Here are more Advent songs, largely non-religious:
Jingle Bells – Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters: I’ll admit to be a sucker for that whole Bing album
Jingle Bells – the Fab Four. No, it isn’t the Beatles.
River – Joni Mitchell. Brian Ibbott was musing about whether this is a Christmas song on the Coverville podcast. If Die Hard is a Christmas movie, then this, using Jingle Bells as the backbone, certainly qualifies.
Christmas Is a Comin’ – Leadbelly. I have this on an LP.
Mame: We Need A Little Christmas – Angela Lansbury. I think we DO need it.
Great producer but a not-so-great human being.
Here are three great songs from that Phil Spector holiday album.
Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane) – Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
Frosty the Snowman – The Ronettes
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Darlene Love
The Holly And The Ivy – Nowell We Sing ClearBack in the late 1970s or early 1980s, I went to the group’s annual shows near Albany. I have two of their LPs.
White Christmas – the Drifters. I love this as much for the cool animation as for the recording.
Linus and Lucy – Vince Guaraldi. Not only do I listen to that Charlie Brown album, but I also got turned on to an album of Guaraldi’s other music. I enjoyed an incredibly detailed book about Vince’s life.
Riu Chiu -The Monkees. From episode 47 of the series.
What Christmas Means To Me – Stevie Wonder. There were several Christmas albums by Motown artists, including The Temptations and the Jackson Five. The artists were also included on several different compilation albums, with the same tracks sometimes showing up on various iterations. Those artists included Diana Ross and the Supremes, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Marvin Gaye, and Kim Weston.
The Bells of Christmas -Julie Andrews (at 17:05). I first heard this on a record sold by the Firestone tire company. The song appears on multiple albums, with some variations in the orchestration, but the first one I heard is my favorite.
Before I forget, Arthur links to Christmas ads
Kelly does his Daily Dose of Christmas
Coverville 1469: A (Not) Christmas Cover Episode