December 24, 2010
My favorite versions of Christmas Songs. Your results may vary...
Adeste Fidelis Bing Crosby
All I Want for Christmas Is You Mariah Carey
Baby It's Cold Outisde Dean Martin
Blue Christmas Elvis Presley
Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song) Amy Grant
The Christmas Song Nat King Cole
Christmas Time Is Here Vince Guaraldi Trio
Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid
Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano
Frosty the Snowman Jimmy Durante
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Bing Crosby
Grown Up Christmas List Amy Grant
Happy Xmas (War is Over) John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas Burl Ives
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Judy Garland
Heaven Came to Earth 2nd Chapter of Acts
Here Comes Santa Claus Gene Autry
I'll be Home for Christmas Bing Crosby
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Andy Williams
Jingle Bell Rock Ritchie Valens
Let it Snow Dean Martin
The Little Drummer Boy Harry Simone Chorale
March of the Toys The Philadelphia Orchestra
Mele Kalikimaka Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters
Merry Christmas Darling The Carpenters
O Tannenbaum Nat King Cole
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Brenda Lee
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Gene Autry
Santa Baby Eartha Kitt
Santa Claus is Coming to Town Frank Sinatra
Sleigh Ride Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops Orchestra
The Night Before Christmas Amy Grant
There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays Perry Como
Walking in the Air (from the film "The Peter Auty
Snowman" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubeVUnGQOIk )
White Christmas Bing Crosby
White Christmas The Drifters
Winter Wonderland Amy Grant
Wonderful Christmastime Paul McCartney
Adeste Fidelis Bing Crosby
All I Want for Christmas Is You Mariah Carey
Baby It's Cold Outisde Dean Martin
Blue Christmas Elvis Presley
Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song) Amy Grant
The Christmas Song Nat King Cole
Christmas Time Is Here Vince Guaraldi Trio
Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid
Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano
Frosty the Snowman Jimmy Durante
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Bing Crosby
Grown Up Christmas List Amy Grant
Happy Xmas (War is Over) John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas Burl Ives
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Judy Garland
Heaven Came to Earth 2nd Chapter of Acts
Here Comes Santa Claus Gene Autry
I'll be Home for Christmas Bing Crosby
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Andy Williams
Jingle Bell Rock Ritchie Valens
Let it Snow Dean Martin
The Little Drummer Boy Harry Simone Chorale
March of the Toys The Philadelphia Orchestra
Mele Kalikimaka Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters
Merry Christmas Darling The Carpenters
O Tannenbaum Nat King Cole
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Brenda Lee
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Gene Autry
Santa Baby Eartha Kitt
Santa Claus is Coming to Town Frank Sinatra
Sleigh Ride Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops Orchestra
The Night Before Christmas Amy Grant
There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays Perry Como
Walking in the Air (from the film "The Peter Auty
Snowman" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubeVUnGQOIk )
White Christmas Bing Crosby
White Christmas The Drifters
Winter Wonderland Amy Grant
Wonderful Christmastime Paul McCartney
Check out "Christmas Tonight" by Dave Barnes with Hillary Scott. I'm a staunch, die-hard, traditional Christmas music fan, but this new song has me humming in my head even three months past Christmas. In my opinion, Hillary Scott's voice makes it a beautiful, instant classic, but she isn't even featured in the video. (You may recognize her as the lead singer in the country group Lady Antebellum.)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dana. I'm open to "new classics" as you can see from me including 3 from Amy Grant, my fanship of whom otherwise petered out sometime around 1990. But "Home for Christmas" was a brilliant album.
ReplyDelete(I first read your comment on my Blackberry, and as I scrolled down and read "...the lead singer in the country group...," for one horrible moment, I thought you were going to say Sugarland. Because let me tell you, I will never listen to them or heinous quacking of Jennifer Nettles outside of a torture room.)