On the Right Side of Christmas 2016

          I might be a day or two early, but with the cold spell we've had the last 4 days in the Northeast, it definitely feels like the holiday season so here's my annual compilation of Christmas music.  I've also uploaded all the previous Xmas comps for any newcomers to the blog.

   Late update: I fixed the problem with Al Green's Silent Night.  You do have to download the whole thing to get the working version of the file.

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Christmas Rappin'	Kurtis Blow
Must Be Santa	Bob Dylan
Christmas With Bazooka Joe	Fleshtones
Carol	Cleaners From Venus
On Chrismas Eve	Field Report
Silent Night	Al Green
Blue Snowfall	Kelly Hogan
He's Stuck in the Chimney Again	Rachel Flotard & Jon Rauhouse Orchestra
White Christmas	Esquivel
Christmas Will be Just Another Day	Brenda Lee
Honky Tonk Christmas	Dale Watson
Christmas Date Boogie	Big Joe Turner
Shouldn't Have Given Him A Gun For Christmas	Wall Of Voodoo
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	The Ventures
Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy	Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
Christmas Eve With You	Lindi Ortega
The Blizzard	Camera Obscura
Christmas Eve Can Kill You	The Everly Brothers
It's Christmas And You're Boring Me	Slow Club
We Three Kings	The Gaylads
Christmas Ain't Christmas	The O'Jays
Skating	Hot Club of Detroit
Presents For Christmas	Solomon Burke
Auld Lang Syne	Aretha Franklin & Billy Preston

On the Right Side of Christmas 2023

   Is it just me or does Christmas music lack the stigma it used to have? It's hard to think of many artists who haven't recorded at least one Christmas song - though that could be more a function of the age and type of artists I listen to. :) Anyway, it means that there's still a lot of great Christmas songs that haven't appeared on any of my previous compilations (and all of the the previous Christmas compilations are also available).  Hope folks enjoy it.

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Chi Town Christmas	Chance The Rapper ft Jeremih
Oh, Mary and the Baby, Sweet Lamb	Elizabeth Mitchell
Sleighride	Lloyd Glenn Trio
Mambo Santa Mambo	The Enchanters
Jingle Jangle	The Penguins
Kisses For Christmas	Marti Brom
Christmas Lights	Billy Childish
Little Drummer Boy	The Bomboras
Christmas Time in Nassau	King Scratch
Christmas Time (Is Here Again)	The Beatles
Christmas Is the Time to Be With Your Baby	The Orchids
Xmas in the Jailhouse	Ox
It's Christmas Time in Louisiana	Johnnie Allan
Christmas Love	Rotary Connection
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Phoebe Bridgers
The First Song	Band of Horses
Empty Stocking Blues	Floyd Dixon
Blue Christmas	Girl in a Coma
Skating	Vince Guaraldi
Meri Kirihimete	Erny Belle
Shine a Light	Hiss Golden Messenger
The Bells	Bobby Powell
Silent Night	The Impressions
Auld Lang Syne	Pistol Annies

On the Right Side of Christmas 2018

   I've already started to hear Christmas music when I've been out and about the last couple of days which means  I'm a little late this year posting my annual Christmas compilation.  So wait no longer, here's another 24 tracks of Christmas songs (well, it's actually 23 Christmas songs and one Hanukkah song this year).  I've also re-upped all the previous Christmas compilations.  Enjoy!

