GALLERY: Comics-based films (from various eras) that I saw in the '60s, '70s, and '80s

As much as folks talk about superhero fatigue among movie-goers, there's still an ongoing buzz attached to the DC and Marvel Comics cinematic universes. And comics-related flicks remain a much bigger deal now than they were when I was a kid in the 1960s and '70s, and even into theoretical adulthood in the '80s.

Today's gallery gathers images from comics-based movies I saw in those decades. It's not limited to films first released in that era; 1930s and '40s movies and movie serials are certainly fair game. The gallery includes movies I saw in theaters, on TV, via home video, and in screenings at the Syracuse Cinephile Society, or at the 1976 Super DC Con in New York City. It excludes TV series, but includes TV movies, and at least one feature-length compilation of TV series episodes (1974's Kato And The Green Hornet), plus one time when a local station in Syracuse aired a bunch of Hulk cartoons from the 1966 limited-animation Marvel Super Heroes series as its Saturday afternoon movie . And while the focus is on films based on comic books or syndicated comic strips, we're throwing in properties (like the Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet) that originated in other media. I'm arbitrarily excluding Tarzan and Zorro, and less-arbitrarily excluding pulp hero Doc Savage, the latter only because I didn't see Doc Savage, Man Of Bronze within the stated timeline. 

In the time frame, there were a number of comics-related film or TV-movie projects teased but never made, including adaptations of Black Widow (starring Angela Bowie), Captain America, Spider-Man, Silver Surfer,and  Vampirella (pictured above); actress Barbara Leigh was said to be set to star in a Hammer Films Vampirella adaptation, but if that was true at any time, it wasn't true for long.

So! Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear! Lights! Camera! ACTION COMICS! 

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I compiled a various-artists tribute album called Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes, and it's pretty damned good; you can read about it here and order it here. My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available, and you can order an autographed copy here. You can still get my previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books, OR an autographed copy here. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.

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BOPPIN's monthly day off

Once a month, Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do) pauses its commitment to daily public posting and instead preps a private post shared solely with its beloved paid patrons. 

As mentioned near the end of this past Saturday's public post, this month's private post is an exclusive look at early work on a novel I'm writing. Lazarus Lives was originally meant to be a short story, and I've decided there's too much story to squeeze into short form. It's gonna be a novel. Eventually. In the mean time, patrons get to see a glimpse of where I was going with it when it was a mere short story. The final project will encompass life in the 1970s, teen alienation, depression, friendship, fantasy, loss, the creative urge, wanting someone you can't have, wishing for something you can't do, sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, and--of course--comic book superheroes.

I'm very enthused about Lazarus Lives, and I hope some folks find it of interest. It's very unlikely the book will be finished until 2027 at the earliest. For now, this is the only opportunity to catch a glimpse of what it may become. Paid patrons will receive the early look at Lazarus Lives on Thursday, January 1st.. If you'd like to read the extended opening of Lazarus Lives, you can become a Boppin' patron for as little as $3 a month: Fund me, baby! Regular daily public posting resumes tomorrow.

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I compiled a various-artists tribute album called Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes, and it's pretty damned good; you can read about it here and order it here. My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available, and you can order an autographed copy here. You can still get my previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books, OR an autographed copy here. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. You can read about our history here

THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO # 1317: THE COUNTDOWN!

Wanna reminisce?

Granted, maybe we're not yet eager to reminisce so much about this particular year. It often seemed as if 2025 had all the warm and fuzzy ambiance of a dumpster fire, and maybe an aroma to match that image. But just as each and every year offers its cruel share of heartache, there is also good stuff--great stuff--in every year as well. We won't forget our failures, our disappointments, our losses, our defeats. But if we survive, and then if at some point we do choose to reminisce, we'll exult in the memories of what helped us get through. Love and art. Purpose and compassion. A stubborn belief in truth and justice, and in a community larger and more powerful than the dark forces that piss us off.

There is always wonderful music, including everything we've ever loved from the past, and every transcendent new discovery of any vintage. It's one of my favorite personal clichés, my durable motto: Right now is the best-ever time to be a music fan. Music never dies. Legacies last. Creation continues. The beat, goddammit, goes on. Even in the shadow of all that's thrown at us, we will have cause to look back in wonder.

