Some of these are oldies but goodies, others I have never heard before.....pretty interesting.

Follow this link to listen to the stream: http://www.npr.org/templa...n-20081210



NPR.org, December 8, 2008 - We asked 10 stations to send us 10 of their favorite holiday songs, mixed them up and this is what we got – a festive stream of songs by everyone from Bach to the Ramones to Louis Armstrong. Below is the playlist:

• "Jingle Bells," Diana Krall, Christmas Songs (Verve) [WDUQ]

• "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," Frank Sinatra, Christmas With The Rat Pack [WXPN]

• "Waltz of the Flowers," Cincinnati Pops dir. Erich Kunzel, Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Favorite Selections (Telarc 80674) [WGUC]

• "Let it Snow," Leon Redbone, Christmas Island (Rounder) [Folk Alley]


ID BREAK: Elena See from Folk Alley

• "Fairytale of New York," The Pogues, The Best of the Pogues (WEA) [KUT]

• "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)," The Ramones, The Edge Of Christmas (Oglio) [WXPN]

• "Distler: Est is ein Ros' entsprungen," Quink Ensemble, Carols Around the World (Telarc 80202) [WGBH]

• "The Little Drummer Boy," The Moog Machine, Christmas Becomes Electric (Columbia) [WNYC]

• "'Zat You, Santa Claus?" Louis Armstrong, Hipster's Holiday (Rhino) [WBGO/WDUQ]

• "Last Month Of The Year," The Blind Boys of Alabama, Go Tell It On The Mountain (Real World) [WXPN]


ID BREAK: David Dye from WXPN

• "Ocho Kandelikas," Hankus Netsky & New England Conservatory Jewish Music Ensemble, A Taste of Chanukah (Rounder) [WGBH]

• "For unto us...," London Philharmonic and John Aldiss Choir dir. Karl Richter, Handel: Messiah (Deutsche Grammophon 453028) [WGUC]

• "O Little Town of Bethlehem," Richard Stoltzman, Hark!(RCA 61272) [WGUC]

• "Silent Night," King's Singers, Christmas (Signum 502) [WGUC]

• "My Holiday," Mindy Smith, My Holiday (Vanguard) [Folk Alley]

• "Sleigh Ride," Sam Bush, Tinsel Tunes (Sugar Hill) [Folk Alley]

• "It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year [A Shrift Remix]," Andy Williams, A Six Degrees Collection: Christmas Remixed (Six Degrees) [WFUV]


ID BREAK: Rita Houston from WFUV

• "Christmas In Hollis," Run D.M.C., A Very Special Christmas (A&M) [WXPN]

• "Santa Claus, Santa Claus," James Brown, Santa's Got A Brand New Bag (Rhino) [KUT]

• "Santa Claus," Sonny Boy Williamson, Blue Yule: Christmas Blues and R&B Classics (Rhino) [WGBH]

• "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," Joseph Spence, Mas! A Caribbean Christmas Party (Rykodisc) [KUT]

• "Pretty Paper," Willie Nelson [live at KUT]

• "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies," Woody Phillips, A Toolbox Christmas [Folk Alley]

• "Did I Make You Cry on Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It!)," Sufjan Stevens, Songs For Christmas (Asthmatic Kitty) [Folk Alley]

• "Peanut Brittle Brigade," Duke Ellington, Three Suites (Columbia) [WBGO]


ID BREAK: Gary Walker from WBGO

• "The Christmas Song," Rob Schwimmer, The Tarquin Records All-Star Holiday Extravaganza (Tarquin Records) [WNYC]

• "Bikkurim," Masada String Trio, Festival of Light (Six Degrees) [WDUQ]

• "Dreidel Song," Grupo Fantasma, Austin WB Holiday Songs [KUT]

• "Basie's Jingle Bells," Count Basie, Ultimate Jazz Christmas (Blue Note) [WDUQ]