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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas	Cat Power
Carol Of The Bells	The Last Bison
Light Of The Stable	Emmylou Harris
Smokey Mountain Christmas	Jeannie Kendall
All I Want For Christmas	Timbuk 3
Teenage Christmas	Eux Autres
Joy to the World	The Fab Four
Remember (Christmas)	Harry Nilsson
Silent Night	Richard Hawley
Dear Mrs. Claus	The Barr Brothers
Greensleeves	John Coltrane
Merry Xmas I Love You	Sonny & The Sunsets
Hanukkah	The Living Sisters
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	Amy Winehouse
Ding Dong Bell	The Ethiopians
Slipping Into Christmas	Leon Russell
Who Like Christmas Anyway	Luis And The Wildfires
We Three Kings of Orient Are	The Boxmasters
Sleigh Ride	Miss Mary Ann & The Ragtime
Mele Kalikimaka	Asylum Street Spankers
Feliz Navidad	Sea of Bees
Santa Claus	Sonny Boy Williamson
The Last Month Of The Year	The Fairfield Four & The Nashville Bluegrass Band
Auld Lang Syne	The Smithereens

On the Right Side of Christmas

Is it just me or does there seem to be a lot more Christmas albums than there used to be? And if so, why is that? (Not that I'm complaining, mind you.) Anyway, enough with the questions without a real answer - here's an Xmas music compilation for everybody.

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Cool Yule Louis Armstrong

To Heck With Ole Santa Claus Loretta Lynn

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Darlene Love

The Christmas Song The Raveonettes

I'd Like You For Christmas Julie London

World of Love Binky Griptite & the Dee-Kay's

Merry Christmas Baby James Brown

Christmas Lullaby Shane MacGowan & The Popes

Dashing Through the Snow Duke Ellington

Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas The Staple Singers

Christmas Tree On Fire Holly Golightly

What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swinging) Louis Prima

Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) Elvis Presley

Spotlight on Christmas Rufus Wainwright

Christmas Is Lou Rawls

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Ella Fitzgerald

Santa Will Find You Mindy Smith

Dark Christmas Dex Romweber Duo

We Wish You A Merry Christmas Kim Weston

Thanks For Christmas The Three Wise Men (aka XTC)

Just Like Christmas Low

All I Want For Christmas Is You Carla Thomas

Lonely Christmas Call George Jones

Make It Home Juliana Hatfield

On the Right Side of Christmas 2013

       The Christmas lights are now up on the main drag in my neighborhood (or maybe I just didn't notice it til now) so it seems apropos to post my annual Christmas music mixtape tonight (you can still download the previous ones here.)  

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White Christmas	Elizabeth Elmore
Winter Wonderland	Ray Charles
Dig That Crazy Santa Claus	Oscar McLollie with his Honey Jumpers
Santa Won't Be Blue For Christmas	Jimmy Charles
Christmas Time's A-Coming	Bill Monroe
Twinkle	JD McPherson
It's Christmas, go on and say hello	Roman Candle
Tonight It's Christmas Time	Hey Ocean!
Santa's Got a Bag of Soul	Soul Saints Orchestra
Five Pound Box Of Money	Pearl Bailey
You're All I Want For Christmas	Brook Benton
The Christmas Song	Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear	Sam Phillips
Merry Christmas Darlin'	James Hand
I'll Make Everyday Christmas (For My Woman)	Joe Tex
River	Cee-Lo Green
Listen To The Bells Ring	Lisa Mychols
Another Lonely Christmas	Prince
Good Morning Blues	Ella Fitzgerald
Hooves On The Roof	Nick Lowe
Silent Night	The Swan Silvertones
Christmas Morning	Lyle Lovett
Lo, How a Rose E're Blooming	Feist
Auld Lang Syne	Andrew Bird

On the Right Side of Christmas 2024

    It's that time of the year again so I'm back with another Christmas compilation (and all of the previous Christmas compilations are available for download).  I'm not quite sure how it happened, but this one is a bit more mellow than most of the previous compilations.  I also don't think there's any cuts that would offend anyone so it's probably fine to put on at any family holiday gatherings. :)

