Christmas Day Radio Playlist

For the past decade, I've spent Christmas Day (and sometimes Christmas Eve) doing fill-ins at a local college radio station. This year, I did two shows totaling eight hours of airtime, all of which I dedicated to material from my extensive collection of non-played-to-death holiday music.

Playlist #2
Dec. 25, 2007
1:00-5:00 p.m. EST

1. SANTA, BRING MY BABY BACK TO ME, Elvis Presley
2. CAJUN CHRISTMAS, Monty & Marsha Brown
3. I WANT A ROCK 'N' ROLL GUITAR, Johnny Preston
4. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE, Shakin' Stevens
5. SANTA AND THE SATELLITE, Buchanan & Goodman

6. CHRISTMAS TEARS, Freddy King
7. YOU'RE A MEAN ONE, MR. GRINCH, Thurl Ravenscroft
8. MERRY TWIST-MAS, The Marcels
9. TRUCKIN' TREES FOR CHRISTMAS, Red Simpson
10. CHRISTMAS AT K-MART, Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band

11. 1963 CHRISTMAS EP, The Beatles
12. HEAVY METAL CHRISTMAS (THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS), Twisted Sister
13. O SANTA, WHERE ART THOU, Suzy Snowflake
14. SANTA'S SECRET, Slam Stewart

15. SILENT NIGHT, Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns
16. CHRISTMAS NIGHT IN HARLEM, Louis Armstrong
17. DANCIN' WITH SANTA, The Trashmen
18. BE-BOP SANTA CLAUS, Babs Gonzales
19. MERRY CHRISTMAS, I LOVE YOU, James Brown

20. SANTA BABY, Eartha Kitt
21. THEY SHINED UP RUDOLPH'S NOSE, Johnny Horton
22. ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU, Carla Thomas
23. GREEN CHRISTMAS (PARTS 1 & 2), Stan Freberg

24. THE NIGHT SANTA WENT CRAZY, "Weird Al" Yankovic
25. MONSTERS' HOLIDAY, Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt Kickers
26. DIG THAT CRAZY SANTA CLAUS, Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers
27. IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME IN LOUISIANA, Johnnie Allan
28. BLACK CHRISTMAS, Rose Graham

29. 1964 CHRISTMAS EP, The Beatles
30. ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A BEATLE, Dora Bryan
31. I'LL BE HOME ON CHRISTMAS DAY, Elvis Presley
32. I WANT TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH ELVIS, Debbie Dabney

33. CHRISTMAS WRAPPING, The Waitresses
34. JINGLE BELL ROCK, The Ventures
35. ONE CHRISTMAS CATALOG, Captain Sensible
36. MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS, BABY, Dodie Stevens
37. CHRISTMAS PRAYER, The Penguins

38. THE CHANUKAH SONG, Adam Sandler
39. HANUKKAH HOMEBOY, Doc Mo She
40. CHRISTMAS IN JAIL, The Youngsters
41. COOL, COOL CHRISTMAS, The Sabers

42. LOUIE, LOUIE CHRISTMAS, Mojo Nixon
43. THANKS FOR CHRISTMAS, The Three Wise Men (a/k/a XTC)
44. ANOTHER ROCK AND ROLL CHRISTMAS, Paul DiAnno
45. BLUE XMAS (TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN), Miles Davis & Bob Dorough

46. WHITE CHRISTMAS, Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
47. SANTA CLAUS IS WATCHING YOU, Ray Stevens
48. CHRISTMAS IN THE CONGO, The Marquees
49. MR. AND MRS. SANTA CLAUS, George Jones & Tammy Wynette
50. GONNA WRAP MY HEART IN RIBBONS, Hank Thompson
51. AVE MARIA, Stevie Wonder

52. 1965 CHRISTMAS EP, The Beatles
53. SHOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN HIM A GUN FOR CHRISTMAS, Wall of Voodoo
54. CHRISTMAS IS, Run-DMC

55. FUNKY CHRISTMAS, Otis Zee & The Sambuka Band
56. HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS, The Pretenders
57. IT'S A HILLBILLY CHRISTMAS, The Candy Mountain Boys
58. THE TWELVE GIFTS OF CHRISTMAS, Allan Sherman

59. REALLY BEEN GOOD THIS YEAR, Saffire--The Uppity Blues Women
60. YELLIN' AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE, Billy Idol
61. ROCKIN' SANTA CLAUS, The Martels
62. I WANT YOU WITH ME THIS CHRISTMAS, Jesse Belvin
63. YOU'RE MY CHRISTMAS PRESENT, The Skyliners

64. 1967 CHRISTMAS EP, The Beatles
65. NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY CHRISTMAS, Danger Danger
66. I FOUND THE BRAINS OF SANTA CLAUS, Jason & The Strap-Tones
67. BEATNIK'S WISH, Patsy Raye

68. IN THE MOOD (FOR CHRISTMAS), The Brian Setzer Orchestra
69. IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR, The Manhattans
70. THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, Ray Charles
71. MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY, Chuck Berry