In 2025, I paused all of my other projects so I could concentrate my efforts on helping to make a dream come true: I wanted a various-artists tribute album honoring the songwriting of Syracuse's own power pop powerhouse, the Flashcubes. My favorite power pop band, a group that has been nearly as important to me as the Beatles and the Ramones. Whoever and whatever I am, as a rockin' pop pundit, as a DJ, as a writer, as a dreamer who does his fancifyin' with a loud and proud soundtrack, I don't get to become me without the Beatles, the Ramones, and the Flashcubes. Someone asked me: Why a Flashcubes tribute album? Aren't the Flashcubes a cover band? That widespread lack of recognition of the sheer brilliance of the Flashcubes' original songs made me all the more determined to shine a brighter light. 

A Flashcubes tribute album. Why? Because the Flashcubes deserve the tribute.

My friends at Big Stir Records agreed, and they gave a bright green light to Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes, a gathering of 21 bands covering 21 Flashcubes originals, supplemented by three brand new original tracks by the Flashcubes themselves. The resulting album is stunning, which is a testament to the musicians who applied their talent, and to the richness of the material at hand. As the record's curator, I'm aware of the fact that I can only take credit for organizing and cheerleading. It was the artists, the songwriters, and mastering maestro Michael Simmons who really made something happen. And the something that happened brought a welcome light to me throughout the year.

To the surprise of no one, a staggering thirteen of the 24 tracks on Make Something Happen! were among This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio's 50 most-played tracks in 2025, and nearly all of the album's other eleven tracks came pretty damned close. And among those thirteen, of course all three of the new Flashcubes tracks made our Top 5, deservedly so. In another year of great music, the Flashcubes were as great as anyone.

"Reminisce" was the first advance single off Make Something Happen!, and the album's lead-off track. Written by 'Cubes guitarist Paul Armstrong, "Reminisce" is a rollickin' rock 'n' roll love letter to all passion that endures, to all flash that lives beyond the seeming transience of its in-your-face moment in time. We can look back and still look forward with deliberate intent. It's how stupid rules get amended, it's how walls fall, and it's how the right things prevail. "Reminisce" was TIRnRR's # 1 most-played track in 2025. We salute the road that got us this far. We use that experience to fuel the journey's next leg. We reminisce. 

And then we continue.

As holidays close out the calendar, the sting of reminiscing reminds us that there aren't as many folks here as there were this time last year. Not even music can heal that. But we're still going to play. In tribute. In defiance. In memory. In service of all we ever held dear: 

We reminisce. And we keep moving.

Thanks as always to the incredible Fritz Van Leaven for keeping the stats and programming our countdown. Congratulations and thanks to all of the artists on the countdown, to all of the other sublime acts we played in 2025, and to all the music and magic we hope to reclaim and/or proclaim in 2026. And now, in the words of both the Ramones and the Flashcubes: Hey-ho, let's GO!! This is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on a whole bunch of Sunday nights in Syracuse this year.

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream, and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. 

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Volume 2: CD or download
Volume 3: download
Volume 4: CD or download
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TIRnRR # 1317: 12/28/2025: THE COUNTDOWN!

TIRnRR's 12 MOST-PLAYED ARTISTS IN 2025

12. THE KINKS: You Really Got Me (Sanctuary, The Ultimate Collection)
11. SORROWS: Teenage Heartbreak (Pavillion, Teenage Heartbreak)

10. LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS: Out Of Your Hair (Big Stir, How To Make Friends By Telephone)
9. AMY RIGBY: I Don't Want To Talk About Love No More (Signature Sounds, Little Fugitive)

8. BLONDIE: Denis (Chrysalis, The Platinum Collection)
7. THE MUFFS: Sad Tomorrow (Omnivore, Blonder And Blonder)

6. THE HALF/CUBES: Something's Gonna Happen (Jem, Found Pearls)
5. THE MONKEES: You And I (Rhino, The Monkees Present)
4. THE SPONGETONES: Words And Music (Black Vinyl, Oh Yeah!)
3. THE RAMONES: Carbona Not Glue (Rhino, Leave Home)
2. THE FLASHCUBES: Alone In My Room (Big Stir, Pop Treasures)
1. THE BEATLES: No Reply (Capitol, Beatles '65)

TIRnRR's 50 MOST-PLAYED TRACKS IN 2025

50. GRAHAM PARKER AND MIKE GENT: Pathetic (original master used for Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)

