PART 1: Christmas Time Is Here – The Vince Guaraldi Trio; White Christmas – The Ronettes; Super Rock Santa – The Fleshtones; Run Rudolph Run – Lemmy Kilmister, Dave Grohl & Billy F. Gibbons; Sleigh Bell Rock – Three Aces and a Joker; Twistin’ Bells – Santo & Johnny; I Want an Alien for Christmas – Fountains of Wayne; Sleigh Ride – The Ventures; Christmas Everywhere – Rodney Crowell feat. Lera Lynn; All I Want Is You for Christmas – Kimberley Rew & Lee Cave-Berry; Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer Mambo – Billy May; Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee; See You in December – The Minus 5 Feat. M. Ward and Chuck Prophet; Dig That Crazy Santa Claus – Oscar McLollie & His Honeyjumpers; Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer – The Cadillacs; Santa’s Got a Coupe de Ville – The Four Imperials; I’ve Fallen in Love With a Snowman – Millie Small; It’s Love on Christmas Day – Jim Babjak; Christmas Time All Over the World – The Smithereens; Jingle Jangle – The Penguins; Good King Wenceslas – Mojo Nixon & the Toadliquors
PART 2: When December Comes – Tricia Scotti; Christmas in Heaven – Billy Ward and His Dominoes; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Mitch Miller; Christmas Time’s a-Coming – Bill Monroe; Keeping Christmas Near – Anne Marie Menta; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Ella Fitzgerald; Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights) – JD McPherson; Santa Bring My Baby Back (to Me) – Elvis Presley; All I Want for Christmas Is Cheese – Wynotte Sisters; Christmas in Jail – The Youngsters; White Christmas – The Drifters; Hey Santa Claus – The Moonglows; We Wanna See Santa Do the Mambo – Big John Greer; Surfin’ Santa Claus – Ty Whitney; New Christmas Hymn – The Minus 5; Christmas Day – Detroit Junior
PART 3: Don’t Be a Jerk (It’s Christmas) – SpongeBob Squarepants; Little Saint Nick (Single Version) – The Beach Boys; Joy to the World – The Butties; Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Fab Four; Christmas Time – Chris Stamey; Christmas Time’s A-Coming – Buck Owens; Rock and Roll Christmas – Cordell Jackson; One of You (in Every Size) – Marty Robbins; Jingle Rock – Tommy Lee & the Orbits; Merry Twist-mas – The Marcels; Xmas Bell Rock – Barry & the Highlights; Electric Train – NRBQ; The North Pole Express – Nick Lowe; Jingle Bell Rock – Bobby Helms; A Christmas Long Ago (Jingle Jingle) – The Echelons; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – The 4 Seasons; Merry Christmas – The Cameos; Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Melodeers; Who Says There Ain’t No Santa Claus? – Ron Holden; (Have a) Merry Christmas – The Quotations; Snow Bells – Winifred Atwell
PART 4: The Christmas Song – Alex Chilton; It’s Christmas Once Again – Frankie Lymon; Mistletoe and Holly – Frank Sinatra; Henry Had a Merry Christmas – Walter Brennan; Dominick the Donkey – Lou Monte; Blue Christmas – Hasil Adkins; Pretty Paper – Willie Nelson; St. Stephen’s Day Murders – The Chieftains w/Elvis Costello; Back Door Santa – The Woggles; We Got the Eggnog If You Got the Whiskey – The Hickoids; Greensleeves – Bobby Fuller; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – The Louvin Brothers; Winter Wonderland – The Roches; You’re My Christmas Present – The Skyliners; Santa, Santa – The Rocky Fellers; Snowman, Snowman, Sweet Potato Nose – The Jaynetts; Donde Esta Santa Claus? – Big Bad Johns; Elf’s Lament – Barenaked Ladies w/Michael Bublé; Rock Around the Christmas Tree – Big Bud; North Pole Rock – Cathy Sharpe; Santa’s Midnight Run – The Untamed Youth
PART 5: Dear John Lennon – Anne Marie Menta; Merry Christmas Darling – Rick Hromadka; Christmastime (Song for Marissa) – The Cowsills; Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus – Laura Cantrell & Michael Shelley; One More Christmas – The Mavericks; Christmas Boogie – The Davis Sisters; Your Christmas Whiskey – The Minus 5; It’s Christmas Time Again – The Forty Nineteens; Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town – The Jackson 5; Santa’s Pissed Off – Craig Bell w/Pluto IX; Surfing on Christmas (Santa Won’t You Bring Me Some Waves) – Southern Culture on the Skids; Xmas Twist – The Twistin’ Kings; Reindeer Twist – Stupidity feat. Keith Streng; Reindeer Rock – The Sportsmen; Rock’ “N” Rudolph – The Uniques; It’s a Happy Holiday – The Sherwoods; Don’t Believe in Christmas – The Sonics; Yulesville U.S.A. – The Rockin’ Stockins (Billy Lee Riley); Christmas Present – The Chicks; I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day – Wizzard; Holiday Spirit – The dB’s; Merry Christmas – Wesley Willis
… 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.