My wife suggested I post my favorite Christmas music. Unfortunately, I’m not sure I know what that is. Sure, a song from A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi should be on it. But which one? Linus and Lucy seem so obvious. Maybe I’ll put the whole thing.
Kelly always gives me an eclectic array of music during his Daily Dose of Christmas, including music I’ve never heard. The Nutcracker will be included somewhere.
Listen to Coverville 1515: A Very Coverville Christmas Volume 20.
Here are songs I manage to play every year. I have all of them in some physical form.
A list
Christmas Wrapping – the Waitresses. Except for this song. Even though I own this on a vinyl EP, it slipped from my memory for a while.
What Child Is This – Vanessa Williams. From A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 2 (1992)
The Mistletoe and Me – Issac Hayes. A STAX cut.
Jingle Bells – Fab 4. Because tomorrow never knows.
Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday – William Bell. It was a minor soul hit on the Stax label in the mid-1960s.
Louisiana Christmas Day – Aaron Neville
Getting Ready for Christmas Day – Paul Simon. Simon is sampling (!) a sermon from 1941, the year he was born.
Christmas Is a Comin’ – Leadbelly. I have this on an LP my father owned.
The Wexford Carol – Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss
Every Valley Shall Be Exalted – Lizz Lee & Chris Willis & Mike E. from Handel’s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration
Christmas All Over Again– Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers from A Very Special Christmas 2 (1992)
Winter Snow -Booker T. & The MG’s. Isaac Hayes wrote this melancholy STAX tune.
White Christmas – The Drifters
Silent Night (Oíche Chiúin) – Enya. It’s one of my favorite versions of this song.
The Coventry Carol – Alison Moyet
What Christmas Means To Me – Stevie Wonder
The Bells of Christmas– Julie Andrews (at 17 minutes). There are at least three other versions of this song by her on these Firestone albums, but this, by FAR, is the best.