49. THE LUCKY SHOTS: Jump Start (Kool Kat Musik, Clearly Opaque)

48. THE VIBEKE SAUGESTAD BAND: Hey Now Sunshine (Rum Bar, The Sun Sessions EP)

47. TOM KENNY AND THE HI-SEAS: Welcome To The Working Class (original master used for Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)

46. CHUBBY CHECKER: The Twist (Cameo Parkway, Dancin' Party: The Chubby Checker Collection [1960-1966])

45. THE CORNER LAUGHERS: Speak To The Sky (Curry Cuts, VA: Second By Second By Minute By Minute: The Songs Of Rick Springfield)

44. NELSON BRAGG: We're Gonna Laugh About It (Big Stir, Mélodie de Nelson: A Pop Anthology)

43. ELENA ROGERS: A Little Bit Of Lovely (Eats Dynamite, Always Trying)

42. THE SHIRTS: Tears Coin' Down (Think Like A Key Music, Live Featuring Annie Golden)

41. PERILOUS: Dear Heart (n/a, SOS)

40. JIM BASNIGHT: Get It Out (Power Popaholic, single)

39. KID GULLIVER: 24 Hours (single)

38. SHONEN KNIFE: She's The One (Good Charamel, Osaka Ramones)

37. THE RAMONES: Judy Is A Punk (Rhino, Ramones)

36. MIKE MITSCH'S LAGANSLOVE: (I Don't Wanna) Waste Another Day (single)

35. MONOGROOVE: That Girl (Kool Kat Musik, Popsicle Drivethru)

34. THE VERBS: I Need Glue (original master used for Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)

33. CLOCKWORK FLOWERS: Going Going Gone (n/a, Clockwork Flowers)

32. DEAN LANDEW: Summertime Friday Night (single)

31. THE SPONGETONES: Lulu's In Love (Big Stir, The 40th Anniversary Concert...And Beyond)

30. THE KENNEDYS: Walking Through The Park (original master used for Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)

29. SLYBOOTS: If We Could Let Go (single)

28. THE MnM'S: I'm Tired (Burger, Melts In Your Ears 1980-81)

27. THE MONKEES: For Pete's Sake (Rhino, Headquarters)

26. THE BEVIS FROND: He'd Be A Diamond (Woronzow, New River Head)

25. THE HALF/CUBES FEATURING PETER NOONE: I'll Be Taking Her Out Tonight (Jem, Found Pearls)

24. JILL SOBULE: Someone's Gonna Break Your Heart (Beyond, Pink Pearl)

23. THE CHELSEA CURVE: Rally Round (The Sound Cove, single)

22. THE ARMOIRES: You're Not The Police (original master used for Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)

21. THE CYNZ: Heartbreak Time (Jem, single)

20. THE CYNZ: Can't Help Thinking About Me (Jem, VA: Jem Records Celebrates David Bowie)

19. MIKE BROWNING: Four Days Of Rain (single)

18. sparkle*jets u.k.: Make Something Happen (original master used for Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)

17. BALLZY TOMORROW: Five Personalities (original master used for Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)

16. SORROWS: Radio (original master used for Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)

15. SORROWS: Never Mind (Big Stir, Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow)

14. HARMONIC DIRT: Tumbleweeds (n/a, Tumbleweeds)

13. LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS: Gone Too Far (original master used for Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)

12. THE ISLEY BROTHERS: Shout (Part 1) (MOJO, VA: Songs The Beatles Taught Us)

11. SAM AND DAVE: Soul Man (Atlantic, The Best Of Sam & Dave)

10. SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: Hot Fun In The Summertime (Epic, Greatest Hits)

9. THE NON-PROPHETS: Alibi (single)

8. SUPER 8 FEATURING LISA MYCHOLS: Pop Radio (single)

7. THE SPONGETONES: Nothing Really Matters When You're Young (original master used for Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)

6. JOE GIDDINGS: Tonite Tonite (Kool Kat Musik, Stories With Guitars)

5. THE FLASHCUBES: If These Hands (original master used for Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)

4. THE FLASHCUBES: The Sweet Spot (original master used for Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes)

3. THE MUFFS: That's For Me (Omnivore, No Holiday)

2. AMY RIGBY: Heart Is A Muscle (Tapete, Hang In There With Me)

And TIRnRR's # 1 MOST-PLAYED TRACK IN 2025:

1. THE FLASHCUBES: Reminisce (single)

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FADEOUT:

