out Drummer Boy
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
THE SQUIRES OF THE SUBTERRAIN: Christmas Time
ST. MARY'S CHURCH OF THE VISITATION CHOIRS: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
THE STAPLE SINGERS: Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas?
RINGO STARR: Christmas Time Is Here Again
RINGO STARR: Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On
RINGO STARR: I Wanna Be Santa Claus
RINGO STARR: Winter Wonderland
TINA SUGANDH: White Christmas
THE SURFARIS: A Surfer's Christmas List
SURFIN' LUNGS: Surfin' On Christmas Day
THE SWALLOWS: Christmas In The Slammer
THE SWINGLE SINGERS: Jingle Bells
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS: Santa's Beard
CARLA THOMAS: All I Want For Christmas Is You
CARLA THOMAS: Gee Whiz, It's Christmas
ROSIE THOMAS: Why Can't It Be Christmastime All Year
RUFUS THOMAS: I'll Be Your Santa Baby
TINY TIM: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
THE TOMS: Fake Christmas
THE TRASHMEN: Dancing With Santa
CHANDLER TRAVIS: Hoping For Christmas
TWISTED SISTER: Deck The Halls
THE UNCOMMON HOUSEFLIES: Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
UP WITH PEOPLE: Jingle Bell Beat
THE VENTURES: Jingle Bell Rock THE VENTURES: Sleigh Ride
THE VENTURES: Snow Flakes
MIKE VIOLA AND THE CANDY BUTCHERS: Give Me A Second Chance For Christmas
THE VOICES: Santa Claus Baby
THE WAILERS: Christmas Spirit??
THE WAITRESSES: Christmas Wrapping
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT: Spotlight On Christmas
WEDNESDAY WEEK: Christmas Here
THE WEEKLINGS: Gonna Be Christmas
WHITE LIGHTNIN': Christmas In Vegas
THE WHO: Christmas
JUAN WILLIAMS: Dead, Dead, Dead
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON: Santa Claus
WINGS: Wonderful Christmastime
ALICIA WITT: I'm Not Ready For Christmas
PETER WOOD SINGERS AND ORCHESTRA: Winter Wonderland
ROY WOOD WITH WIZZARD: I Wish It Could Be Xmas Every Day
DAVID WOODARD: Around The Power Pop Tree
XTC/THE THREE WISE MEN : Thanks For Christmas
GREGG YETI AND THE BEST LIGHTS: Christmas Quarantine
THE YULE LOGS: The Girl (For Christmas
THE YULE LOGS: Northpole 45789
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