31-Space Age Santa Claus

Here we go with one of the best themes of all, unfortunately I think it's the one I had the fewest songs for. It's all sorts of songs about Santa that involve space travel somehow. We've got a few songs about outer space Santa, some songs about Santa going to Mars, some songs that mention Santa flying to the moon and back, as well as some things that you'll just have to hear to understand. Since it was such a small collection I had to pad it out with an even smaller collection of stuff and that turned out to be songs that imagined Santa using a CB or interacting somehow with truckers. That was a pretty popular topic back in the 70's when songs like Convoy and movies like Smokey And The Bandit were all the rage. I've even got one in here from the UK where I understand that the infatuation with truckers lasted a bit longer than it did here. Anyhow, that's two themes for the price of one, feel free to separate the songs into two individual piles if it makes you feel better. And as always, enjoy!

1. Gary Powell-Christmas Again
2. A Buchanan And Goodman Production With Paul Sherman-Santa And The Satellite Part I
3. Al (He's The King) Hirt-Hooray For Santa Claus
4. Dallas Corey And Valley View Baptist Junior Choir-It's Gonna Be A Mixed Up Xmas
5. Dave Dudley-Six Tons Of Toys
6. Elliott, Walter & Bennett-The Twelve Days Of A Atlanta Falcon Christmas
7. Fogwell Flax And The Ankle Biters From Freehold Junior School-One-Nine For Santa
8. Homemade Theatre-CB Santa
9. Lawrence Welk's Little Band Featuring Janet, Brian, Cubby And The Lennon Sisters-Outer Space Santa
10. Lee Arnold-Arranged And Conducted By Eric Weissberg-A Trucker's Christmas
11. Nashville Nine-Flakey The Astronaut
12. Richard Gillis-C.B. Santa Claus
13. Sheb Wooley-Orchestra And Chorus Under The Direction Of Gus Levene-Santa And The Purple People Eater
14. The Brian Babcock Explosion With The Circle Of Sound Singers-C.B. Santa (Big Red)
15. The Dudes-Jingle Bells
16. The Next Of Kin-Merry Christmas
17. Thurmon McKinney-Vocal Background "The Bach-Ahp Singers"-Santa Claus And The Truck Driver
18. A Buchanan And Goodman Production With Paul Sherman-Santa And The Satellite Part II
19. Barry Gordon-Orchestra And Chorus Conducted By Art Mooney-Zoomah, The Santa Claus From Mars
20. Bobby Helms-Captain Santa Claus (And His Reindeer Space Patrol)
21. Buddy DiVito-Joe Kovats Orchestra And Chorus-Give Me Your Heart For Christmas
22. Deanna-Darlene-CB Santa
23. Gus De Wert Trio And Jeannie Jay-Space Age Santa Claus
24. Jim Hubler-All I Want For Christmas Is A C.B.
25. Kevin Sellew-Santa Claus Is Coming-Instrumental
26. Line Material-The Sounds Of Christmas
27. Ralph Flanagan And His Orchestra-Winter Wonderland
28. Ray King-S-H-H Be Quiet
29. Roy Wiggins-Blue Christmas
30. Sid Campbell-Christmas Stocking
31. The Bermuda Schwartz-The Little Drummer Boy
32. Trini Lopez-Noche De Paz (Silent Night Adaptation); Let There Be Peace
33. Weber Chorus-Charles Wesley's Hark The Herald
34. Leonard Feather-Ralph Burns And Their Orchestra-Prancer
35. The Pixie Lady-Santa And His Crew
36. The Somerset Strings-O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)
37. Julius LaRosa-Conducted By Archie Bleyer-Oh, Holy Night
38. Seeburg Musicians-Frosty The Snowman (AS)
39. The Mulcays And Their Electric Harmonicas-White Christmas
40. Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians-Vocals By Kenny Gardner And The Lombardo Trio-Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
41. Paul Mickelson, Bells & Orchestra-It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
42. Larry Muhoberac With The Recordets-O Little Town Of Bethlehem
43. Jimmy McGriff-Season's Greetings
44. Johnny Desmond With Chorus And Orchestra Directed By Tony Mottola-Christmas Is A Time (That Will Never Change)
45. The Mariners-Go Tell It On The Mountain

MEGA

30-(We've Got) Christmas On Our Mind

I think the theme of the day is duets. I see quite a few of them in the playlist, though some of them may be a vocalist and an instrumentalist with equal billing as opposed to the usual vocal duet. I really had to stretch to come up with some of these themes, otherwise every day would just be a giant pile of Christmas music with nothing at all to link any of the songs. Well, to be honest, that's pretty much all it is anyway. Anyhow, I don't have too much to say today, let's just skip ahead to the share. Enjoy!