THE NUTLEY BRASS: I Wanna Be Sedated (Sanctuary, Ramones Songbook)

Tonight on THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO

THE COUNTDOWN! Our chance to play back what we played a lot in 2025, with music spanning from the 1960s through today. Our 12 most-played artists! Our 50 most-played tracks! Like Casey freakin' Kasem, we're gonna count the lot of 'em all the way down to #1. We bill each week's show as The Best Three Hours Of Radio On The Whole Friggin' Planet, and we believe that's true. But the Countdown show? THAT, my friends, is the best show of the year. Count down with us! Sunday night, 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming via sparksyracuse.org, and as WESTCOTT RADIO on the Radio Garden app. The weekend stops HERE!

Writing Books: Novel Approaches

Photo of the blogger by novelist Dave Murray

How many times have I attempted to write a novel?

I'm not sure of the answer. I think my first attempt was The Snowman, a pulp novel inspired by 1940s superhero movie serials, its name suggested by a childhood drawing by artist Jules Feiffer (reproduced in Feiffer's book The Great Comic Book Heroes). I remember writing a few chapters of The Snowman in longhand during high school study halls circa...1974 or '75, I think. I certainly wasn't going to waste study hall by studying. I also remember the girl sitting in front of me turning around to ask what I was working on. She didn't seem impressed. I tired of the story and set it aside. I don't believe the little work I did on The Snowman exists anymore.

It seems as though I must have made other attempts in the '70s, '80s, and '90s, but if I did, the memory is lost. I had ideas for novels, but none fully conceived, and certainly none executed in even introductory chapters. I recall a vague notion of something about a serial killer dressed as Santa Claus, a murder mystery to be called Our Lips Are Sealed, a Syracuse-based rock 'n' roll tale to be named Bright Lights. None came to fruition.

When I started blogging in 2016, the notion of writing a novel became more plausible, if not quite achievable in the short term. I had all but given up writing by then; the self-inflicted need to generate content for a daily blog forced me to create...something. I burned through my previously-published freelance work (almost all nonfiction, predominantly about pop music), started writing new personal reminiscences and commentaries. I began writing the rock 'n' roll superhero time travel novel Eternity Man!, but stopped after completing five chapters.

I made my first-ever fiction sales in 2019, all to AHOY Comics, a Syracuse-based, nationally-distributed publisher that includes prose short stories in most of its comics. My third sale (and first published) was "The Last Ride Of The Copperhead Kid," a story born from a random notion to try my hand at writing a Western. Its relative success spawned a sequel, "The Copperhead Strikes!," a 1930s-set pulp saga about a masked crimefighter--hey, like the Snowman!--who happens to be the daughter of the Copperhead Kid. More stories followed, with further branches of this adventurous family tree: A secret agent in the '60s, a bass-playin' punk chick in the '80s, a reluctant heroine in the present day (a heroine eventually destined to be elected as President of the United States), then going back to the '20s for a hard-boiled private detective from Harlem pursuing a case in the Himalayas. Other than the unfinished account of the future POTUS formerly known as Copper Girl, each of these stories sold, feeding my intention to write additional stories in this universe, and to eventually string them together as a de facto novel about the Copperhead Kid's legacy. With six chapters written, this is a work in progress, and it is still progressing.

I began writing another novel, Meet The Frantiks!, running with a concept I had for a comic book mini-series about a widow in her sixties encountering what appears to be a flesh and blood manifestation of a fictitious British Invasion rock group she saw on a TV sitcom when she was five years old. I've been writing Meet The Frantiks! a chapter at a time, and I've been pleased with its development. My plan has been to continue the work, with a goal of publishing it as my first novel, probably in 2027. My 2026 slate already belongs to two other book projects: the nonfiction first-person history Make Something Happen! The DIY Story Of A Power Pop Band Called THE FLASHCUBES and a short story compilation, Guitars Vs. Rayguns!! Short Stories And Other White Lies. For the former, I've been editing initial interviews and lining up more interviews; for the latter, I've been completing new short stories to accompany previous works.

One of the new short stories intended for Guitars Vs. Rayguns!! was "Lazarus Lives," a story I've tried to write since one of my best friends killed himself in 1979. I don't think I have copies of any of my previous attempts at "Lazarus Lives," which is just as well, because I'm starting the damned thing over from scratch anyway. The new version has been coming together quite well, really flowing, really clicking in a way its lost early drafts could not. 