• "Christmas Time Is Here," Anita Baker, Christmas Fantasy (Blue Note) [WGBH]

• "Blue Christmas," The Pretenders, Holiday EP (Shangri-La Music) [WXPN]

• "Christmas in the Trenches," Robbie O'Connell, A Christmas Celtic Sojourn, Live (Rounder) [WGBH]

• "Merry Christmas From The Family," Robert Earl Keen, Best (Koch) [WXPN]


ID BREAK: David Dye from WXPN

• "In dulci Jubilo," Renaissonics on WGBH's Carols for Dancing [live at WGBH]

• "(An ancient Christmas song from the Hebridean Islands of Scotland)," Dougie MacLean on WGBH's A Celtic Christmas Sojourn 2007 [live at WGBH]

• "Blue Christmas," Martin Sexton, Camp Holiday (Kitchen Table) [Folk Alley]

• "Good King Wenceslas," Douglas Leedy, A Very Merry Electric Christmas to You (Capitol) [WNYC]

• "The Little Drummer Boy," Johnny Cash, The Christmas Spirit (Columbia)

• "Oj maluski, maluski (Oh, My Little)," Poznan Nightingales, Najpiekniejsze Koledy (Muza PNCD 268) [APM]


ID BREAK: Bill Morelock from American Public Media

• "Back Door Santa," Clarence Carter, Soul Christmas (Atlantic) [KUT]

• "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)," Darlene Love, A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector (Apple) [WXPN]

• "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," The Jackson 5, Season's Greetings: The Millenium Collection (Hip-O) [WXPN]

• "O Tannenbaum," Cambridge Singers dir. John Rutter, Christmas Night: Carols Of The Nativity (Collegium 106) [WGUC]

• "Silver Bells," Dean Martin, Christmas With Dino (Capitol)

• "The Angel In The Christmas Play," Spike Jones, Let's Sing a Song of Christmas (Verve)

• "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," The Moog Machine, Christmas Becomes Electric (Columbia) [WNYC]

• "In dulci jubilo," James Galway with Munich Radio Orchestra dir. John Georgiadis, In Dulci Jubilo: Christmas with James Galway (RCA 60736) [WGUC]


ID BREAK: Mark Perzel from WGUC

• "Carol of the Bells," Dianne Reeves, Christmas Time Is Here (Blue Note) [WDUQ]

• "We Three Kings," Wynton Marsalis, Crescent City Christmas Card (Columbia) [WBGO]

• "The Christmas Song," Nat King Cole, The Christmas Song (Capitol) [WBGO/WDUQ]

• "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied!, BWV 190," Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists dir. John Eliot Gardiner, Bach: Cantatas Vol. 16 (Soli Deo Gloria 137) [WGBH]

• "The Hallelujah Chorus," The Roches, The Collected Works of The Roches (Rhino) [WFUV]

• "Christmas Wrapping," The Waitresses, Christmas Wrapping EP (Ze) [KUT]

• "Greensleeves," Vince Guaraldi Trio, A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy) [WDUQ]


ID BREAK: Bob Studebaker from WDUQ

• "Blue Christmas," Low, Christmas (Sub Pop) [KUT]

• "Blue Xmas," Miles Davis, Jingle Bell Swing (Columbia) [WBGO/WFUV]

• "Blue Christmas," Nicole Atkins, The Hotel Cafe Presents Winter Songs (Epic) [WFUV]

• "Christmas '95," Michael Fracasso [live at KUT]

• "Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus," George Jones and Tammy Wynette, Country Christmas (Rhino)

• "I'll Be Home For Christmas," Martin Sexton, Camp Holiday (Kitchen Table) [WFUV]

• "Fengidaid Nos," BBC Welsh Chorus dir. John Hugh Thomas, Celebration: Christmas Fanfares and Carols (Nimbus 5310) [APM]

• "Still, Still, Still," Mary Chapin Carpenter, Come Darkness, Come Light (Zoe Records) [Folk Alley]


ID BREAK: Elena See from Folk Alley

• "Merry Christmas Baby," Charles Brown, Charles Brown's Cool Christmas Blues (Bullseye Blues) [WBGO]

• "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," Oliver Jones, Yuletide Swing (Justin Time) [WBGO]

• "Baby, It's Cold Outside," Ray Charles & Betty Carter, Dedicated To You (Rhino) [WFUV]

• "Jingle Bells," The Puppini Sisters [live at WFUV]

• "Jingle Bells," Jimmy Smith, Christmas Cookin' (Verve) [WBGO]

• "Silent Night," Douglas Leedy, A Very Merry Electric Christmas to You (Capitol) [WNYC]


ID BREAK: David Garland from WNYC

• "Ades: Fayrfax Carol," Choir of Kings College, Cambridge dir. Stephen Cleobury, On Christmas Day (EMI Classics 58070)

• "While Shepherds Watched," Boston Camerata dir. Joel Cohen, An American Christmas (Erato 92874) [APM]

• "Sussex Mummers' Carol," Paul Coletti, viola; Phillip Bush, piano, Master Play (MPR 207) [APM]

• "The Many Moods of Christmas," Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus dir. Robert Shaw, The Many Moods of Christmas (Telarc 80087) [WGUC]


ID BREAK: Mark Perzel from WGUC

• "Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)," The Smithereens, Christmas With The Smithereens (Koch) [WFUV]

• "Must Be Santa," Brave Combo, [live at KUT]

• "All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)," Spike Jones, Let's Sing a Song of Christmas (Verve)

• "Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney," Ella Fitzgerald, Yule Be Miserable (Verve) [WDUQ]

• "Sleigh Ride," Caribbean Jazz Project, Playboy's Latin Jazz Christmas (Concord) [WBGO]

• "I Wonder as I Wander," Lissa Schneckenberger, Jed Wilson, Jake Brown & Aoife O'Donovan, [live at WGBH]

• "Oh Holy Night," Karan Casey [live at WGBH]

• "Merry Christmas from the Family," Jill Sobule, It's the Thought that Counts EP (self-released) [WFUV]

• "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch," Carol Egan, Justin Time for Christmas Four (Justin Time) [WDUQ]


ID BREAK: Bob Studebaker from WDUQ

• "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," Sean Jones, Jazz Yule Love II (Mack Avenue) [WDUQ]

• "O Holy Night," Mahalia Jackson, Mahalia Sings Songs of Christmas! (Columbia)

• "It's a Wonderful Life," Royal Philharmonic dir. David Newman, Sundance Film Music Series Vol. 1 (Telarc 88801) [WGUC]

• "Joy to the World," The Roches, We Three Kings (Rykodisc) [Folk Alley]

• "Mary's Boy Child," Navan & Fionnuala O'Donovan [live at WGBH]

• "Last Month of the Year," The Gourds with the Damnations [live at KUT]

• "Christmas Time's a Comin'," Rhonda Vincent, Beautiful Star (Rounder) [Folk Alley]

• "Adeste Fideles," Boston Camerata dir. Joel Cohen, An American Christmas (Erato 92874) [APM]

• "Silent Night," Elisabeth Schwarzkopf with Ambrosian Singers/Philharmonia Orchestra dir. Charles Mackerras, The Christmas Album (EMI Classics 63574) [APM]


ID BREAK: Bill Morelock from APM

• "The 12 Days of Christmas," Harry Belafonte, Christmas Memories (RCA)

• "Silver Bells," Chet Atkins, Christmas Memories (RCA)

• "Mary Had a Baby," Jessye Norman, In the Spirit (Phillips)

• "Hooray For Santa Claus," The Fleshtones, Stocking Stuffer (Yep Roc) [WFUV]

• "Jingle Bells," Sy Mann & Jean-Jacques Perrey, Switched-On Santa (Pickwick) [WNYC]

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