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Merry Christmas From The Family	Robert Earl Keen
Christmas Spirit	Julia Lee and Her Boyfriends
Mr. Santa Claus	Nathaniel Mayer
Santa Plays the Trombone	Poppa John Gordy & the Dixielanders
Doña Santos	Héctor Lavoe & Willie Colón & Yomo Toro
Red Lights (Merry Christmas)	Dreams So Real
Santa Claus Is Back In Town	Tav Falco
Little Jesus Boy	The Violinaires
Santa's On His Way	Kitty Wells
Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)	Loose Cattle
If You See Rudolph	Gretchen Wilson
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Hem
Blue Christmas	Alela Diane
Good Morning Blues (I Wanna See Santa Claus)	Count Basie
Sha La da La La (Christmas Time)	The Sha La Das
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John Lennon
Daddy, Come Home for Christmas	James & Lucky Peterson
Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get The Blues?	Roomful Of Blues
Beboppers' Christmas	Cordell Jackson
Christmas Greetings	Lord Kitchener
All I Want for Christmas	Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns
BLUE CHRISTMAS	Nicole Atkins
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	Mary Hopkin
Auld Lang Syne	Urban Surf Kings

 

On the Right Side of Christmas 2021

As usual, I'm struggling to think of anything

meaningful to say about Christmas (or

Christmas music). Though, also as usual, I'm always a little surprised by how many artists have put out some sort of holiday themed songs - I had no idea that Nina Simone recorded Children Go Where I Send Thee until a couple of months ago.  It also seems that a lot fewer folks have a dismissive attitude towards Christmas music.  Or maybe I just talk to even fewer people than I used to about their musical tastes. :) I've also re-upped all the previous Christmas compilations.   

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Silent Night	Sharon Van Etten
Blood Oranges In The Snow	Over the Rhine
Jingle Bells	Chet Atkins
Christmas Train	Sofia Talvik
Santa's Midnight Run	The Untamed Youth
X'mas Time (It Sure Doesn't Feel Like It)	Dogmatics
Party for Santa Claus	Lord Nelson
Merry Christmas	Cameos
Be-Bop Santa Claus	Babs Gonzales
How I Hate to See Christmas Come Around	Jimmy Witherspoon
Christmas For Cowboys	Samantha Crain
Thank God It's Christmas	Ella Vos
It's Christmas Time	Yo La Tengo
Ding Dong Dandy Christmas	The Three Suns
Children Go Where I Send You	Nina Simone
Holiday Pickin	The Nashville Bluegrass Band
Love the Holidays	Old 97's
Rock 'n' Roll Santa	Little Joey Farr
Plump Righteous	The King Khan & BBQ Show
Christmas Joy	Don Cornel & The Eternals
(Dance To A New Kind Of) Christmas	Big Society
One Christmas for Your Thoughts	Durutti Column
Merry Christmas from Mars	Michael Hall
Auld Lang Syne	The Hotel Cafe Medley

On the Right Side of Christmas 2020

       I don't have anything insightful or deep to say about Christmas music (or Christmas) in a pandemic, though I do think the cover art for this year's comp is somehow apt for 2020.   As usual, I've re-upped all the previous Xmas compilations.  Also, if you're looking for a deeper dig into Christmas music, I highly recommend the site Hip Christmas.

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White Christmas	Big Maybelle
Merry Christmas Baby	Bonnie Raitt & Charles Brown
Santa Claus Baby	The Voices
Reindeer Boogie	Hank Snow
The Little King Jesus	The Joystrings
Rock & Roll Santa	5.6.7.8's
Felicidades	Cheo Feliciano
Holiday On Skis	Al Caiola & Riz Ortolani
Why Should Christmas Be So Hard	Attic Lights
The Night Before Christmas	The Playboys
Christmas Time Is Here	Ed Harcourt
Middle of Winter	Peppermint Harris
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	T Bone Burnett
Everything's Changed At Christmas But You	Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors
Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto	Anthony Hamilton
Hey Santa Claus	The Moonglows
Brand New Christmas	Hot Chocolate
The Little Drummer Boy	Dandy Warhols
Down We Go (Sledding Song)	Mac McCaughan & Annie Hayden
Wake up Christmas Morning	The Mighty Spoiler
Heart On Snow	Marc Almond
Christmas Fais Do Do	Marcia Ball
Crazy Santa Claus	The Debonaires
Auld Lang Syne	B. B. King

 

On the Right Side of Christmas 2012

    Yes, it's time for another compilation of Christmas music.  I don't know if it flows quite as well as some

of the previous Xmas compilations (which are still available to download here), but it's a little more mainstream - probably the one you could play with the least amount of complaints at a holiday party.  

