PART 1: Christmas Time Is Here – Josh Kantor; Six White Boomers – The Fleshtones; Jingle Bells – Booker T. & the MGs; Christmas Day – Detroit Junior; Frosty the Snowman – Jan & Dean; Reindeer Boogie – Hank Snow; Mele Kalikimaka – Bing Crosby w/The Andrews Sisters; Rock ‘N Roll Christmas – George Thorogood & the Destroyers; Little Drummer Boy (Up the Khyber) – Hoodoo Gurus; That’s What Christmas Means to Me – Beebe Gallini featuring Cindy Lawson; Rock and Roll Christmas – Cordell Jackson; Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band; All Alone on Christmas – Darlene Love w/The E Street Band; We Wanna See Santa Do the Mambo – Big John Greer; Elf’s Lament – Barenaked Ladies w/Michael Bublé; Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) – Elvis Presley; Christmas Tree’s on Fire – Holly Golightly; Must Be Santa – Bob Dylan; North Pole Rock – Cathy Sharpe; Nut Rocker – B. Bumble & the Stingers
PART 2: Willing and Able – Helene Smith; AC/LeeC – Dirty Deeds Around the Christmas Tree – Bill McClintock; I Am Santa Claus – Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio; You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch – Thurl Ravenscroft; Sanny Claus – Rocky Lawrence; Christmas in Prison – John Prine; Blue Holiday – The Shirelles; Pretty Paper – Willie Nelson; Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday – William Bell; Blue Christmas – Porky Pig; Blue Christmas – Robert Gordon; Old Toy Trains – Roger Miller; Electric Train – NRBQ; Christmas Wish – Darlene Love; Here Comes Santa Claus – NRBQ; The Christmas Waltz – Nancy Wilson; Purple Snowflakes – Marvin Gaye; Christmas Love – Rotary Connection
PART 3: Jingle, Jingle, Jingle – From Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; There’s Always Tomorrow – From Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; We’re a Couple of Misfits – From Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; We Are Santa’s Elves – From Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Gene Autry; Reindeer Rock – The Sportsmen; Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Melodeers; Run Rudolph Run – Keith Richards; Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Fab Four; One Foot in Front of the Other – From Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town; I’m Mr. Heat Miser – From The Year Without a Santa Claus; The Snow Miser – From The Year Without a Santa Claus; Silver and Gold (From Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer) – Burl Ives; A Holly, Jolly Christmas (From Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer) – Burl Ives; I’ve Got Presents for Santa – Sarah Taylor & Bill Mumy; The Christmas Waltz – Frank Sinatra; Deck Five – Saturday’s Children; One Little Christmas Tree – Stevie Wonder; Someday at Christmas – Stevie Wonder; Green Christmas – Barenaked Ladies; I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas – Gayla Peevey; All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) – Spike Jones; All I Want for Christmas Is Cheese – Wynotte Sisters; Nuttin’ for Christmas – Stan Freberg; Dominick the Donkey – Lou Monte; Donde Esta Santa Claus? – Augie Rios; Santa Claus Meets the Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley
PART 4: O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel) – Jackie Wilson; Winter Wonderland – Aretha Franklin; Silver Bells – Booker T. & the MGs; I Believe in Father Christmas – Greg Lake; Just to Be With You (This Christmas) – Nick Lowe; Gonna Wrap My Heart in Ribbons – Hank Thompson; Reindeer Boogie – Hank Snow; Christmas Time’s A-Coming – Buck Owens; Up on the Housetop – Pentatonix; Sha La La – Cathy Harrington; Winter Valley Song – Fountains of Wayne; The Merriest – June Christy; Hey Santa – Wilson Phillips; Jingle Bell Rock – Bobby Rydell & Chubby Checker; Xmas Bell Rock – Barry & the Highlights; Snow Girl – Ron Winters; Rock’n’Roll Santa – Little Joey Farr; Deck the Halls (La La La La La) – Little Jimmy Thomas; Here We Go (The Surfer Boys Are Going Skiing) – Bob Sled & the Toboggans; Donde Esta Santa Claus? – Big Bad Johns; All the Gifts I Need – JD McPherson; Christmas Christmas – Cheap Trick; I Wish You a Merry Christmas – Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva; Merry Christmas – Wesley Willis; Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – The Mavericks
… is the hostess of Franorama 2.0, most Thursdays from 1-5 p.m. Eastern Time on Cygnus Radio. So what’s a genre? I just throw everything against a wall and see what sticks. Rock’n’roll, garage, punk, soul (especially Northern), rockabilly, real country, cheesy goofball stuff – no matter what generation, if it has a heart and soul, it has a home here.