Run Rudolph Run
Song #71: Run Rudolph Run
Artist: Keith Richards
Year: 1978
Notes: As a singer, he's a heckuva guitar player. Covering the Chuck Berry classic here.
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Song #71: Run Rudolph Run
Artist: Keith Richards
Year: 1978
Notes: As a singer, he's a heckuva guitar player. Covering the Chuck Berry classic here.
Song #70: Christmas Island
Artist: Jimmy Buffet
Year: 1996
Notes: Holiday song for Parrotheads from the man born on Christmas Day, 1946. That's the same year Guy Lombardo and the Andrews Sisters recorded the original of this number.
Song #69: Happy Holiday
Artist: Steve Lawrence & Edie Gorme
Year: 1964
Notes: Still performing, and married 50 years in 2007.
Song #68: December Will Be Magic Again
Artist: Kate Bush
Year: 1980
Notes: Reclusive British singer songwriter.
Song #67: Christmastime Will Soon Be Over
Artist: Jack White
Year: 2003
Notes: One of several songs White's musician character sings in the movie Cold Mountain.
Song #66: Another Lonely Christmas
Artist: Prince
Year: 1984
Notes: Along with "Erotic City" and "17 Days" this was another of the great Purple Rain album B-sides. It was the flip of "I Would Die 4 U"
Song #65: Happy Birthday Jesus
Artist: Mike Douglas
Year: 1979
Notes: Yep, the late talk show host.
Song #64: Feliz Navidad
Artist: El Vez
Year: 1994
Notes: Rockin' cover from the "Mexican Elvis" of the Jose Feliciano song
Song #63: Ave Maria
Artist: Luciano Pavarotti
Year: 1976
Notes: I think it's the best version I've ever heard of this Franz Schubert composition from 1825.
Song #62: Aspenglow
Artist: John Denver
Year: 1975
Notes: The "winterskol" in the lyrics refers to an annual celebration in Denver's adopted hometown of Aspen, Colorado that includes skiers carrying torches, creating what he called "aspenglow." Lead track from the sensational Rocky Mountain Christmas album.