The only problem? There's too much in it for it to be a short story, nor even a novella. It's not a matter of self-editing; the characters are telling me, insisting to me, that there's more story to tell than what my modest blueprint can accommodate. If you're a writer, it's vital to listen to what your characters think they should say and do, how they should live, even how they should die. 

"Lazarus Lives" has to be a novel: Lazarus Lives. I'm my own worst enemy, but this feels imperative. And I can't talk myself out of it now that my characters have dug in their heels.

The Flashcubes book is my immediate priority, though the short story collection may still be published first because it's a project that can be crafted in spare time (whatever that is). I also have another nonfiction book pending, and that's a BIG priority after the Flashcubes book is done.

Nonetheless, it's important for me to develop my fiction projects. I need to do these. Ruling out the two other preferred career paths that I wasn't suited to do--rock 'n' roll star or Batman--a writer is the only thing I've ever really wanted to be.

On January 1st, my paid Patreon subscribers will be able to read what I've written for Lazarus Lives, an early pass at beginning a narrative that is already too long to be a short story. There will be many changes, expansions, and additional chapters to be written before a Lazarus Lives novel can will itself into being. Until that book is published, the paid patrons will be the only ones allowed to see its story so far. If you're interested in this early glimpse of Lazarus Lives, you can join my (very small) legion of Boppin' supporters for a mere $3 a month.

The characters in Lazarus Lives are telling me you should join. Here's your chance to listen to their demand and judge for yourself.

If you like what you see here on Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do), please consider a visit to CC's Tip Jar. You can also become a Boppin' booster on my Patreon page.

I compiled a various-artists tribute album called Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes, and it's pretty damned good; you can read about it here and order it here. My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available, and you can order an autographed copy here. You can still get my previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books, OR an autographed copy here. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. You can read about our history here.

The 27 (or thereabouts) annual THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Christmas shows

With The 27th Annual THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Christmas Show now in the books, here's an updated list at all of the tracks we've played on all of our Christmas shows, from 1999 to date.

We have now done twenty-seven This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio Christmas shows. We did our first one in 1999, just before our first anniversary on the air. We've done one almost every year since then; technical issues forced the station off the air for a while in late 2007, so Christmas was cancelled that year. The wages of naughty, my friends--the wages of naughty. However, the intrepid team of Dan Pavelich and Lisa Mychols put together a Christmas Without Cancer special holiday edition of TIRnRR in 2013, two weeks before Dana and I did our own TIRnRR Christmas show. So, we still total twenty-seven Christmas shows in twenty-seven years, 2007 be damned.

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 How The Grinch Stole Christmas]: You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
N/A [from Santa Claus Conquers The Martians]:  Hooray For Santa Claus 
89 MOJO: Kenosha Christmas 
ADDISON LOVE: Utah Winter
EVERET ALMOND: Have A Very Very Very Merry Christmas
THE ANDERSONS!: A Million Dollars For Christmas 
TIM ANTHONY: I Still Believe In Christmas 
APPLES IN STEREO: Holiday Mood 
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: Can't Wait For Christmas

LAURIE BIAGIBI: Christmas In The Air

LAURIE BIAGINI: A Magical Christmas

BIG STAR:  Jesus Christ 

BLONDIE: We Three Kings 

BOOKER T AND THE MG'S: Jingle Bells

BOOKER T AND THE MG'S: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 

THE BOSTON CAMERATA: Riu Chiu 

DAVID BOWIE AND BING CROSBY: Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth

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

MIKE BROWNING: It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

SOLOMON BURKE: Presents For Christmas

THE BURNS SISTERS: Songs We Love

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

BLAINE CAMPBELL AND THE CALIFORNIA SOUND: Christmas Day

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

ANNY CELSI: Christmas In The Pines

DOLPH CHANEY: Jingle Bells

THE CHEEPSKATES: Christmastime With You 

ALEX CHILTON: The Christmas Song 

ALEX CHILTON: Jesus Christ

THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT: Christmas Is My Time Of Year

THE CLICK BEETLES: So Glad It's Christmas 

THE CLICK BEETLES: Wonderful 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)