1. Adam Perle & Wesley Crow-A Silent Night-Stereo
2. Art Garfunkel-Amy Grant-Carol Of The Birds
3. Bobby Rydell & Chubby Checker-Jingle Bell Rock
4. Cheryl Springer And Ron Carney-Christmastide
5. Danny Kaye And Patty Andrews With Vic Schoen And His Orchestra-(All I Want For Christmas Is) My Two Front Teeth
6. Debra Lee Lewis With Jenny Lee Lewis-Please Santa
7. Dee Irwin & Mamie Galore-All I Want For Christmas Is Your Love
8. Elaine And Derek And The Rita Williams Singers-It's Christmas
9. Ferrante & Teicher-Season's Greetings
10. Jim Ed Brown-Natividad (The Nativity)
11. Kelly Schoppa-Vocal Duet By Becky Conway-Holiday Love
12. Kitty Wells And Johnny Wright-There Won't Be Any Tree This Christmas
13. Malchak & Rucker-Christmas Is For Kids
14. Maria Randall-Fred Barovick With Orchestra & Chorus-When Christmas Comes
15. Mel Smith & Kim Wilde With Griff Rhys-Jones-Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
16. Paul & Paula-Holiday For Teens
17. The Mulcays And Their Electric Harmonicas-Jingle Bells
18. Diane Lincoln And Dave Dudley-White Christmas
19. Eddy Arnold And His Little Daughter, Jo Ann-A Present For Santa Claus
20. Ferrante & Teicher-Produced & Directed By Nick Perito-Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
21. Jana Sampson & Randall Park-(We've Got) Christmas On Our Mind
22. Jo Stafford And Gordon MacRae-Choir Directed By Paul Weston-Songs Of Christmas Part II: Deck The Halls; O Come, O Come Ammanuel; Joys (SIC) To The World; It Came Upon A Midnight Clear; O Little Town Of Bethlehem; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Silent Night
23. Ken & Bonnie Allen-Ken Masters Band-Christmas Time Is Here
24. Kitt & Mike Moran-What Do You Want For Christmas?
25. Margaret Whiting And Jimmy Wakely-Silver Bells
26. Mitch Miller-Frosty The Snow Man
27. Nina And Frederik With The Jørn Grauengaard Quintet-Je Ne Crois Plus Au Pere Noel
28. Roy Rogers And Dale Evans With Foy Willing And The Riders Of The Purple Sage-Wonderful Christmas Night
29. Shelley Ford & Cajun Joe, Classical Guitar-Dennis Elliott-Silent Night
30. The Anita Kerr Singers & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra-O Come All Ye Faithful
31. The Norman Luboff Choir-Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
32. The San Sebastian Strings (Vocal By Rod McKuen & Anita Kerr)-And Everyday Was Christmas
33. The Scot Lad Singers-I Love A Christmas Song
34. The Soupy Sales Band-Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
35. The William Dawson Chorale-In A Cave
36. Two & A Half With The Minutemen-Daddy Won't Be Home For Christmas
37. Wayne Champion-Arranged & Conducted By Ted Ashford-Merry Yuletide Day
38. The Cathedral Choir-Away In A Manger
39. Dorothy Collins-Deck The Halls
40. Homer And Jethro-(All I Want For Christmas Is) My Upper Plate
41. Tex Fletcher And Kit Stewart With The Hootenanny Orchestra-Jingle Bells Lullaby
42. The Mariners-The Angels And The Shepherds
43. Seeburg Musicians-It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (DS)
44. Leonard Feather-Ralph Burns And Their Orchestra-Comet
45. The Jud Conlon Chorale And Billy May's Music-The First Noel

MEGA