#XmasTunes #41: #LittleSaintNick by the #BeachBoys with that trademark Beach Boys sound and harmonizing. Never heard any other version of this song and don't need to #MerryGentmas youtu.be/xp9rK8FmYog?...
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#XmasTunes #39 A good companion piece to #RunRudolphRun is this rock/country take on #ISawMommyKissingSantaClause by #JohnCougarMellencamp. Great back up singers and the fiddle work is what makes it great #MerryGentmas youtu.be/zsat4e8jgHA?...
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#XmasTunes #37 #SantaClausIsCoimingToTown by #ThePointerSisters gives Sinatra/Lauper a run for its money. Super high energy & they absolutely HAMMER that chorus. So much concentrated joy it may very well usher a tear for sentimental old dogs like yours truly #MerryGentmas youtu.be/DQDMnZGxRl0?...
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#XmasTunes #36: One of my best buds suggested a tune for this playlist 2-3 years ago but it was just too metal & didn't fit. His next try made it with this fun rockabilly version of #RockingAroundTheChristmasTree by German band #TheBaseballs. #MerryGentmas
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#XMasTunes #35 My go-to for #HaveYourselfAMerryLittleChristmas is the incredibly sultry big band version by #HaleyReinhart. What a band indeed and her voice is steamy hot butterscotch. I might have a crush. Okay I have a crush. #MerryGentmas youtu.be/BHLQRURRubA?...
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#XmasTunes #34 My definitive version of #SleighRide is this fun little number by the one and only #EllaFitzgerald. That voice and those horns, those horns, those horns. Did I mention I love horns? Because I *love* me some horns. #MerryGentmas youtu.be/NRSvczD9840?...
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#XmasTunes #33: Another Canadian entry with #RunRudolphRun (though why not "Run Run Rudolph?"🤔) by #BryanAdams because there's no reason #Xmas shouldn't ROCK a little, right? Right. #MerryGentmas youtu.be/TBTbC5ZNYgQ?...
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Xmas Tune #32: Perennial classic #WhiteChristmas by #BingCrosby. If I'm ever at your Christmas party and you want me to sing it to a room full of people all you have to do is ask. You might not even have to ask😉. #MerryGentmas
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#XmasTunes #31: Dig into #ChristmasBoogie from this self-taught child prodigy, the AMAZING jazz pianist/singer #SugarChileRobinson who at 8 years old played for the President of the United States. You'll know why when you hear this song #MerryGentmas youtu.be/OAQ_8eFo4Hg?...
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#XmasTunes #30: Just heard this one for the first time at ye old weed shop (believe it or not😆), how did I live my whole life without #SantaClausIsBackInTown by the #KingOfRockAndRoll #ElvisPresley?!? #MerryGentmas youtu.be/Ae7CtryWCkc?...
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#XmasTunes #29: #MerryChristmasBaby by #VernonGarrett is funky. Great horns. Guitars. Always thought this was James Brown? #MerryGentmas youtu.be/J6sKalvBvoc?...
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#XmasTunes #28: #CarolOfTheBells is the most inherently tense & ominous of all Christmas tunes ever & for that reason makes it *really* cool. This breathtakingly gorgeous version seamlessly segues into #GodRestYeMerryGentlemen & comes to you via the #PianoGuys. #MerryGentmas youtu.be/e9GtPX6c_kg?...
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#XmasTunes #27: #GeeWhizItsChristmas by #CarlaThomas, about calling up somebody and wishing them a #MerryChristmas just for the sake of it being Christmas. Do this. You won't regret it #MerryGentmas youtu.be/DurNzCqdde4?...
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#XmasTunes #26: Another creative newbie to this list #BoogieWoogieSanta by #MabelScott. Absolutely wild horns. Where's this song been my whole life? #MerryGentmas youtu.be/qSr-WJVH318?...
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#XmasTunes #25: #LetItSnowLetItSnowLetItSnow by #HarryConnickJr is big band, crooner fun & I'll probably never sing it and not mimic Harry when I do. #MerryGentmas youtu.be/SoRemd9j6mI?...
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#XmasTunes #24: #FrostyTheSnowman is another busy, frenetic and fun tune by #TheRonettes. The backup singers really sell this one #MerryGentmas youtu.be/7s0sOPXMgkA?...
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#XmasTunes #23: What better for the Xmas staple #JingleBells than by one of America's finest soul divas, #LenaHorne? This one for me is about her voice and the drums, drums, DRUMS. Loud, kids. Play it LOUD. #MerryGentmas youtu.be/iqgda1Hw6js?...
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#XmasTunes #22: Another entry from #LouisArmstrong with #CoolYule. Fun Brassy. Maybe the best for horns of this whole selection. "From Coney Island to the Sunset Strip" you find yourself singing in the shower, like either Louis himself or perhaps #CookieMonster #MerryGentmas youtu.be/F12a21dx144?...
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#XmasTunes #21: #BlueChristmas by #TheLumineers is haunting & lonely & sad & just so utterly *tragic* which is exactly how it's supposed to be. Different enough from the Elvis version to merit its own spot on this list. Mournful, beautiful harmonizing #MerryGentmas youtu.be/9ygiyWvdZ4I?...
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Xmas Tune #20: Christmas anthem by rap Godfathers #RunDMC with #ChristmasInHollis, heard by me for the first time in the quintessential Xmas movie (?) #DieHard, which is a whole lot of concentrated Awesome when you put it all together like that #MerryGentmas youtu.be/OR07r0ZMFb8?...
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Xmas Tune #19:
Bob: "Where'd you learn to do that?"
Doug: "Uh, albums?"
#12DaysOfChristmas by #BobAndDougMckenzie is a genuine, truly Canadian Christmas classic & it makes me laugh EVERY SINGLE TIME I HEAR IT, YEAR AFTER YEAR. #MerryGentmas youtu.be/1DTwLqR071M?...
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Xmas Tune #18: #EveryDayWillBeLikeAHoliday by #WilliamBell is another from that genre of a poor lonely dude whose heart's full just waiting for her to come through that door. One of those Xmas deep love tunes that just nails it. Sing it like you mean it #MerryGentmas youtu.be/Iatak7_GuYg?...
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Xmas Tune #17: Flat out best version ever of #SleighRide is by #TheRonettes. A frenetic and fun little tune #RingaLingaLingaLingaDingDongDing #MerryGentmas youtu.be/DkXIJe8CaIc?...
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Xmas Tune #16: #PresentsForChristmas by #SolomonBurke. Another new one for me. Taps into that feeling of spreading Xmas to everybody, good will 'round the world type of thing which always manages to pull at the heart-strings of this old dog. Play it loud. #MerryGentmas youtu.be/mZUmBxlCGaA?...
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Xmas Tune #15: Elvis makes it up here again because this is another definitive version. I've been singing #HereComesSantaClaus his way since I was a little kid, snarl, dramatic flourish and everything. True story. #MerryGentmas youtu.be/yWcFiGKm-JU?...
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