DARLING CZAR: Christmas In July

RAY DAVIES AND CHRISSIE HYNDE:  Postcard From London 

SKEETER DAVIS: Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

THE dB'S: Holiday Spirit

THE DECIBELS: Christmas Wish

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

THE ELVIS BROTHERS: Rock-A-Billy Christmas

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 FLINTSTONES: Christmas Is My Fav'rite Time Of Year

THE FORTY NINETEENS: Frosty The Snowman 

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE: The Man In The Santa Suit 

TODD FRAUD: Xmas Past 

THE FREE DESIGN: Close Your Mouth (It's Christmas)

THE FREE DESIGN: The Now Sound Of Christmas 

GARY FRENAY: Christmas Without You 

MARVIN GAYE: Purple Snowflakes 

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 GOING THING: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 

THE GOLDBERGS: Channukah Guy 

THE GOLDDIGGERS: Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town 

HOLLY GOLIGHTLY: Christmas Tree's On Fire 

CHRISTOPHER GREY: I Can't Sleep On Christmas Eve 

THE GRIP WEEDS: Christmas, Bring Us 

THE GRIP WEEDS: Christmas Dream 

THE GRIP WEEDS [with MARK LINDSAY]: Santa Make Me Good

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 

MARGO GURYAN: I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You 

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

LIGHTENING HOPKINS: Merry Christmas 

JAMIE HOOVER: I Believe In Father Christmas

THE HUMAN BEINZ: Time Is Tight [Christmas version]

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) 

JOHNNY & JON: Christmas In Viet Nam 

BLAKE JONES & THE TRIKE SHOP: String Lights And Hold On

DAVY JONES, MICKY DOLENZ AND PETER TORK: Christmas Is My Time Of Year 

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

THE KINKS: Father Christmas 

EARTHA KITT: Santa Baby

THE KRAYOLAS: Maria Believes In Christmas Again

DEAN LANDEW: Holiday Bash

ANGELA LANSBURY: We Need A Little Christmas

STEPHEN LAWRENSON: Glad It's Christmas

THE LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

THE RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

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

THE LINDA LINDAS: Groovy Xmas

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

DARLENE LOVE: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 

DARLENE LOVE: Marshmallow World 

LOS STRAITJACKETS: Deck The Halls 

LOS STRAITJACKETS: Holiday Twist

NICK LOWE: Christmas At The Airport 

MICHAEL LYNCH: Jingle Jangle Bells 

MICHAEL LYNCH: The Little Drummer Boy 

MICHAEL LYNCH: Santa Claus Bop 

MANNIX: Christmas Eve Without You 

MAPLE MARS: Christmastime In The City

DOM MARIANI: Christmasonic 

MATERIAL ISSUE: Merry Christmas Will Do 

MICHAEL MAZZARELLA: Christmas In The City 

JIMMY McCRACKLIN: Christmas Time--Pt. 1 

PAUL JAMES McHENRY: Snap Your Fingers (If You Like Christmas)

THE MEDITATION SINGERS: Blue Christmas  

ROY MILTON: Christmas Time Blues 

MINT-AID: Do They Know It's Christmas? 

MICHAEL MITSCH: Christmas Crystals 

THE MOCKERS: (There's No War On Christmas) When Christmas Is In Your Heart 

MOJOCHRONIC: Rudolph (You Don't Have To Put On The Red Light) 

THE MONKEES: Christmas Party

THE MONKEES: House Of Broken Gingerbread

THE MONKEES: Riu Chiu 

THE MOONGLOWS: Hey Santa Claus

MONSTERS UNDER THE BED: Christmas At The Cabin 

LOU MONTE: Domenick The Donkey 

THE MONTGOMERY CLIFFS: Christmas Lights 

THE MONTGOMERY CLIFFS: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

THE MONTGOMERY CLIFFS: O Come All Ye Faithful

LISA MYCHOLS:  Blizzard Of Aahhs 

LISA MYCHOLS: In Love With Love 

LISA MYCHOLS: Listen To The Bells Ring 

LISA MYCHOLS: Look On 

LISA MYCHOLS:  Lost Winter's Dream 

LISA MYCHOLS: Shows A Lot 

LISA MYCHOLS AND SUPER 8: A Very Merry Christmas

LISA MYCHOLS AND SUPER 8: Santa Please

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 

BUCK OWENS: All I Want For Christmas Is My Daddy

P. HUX: Everything Is Cool 

ROB PARAVONIAN: We're Breaking Up For The Holidays 

GRAHAM PARKER WITH NONA HENDRYX: Soul Christmas 

MARI PAVELICH: The Chubby Little Snowman 

MARI PAVELICH: Up On The Rooftop

IRENE PEÑA: Will You Turn Up (For Christmas)

