NEW STANDARDS -- SONGS OF THE 1970S TO TODAY
Great Songs
Donny Hathaway -- "This Christmas"
Joni Mitchell -- "River"
Great Records
Mariah Carey -- "All I Want For Christmas Is You"
Extreme -- "Christmas Time Again"
John Lennon & Yoko Ono -- "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"
The Pogues w Kristy MacColl -- "Fairytale Of New York"
Wham -- "Last Christmas"
Most Emotional
Band Aid -- "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (Bono)
John & Yoko
THE ESSENTIAL CHRISTMAS ALBUM LIBRARY
Ella Fitzgerald -- Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas
Herb Alpert -- Christmas Album (1968)
Judy Collins -- Winter Stories (w Jonas Fjeld and Chatham County Line)
Bing Crosby -- Merry Christmas aka White Christmas (many editions)
Bing Crosby -- Sings Christmas Songs
Ella Fitzgerald -- Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas ****
Vince Guaraldi -- A Charlie Brown Christmas
Emmylou Harris -- Light Of The Stable
Mahalia Jackson -- Mahalia Sings Songs Of Christmas!
The Living Sisters -- Harmony Is Real: Songs For A Happy Holiday
Los Lobos -- Llegó Navidad
Aimee Mann -- One More Drifter In The Snow
Wynton Marsalis -- Crescent City Christmas Card
Johnny Mathis -- Merry Christmas
Liam Neeson -- The Polar Express (narrator)
Willie Nelson -- Pretty Paper
Odetta -- Beautiful Star
Odetta -- Christmas Spirituals (1960)
Odetta -- Christmas Spirituals (1987)
(But not Odetta's Gonna Let It Shine)
The Persuasions -- You're All I Want For Christmas
Elvis Presley -- Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Lou Rawls -- Merry Christmas From Lou Rawls (2009 ep reissue)
Lou Rawls -- Merry Christmas Ho! Ho! Ho! (1967)
Martin Sexton -- Camp Holiday
She & Him -- A Very She & Him Christmas
Frank Sinatra -- Christmas Dreaming (1950 Columbia)
Frank Sinatra -- A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957) *** (first side ****, second **)
Jimmy Smith -- Christmas Cookin' aka Christmas '64
Phil Spector -- A Christmas Gift For You From Philles Records
Sufjan Stevens -- Songs For Christmas Vol 1-5
Sufjan Stevens -- Silver & Gold Vol. 6-10
Swingle Singers -- Noeles Sans Passeport: Christmastime
Dylan Thomas -- A Child's Christmas In Wales and other poems
Tracey Thorn -- Tinsel and Lights
Marian Williams -- O Holy Night
George Winston -- December
VARIOUS ARTISTS, SOUNDTRACKS, COMPILATIONS
Big Band Christmas
Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas (Verve, 2006)
Hipster's Holiday (Rhino, 1992)
How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
I'll Be Home For Christmas: Songs That Won The War
The Ultimate Christmas Album Vol 1-5 esp 1
A Very Special Christmas Vol 1-5 esp 1
Where Will You Be Christmas Day (Dust To Digital, 2004)
Yule Cool (Virgin 2 CD set)
Yule Struttin': A Blue Note Christmas (2002)
CHRISTMAS PLAYLISTS
