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Song #100: Wombling Merry Christmas
Artist: The Wombles
Year: 1974
Notes: Musical "group" based on characters from a popular series of British children's novels and television shows from the 1960s and 70s. One of the best selling Christmas singles of all time in the U.K..
Song #99: The Happy Reindeer
Artist: Dancer, Prancer & Nervous
Year: 1959
Notes: Unnamed Capitol records executive must have thought, "Hey, we're making so much money off the Chipmunks; what if we invented another singing animal too? IT CAN'T MISS!"
Song #98: The Christmas Song
Artist: The Raveonettes
Year: 2003
Notes: Outstanding Danish band.
Song #97: The Mistletoe And Me
Artist: Isaac Hayes
Year: 1969
Notes: We miss you, Chef!
Song #96: I Wish It Would Be Christmas Everyday
Artist: Wizzard
Year: 1973
Notes: Still a British radio favorite at the holidays. Roy Wood started this band after leaving the Electric Light Orchestra.
Song #95: Little Wood Guitar
Artist: Sugarland
Year: 2007
Notes: An original song from last year's Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year.
Song #94: I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus
Artist: Brenda Lee
Year: 1956
Notes: Another holiday classic from the Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree teenager.
Song #93: Christmas Is A-Coming
Artist: Lead Belly
Year: 1944
Notes: The King of the Twelve String guitar. One of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. His songs were covered by everyone from Nirvana to the Rolling Stones to Creedence Clearwater Revival to the White Stripes to Led Zeppelin to on and on and on......
Song #92: Last Month Of The Year
Artist: Blind Boys Of Alabma
Year: 2003
Notes: Band formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in 1939 (!) and are still performing today.
Song #91: Jingle Bell Rock
Artist: Pas/Cal
Year: 2005
Notes: Detroit band's update of Bobby Helms' 1957 Christmas classic.