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Christmas Is Quiet	Wild Colonials
Get Down for the Holidays	Jenny O.
Go Where I Send Thee	Kenny Burrell
You'll Never Find My Christmas	Bishop Allen
Born In Bethlehem	Lonnie Donegan
Gift X-Change	Calexico
Away In A Manger	Buddy & Julie Miller
The First Snowflake	The Boy Least Likely To
The Bells Of St. Mary's	Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans
I Want A Boy For Christmas	Del-Vets
Christmasville USA	Jimmy Charles
Merry Christmas Loopy Lu	The Kaisers
Jingle Bells	Paul Franklin
California Christmas	Sleepy Rebels
Deck Us All With Boston Charlie	Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Blue Christmas	Heartless Bastards
The Gift Of Giving	Bill Withers
Sweet Secret Peace	Neil Finn
Please Come Home For Christmas	Willie Nelson
Silent Night	Tom Waits
I Saw Three Ships	Nat King Cole
Little Drummer Boy	Miracle Legion
O Holy Child	Dusty Springfield
Auld Lang Syne	The Black On White Affair

On the Right Side of Christmas 2015

   Yes, it's time for another Christmas compilation. I've also reupped all the previous Xmas compilations for the new visitors to the website.  

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Christmas Day	Detroit Junior
Christmas On Riverside Drive	August Darnell
Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects	Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
I Love The Holidays	Office Romance
Blue Christmas	Tristen
Thank You For Christmas	The Bee Gees
O Come, O Come Emmanuel	Belle & Sebastian
Christmas In Jail - Ain't That A Pain	Leroy Carr
White Christmas Makes Me Blue	Randy Travis
Blue Christmas Lights	Chris Hillman & Herb Pederson
The Sound of Christmas	Ramsey Lewis Trio
Louisiana Christmas Day	Aaron Neville
Mary Xmess	Sun 60
White Christmas	Allen Toussaint
Christmas Time and a Half	Paul Burch
Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk	Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison
Eggnog	Luna
Purple Snowflakes	Jessie Baylin
The Mistletoe And Me	Isaac Hayes
Silent Night	Odessa
I Believe in Father Christmas	Mark Kozelek
Rebel Jesus	The McGarrigle Family
Christmas Is For Mugs	Graham Parker
Auld Lang Syne	Jimi Hendrix

On the Right Side of Christmas 2014

  It's that time of year again for my annual Christmas mix.  I've also re-upped all the previous ones (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) for the newcomers to the blog.

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I'll Be Walkin' The Floor This Christmas	Ernest Tubb
Have Yourself A Merry Christmas	Freedy Johnston
Merry Christmas Baby	Ike & Tina Turner
Go Where I Send Thee	Joan Osborne
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	Los Straitjackets
Father Christmas	The Kinks
Stay In	Army Navy
Christmas Eve	Teenage Fanclub
The Little Drummer Boy	Johnny Cash
Christmas In Vietnam	Soul Searchers
Christmas Time Blues	Roy Milton
The Christmas Song	Jimmy Smith
I Know What You Want For Christmas	Kay Martin & Her Body Guards
Christmas Is Going To The Dogs	Eels
Holiday Spirit	The dB's
Christmas Night	Dwight Twilley
Hang A String Of Lights	Great Lake Swimmers
I'll Be Home for Christmas	Merle Haggard
Let Me Be Your Christmas Toy	Chocolate Snow
Christmas Thyme	The Olms
So Much Wine	The Handsome Family
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear	The Louvin Brothers
Merry Christmas	Sister Lucille Pope
Auld Lang Syne	The Drifters