Christmas is a time of year that is filled with music – but unfortunately, a lot of that music can be annoying and terrible. In the spirit of the season, I decided to put together a podcast with some of the best weird Christmas music I know of.
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The Ken Darby Singers “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” (from Bonanza)
Butterbeans and Susie “Pappa Ain’t No Santa Claus (And Mamma Ain’t No Christmas Tree)”
John Fahey “Medley: The Holly and the Ivy – The Cherry Tree Carol”
Mario Lanza “O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)”
The Moog Machine “Carol of the Bells”
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers “Sherburne”
John Coltrane “Greensleeves” (aka “What Child Is This?”)
Kansas City Kitty “Christmas Morning Blues”
Douglas Leedy “Silent Night”
Sy Mann “Jingle Bells”
Silverghost “The Death of Santa’s Farrier”
June Carter and the Carter Family? “Figgy Puddin’”
Johnny Mercer? “Santa Claus Came in the Spring”
Bill Munroe “Christmas Times A-Coming”
James Brown “Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto”
Capitol Studio Orchestra “Cha-Cha All the Way”
Gayle Peevey “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas”
