Episode 149, “Total Christmas,”

Episode 149, “Total Christmas,” celebrates the holiday with 17 recordings that include country, classical, jazz, pop and rock. Sam Waldron profiles a popular Christmas criminal, then describes summertime Christmas traditions south of the equator. Performers include Guy Lombardo, Elvis Presley, Doris Day, Tony DeSare, the St. Louis Symphony, Louis Armstrong, Blake Shelton, and Andy Williams.

45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s Episode 149 Total Christmas Playlist 1 Baby It’s Cold Outside Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer 2 Russian Dance London Philharmonic Orchestra 3 The 12 Days OF Chrisrtmas Mitch Miller and the Gang 4 Twelve Days After Christmas U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers Chorus 5 It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Andy Williams 6 Blue Christmas Elvis Presley 7 Blue Christmas Ernest Tubb 8 Blue Christmas Blake  Shelton 9 I’d Like You for Christmas Julie London 10 Jingle Bells Guy Lombardo 11 17 Versions of Jingle Bells Tony DeSare 12 I’ll Be Home for Christmas Doris Day 13 Santa Claus is Back in Town Elvis Presley 14 Silent Night Eddie Arnold 15 Do You Hear What I Hear? Johnny Mathis 16 Christmas in New Orleans Louis Armstrong 17 Fantasia on Greensleeves St. Louis Symphony

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