THE PENCILS: Christmas Is Coming Again

JANA PERI:  I Hate The Holidays (But I Love Spending Them With You) 

PERILOUS: Can't Stand The Holidaze

THE PERSUASIONS: You're All I Want For Christmas 

GAYLA PEEVEY: I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas 

TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: Christmas All Over Again 

NICK PIUNTI AND THE COMPLICATED MEN: Christmas Morning

THE POGUES FEATURING KIRSTY MacCOLL: Fairytale Of New York 

THE POINTED STICKS: Power Pop Santa 

POP CO-OP: Christmas Eyes

POP IS ART: Everybody Needs A Little Xmas 

JOHNNY POPSTAR AND THE LUV EXPLOSION: Angels From The Realms Of Glory 

ELVIS PRESLEY: Blue Christmas 

ELVIS PRESLEY: Santa Claus Is Back In Town 

THE PRETENDERS: 2000 Miles 

CHARLEY PRIDE: Santa And The Kids

THE PRIMITIVES: You Trashed My Christmas 

THE PUPPINI SISTERS: Step Into Christmas

QUEEN: Thank God It's Christmas

QUINT: Almost Christmas Eve

QUINT [featuring KAREN BASSETT]: Bows Of Holly

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

KIMBERLY REW AND LEE CAVE-BERRY: All I Want Is You For Christmas

JONATHAN RICHMAN AND THE MODERN LOVERS: Abominable Snowman In The Market 

THE RONETTES: Frosty The Snowman 

THE RONETTES: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

THE RONETTES: Sleigh Ride 

THE ROOKS: Christmas 

DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES: Just A Lonely Christmas 

ROTARY CONNECTION: Christmas Love 

ROTARY CONNECTION: Santa's Little Helpers 

THE ROYAL GUARDSMEN: Snoopy's Christmas 

FRANK ROYSTER: Christmas Is Fun 

ED RYAN: Noel (You Gotta Sing)

KELLEY RYAN/ASTROPUPPEES: It's Not Christmas

SALEM TRAVELERS: Merry Christmas To You 

SANDLER AND YOUNG: Mister Santa 

SANDLER AND YOUNG: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 

SANTO AND JOHNNY: Twisting Bells 

BRANDON SCHOTT: Winter In The Sun 

SEA OF BEES: Feliz Navidad

THE SEASON'S GREETERS: Santa's Leaving Town

BOB SEGER AND THE LAST HEARD: Sock It To Me Santa 

SEX CLARK 5: Christmastime 

SHAKE SOME ACTION!: Christmas In The Sun 

THE SHAMBLES: Warm This Winter 

SHOES: This Christmas

SHOES: Winter Wonderland 

SHONEN KNIFE: Space Christmas 

SHONEN KNIFE: Sweet Christmas 

HARRY SIMEONE CHORALE: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL: 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night 

PAUL SIMON: Getting Ready For Christmas Day

SKETCH MIDDLE: California Christmas

SLADE: Merry Xmas Everybody

THE SLINGSBY HORNETS: All I Want For Christmas Is You 

THE SLINGSBY HORNETS: (Just Another) Friday Night

JIMMY SMITH:  God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

JIMMY SMITH: Jingle Bells

MINDY SMITH: Santa Will Find You 

THE SMITHEREENS: Santa Bring My Baby Back (Back To Me)

THE SMITHEREENS: Waking Up On Christmas Morning

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: Carol Of The Guitars 

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 

TALL POPPY SYNDROME: Come Some Christmas Eve

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

TROLLEY: We Three Kings Of Orient Are 

IKE AND TINA TURNER: Merry Christmas Baby

THE TURTLES: Santa And The Sidewalk Surfer

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

KIM WESTON: Wish You A Merry 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: The Christmas Song 

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: Countdown To Christmas Party Time 

XTC/THE THREE WISE MEN : Thanks For Christmas 

GREGG YETI AND THE BEST LIGHTS: Christmas Quarantine

NEIL YOUNG: Winterlong

THE YULE LOGS:  The Girl (For Christmas

THE YULE LOGS: Northpole 45789

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream, and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO.