How Many Christmas Songs Are There?
Nov 29th, 2008 by mom
I listen to the “All Christmas, All the Time” station in my area. I KNOW Christmas music. Give me the first few notes and I can give you the song.
I thought I was pretty smart until I realized that there really aren’t that many Christmas songs. The deal is the singers all do Christmas albums because they will get played year after year no matter what compared to a pop song that has a much shorter shelf-life.
Here is one list of the top 25 Christmas Songs: more can be found here: http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Christmasc.html
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25. |
Baby It’s Cold Outside - Ray Charles & Betty Carter (among others) |
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24. |
Sleigh Ride - Carpenters or Johnny Mathis |
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23. |
Christmas Wrapping - Waitresses |
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22. |
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2 |
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21. |
Home For The Holidays - Perry Como |
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20. |
Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney |
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19. |
Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms |
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18. |
Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt (or Madonna) |
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17. |
Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Johnny Mathis (or Andy Williams) |
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16. |
We Need A Little Christmas - Angela Lansbury |
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15. |
Do You Hear What I Hear? - Whitney Houston |
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14. |
Happy X mas - John Lennon |
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13. |
Frosty the Snowman - Jimmy Durante |
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12. |
Winter Wonderland - Eurythmics |
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11. |
Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley |
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10. |
Last Christmas - Wham! |
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9. |
Christmas Shoes -Newsong (or Alabama) |
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8. |
Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town - Bruce Springsteen |
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7. |
My Little Drum - Vince Guaraldi (Charlie Brown Christmas) |
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6. |
A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives |
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5. |
White Christmas - Bing Crosby |
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4. |
Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby & David Bowie |
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3. |
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry |
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2. |
The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole |
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1. |
Here Comes Santa Claus - Gene Autry |
