PART 1: Fairytale of New York – The Pogues w/Kirsty MacColl; Mr. Santa Claus – The Fleshtones; Hey Santa Claus – The Chesterfield Kings; The First Noel – The Butties; Christmas Present – The Chicks; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – The Harmony Grits; The North Pole Express – Nick Lowe; Surfing on Christmas (Santa Won’t You Bring Me Some Waves) – Southern Culture on the Skids; It’s That Time – The Alternate Routes; Christmas Time Again – The Connection; Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer – The Cadillacs; Dig That Crazy Santa Claus – Oscar McLollie & the Honey Jumpers; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – The 4 Seasons; Say It Ain’t So Santa – Stop Calling Me Frank; Santa to the Moon – Sonny Cole; Very Merry Christmas – Rodney Crowell; Merry Christmas Everyone – Shakin’ Stevens; Santa Claus Won’t Come This Year – Charlie Stewart; Merry Something to You – Devo; The Snowflake Song – Diplomat Records; Santa Bring My Baby Back (to Me) – Elvis Presley
PART 2: Latke Clan – The LeeVees; Applesauce vs. Sour Cream – The LeeVees; How Do You Spell Hanukkah? – The LeeVees; The Hanukkah Song – Adam Sandler; All I Want for Chanukah Is a Ukelele – Alison Faith Levy; Effin’ Dreidel Song – Jay Allen and the Archcriminals; 8 Days (of Hanukkah) – Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings; Christmas Star – Abbie Barrett; Christmastime in the City – Maple Mars; Merry Christmas Darling – Rick Hromadka; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – The Shades; This Christmas – Night Owls feat. Durand Jones; This Christmas – Donny Hathaway; Time for Love – The Yuletime Lifters; Just Another Christmas Song – Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
PART 3: All I Want for Christmas Is You – Carla Thomas; The Christmas Song – Alex Chilton; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Chet Atkins; Merry Christmas, Baby – Charles Brown; Keeping Christmas Near – Anne Marie Menta; It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas – Bing Crosby; Santa Baby – Eartha Kitt; For Too Long – Eric Hisaw; I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Billie Holiday; I’m Gonna Lasso Santa Claus – Brenda Lee; Beboppers Christmas – Cordell Jackson; Santa Claus Is Back in Town – Dwight Yoakam; Greensleeves – Bobby Fuller; I’ll Be Walking the Floor This Christmas – Ernest Tubb & the Texas Troubadours; José Van Haliano – Ain’t Talkin’ ‘bout Feliz Navidad (José Feliciano vs. Van Halen) – Bill McClintock; Jingle Bells – Dolph Chaney; Santa’s Pissed Off – Craig Bell w/Pluto IX; Hey Santa – Cindy Lawson; Donde Esta Santa Claus? – El Vez
PART 4: Angus We Have Heard on High – It’s a Cow Christmas; You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch – Mojo Nixon & the Toadliquors; The First Toymakers to the King – From Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town; Frosty the Snowman – Jimmy Durante; Jolly Old St. Nicholas – NRBQ; Everyone’s a Kid at Christmas Time – Stevie Wonder; My Kind of Present – Meghan Trainor; I’ve Fallen in Love With a Snowman – Millie Small; The Best Darn Present in the Whole Wide World – Jon Aley; Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus – Laura Cantrell & Michael Shelley; All I Want Is You for Christmas – Kimberley Rew & Lee Cave-Berry; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – The Butties; It’s Christmas Once Again – Frankie Lymon; Go Tell It on the Mountain – The Blind Boys of Alabama w/Tom Waits; What Child Is This? – Ray Charles; Riu Chiu – The Monkees; Ring Out, Wild Bells – The Sundowners; New Christmas Hymn – The Minus 5; Frosty the Snowman – The Charms; Christmas Time Again – The Connection; I Want a Boy for Christmas – The DelVetts; Ding Dong Merrily on High – Woody Phillips; Winter Wonderland – The Roches; Christmasized! (edited version) – The Mill Valley Taters; Xmas Twist – The Twistin’ Kings; We Got the Eggnog If You Got the Whiskey – The Hickoids; Sock It to Me, Santa – The Lazy Cowgirls; Santa Does – The Mavericks; A Christmas Long Ago (Jingle Jingle) – The Echelons; Listen to the Bells Ring – Lisa Mychols & The Wondermints; Christmas Everywhere – Rodney Crowell feat. Lera Lynn; Happy Xmas/War Is Over – John Lennon & Yoko Ono
… 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.