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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 11:22 PM
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Poll question: Here are my Top Ten Christmas records. Please vote for your favorite.
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 11:26 PM
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1. Well, my fav is "I'll have a blue (blue blue blue) Christmas without you"
But in lieu of that, definitely Lennon is the man.

Why isn't the song about Snoopy and the Red Baron on there, "Christmas Bells"? ;)
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 11:29 PM
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3. That's a good one, too.
Edited on Sun Dec-19-04 11:30 PM by NightTrain
But it's actually my third favorite Elvis holiday tune, behind the song I included in the poll, and "Santa, Bring My Baby Back To Me."
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jdots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 12:26 AM
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10. Charles Brown naturally
There was that jem by " Dyke & the Blazers "= " We got more Soul " which has nothing to do with Christmas but who cares cause it's so damn funky .
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 11:26 PM
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2. Santa Baby!!
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 12:36 AM
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11. the Eartha Kitt version
not Madonna's massacre!
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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 10:15 PM
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34. My son and daughter
just heard her (Eartha's) version for the first time yesterday on our way to "A Series of Unfortunate Events" and they were entranced. Who's that? That's NOT Madonna! Oh, no. No way. I have a CD with Dinah Washington, Billie Holliday, Eartha, and Shirley Horne singing Christmas songs.
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 11:29 PM
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4. Donny Hathaway's 'This Christmas'
Hang all the mistletoe
I'm gonna get to know you better
This Christmas
And as we trim the tree
How much fun it's gonna be together
This Christmas

Fireside blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me

What a groove.
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 11:30 PM
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5. Just played that one on my radio show last night!
http://www.soulexpressradio.com
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msgadget Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:26 AM
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17. Oh, YEAH, that's IT!
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aQuArius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 11:42 PM
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6. Hands down, John Lennon!
duh!
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 11:44 PM
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7. "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)"
My all-time favorite.
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General Zod Donating Member (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 12:20 AM
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8. Darlene Love wins hands down..........
....her vocals are amazing....Did Phil Spector produce that record?
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 12:24 AM
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9. Yes. Both that and "Happy Xmas" are Spector productions.
That's the Wall of Sound backing Ms. Love.

I love her vocals on that song too. The "please, please, please, please, please, baby please come home" part near the end always moves me tremendously.
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 12:39 AM
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12. I'm also fond of:
Pearl Bailey - Five Pound Box of Money
Babs Gonzalez - Jingle Bells (hands down the best version ever)
Lambert Hendricks & Ross - Deck Us All With Boston Charlie
Charles Brown - Merry Christmas Baby
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:01 PM
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26. Sounds like you, too, have the CD, HIPSTER'S HOLIDAY.
Dig that crazy Santa Claus!
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 09:30 PM
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30. Guilty as charged!
It's my very favorite Christmas CD!

:hi:
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 12:40 AM
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13. Lowell Fulson's "Lonesome Christmas"
early 1950's release, I believe....


Tikki
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 12:54 AM
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14. any version of the Little Drummer Boy beats all of them
nt
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Lady Effingbroke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:24 AM
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15. "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)"
I just ordered "A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector" yesterday!

1. White Christmas - Darlene Love
2. Frosty The Snowman - Ronettes
3. The Bells Of St. Mary - Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans
4. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Crystals
5. Sleigh Ride - Ronettes
6. Marshmallow World - Darlene Love
7. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Ronettes
8. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Crystals
9. Winter Wonderland - Darlene Love
10. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers - Crystals
11. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
12. Here Comes Santa Claus - Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans
13. Silent Night - Phil Spector And Artists

Looks like a great album!
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:26 AM
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16. If you love the Spector Wall of Sound, you'll love that record.
I bought it about four years ago - great listen.
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non sociopath skin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 05:10 AM
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22. Finally got it last year....
... I've only waited forty years but it was worth it!

The Skin
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KSAtheist Donating Member (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:35 AM
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18. The Fairytale of New York.
Everything else pales in comparison.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:45 AM
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21. Chistmas Eve babe..... In the drunk tank.......
A Classic song of despair and the eternal hope that christmas brings.....
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:14 PM
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29. You Scumbag You Maggot!
you cheap little ...

I miss Kirsty.
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 09:38 PM
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31. I always forget that that's a Christmas song
I miss Kirsty so. Was it 4 years ago already?? Almost to the day.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 01:55 AM
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36. She had that great voice that just spoke of so much
heartache, despair, joy and all the ins and outs our life's do take. And she did it without having to rely on trilly tricks and voicy flips or all that other nonsence that passess for talent in the world of pop today......
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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 03:24 AM
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19. where are the muppets?
FIVE GOOO-LDEN RINGS!!!
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 03:31 AM
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20. Christmastime in Tinseltown Tonight - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
It's been on my top ten a few years now and Burl Ives.. Holly Jolly Christmas
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 06:54 AM
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23. But, but, Carol of the Bells is not on the list?
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Theres-a Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 08:00 AM
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25. aa is self supporting through their own contributions
AA is not allied with any sect,denomination,politics,organization or institution;does not wish to engage in any controversy,neither endorses nor opposes any causes.
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 09:44 PM
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32. huh?
:shrug:
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 09:52 PM
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33. That's OK. I didn't get it, either.
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liberalpress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 06:57 AM
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24. It's "Holiday" record!
We mean old liberals are stealing Christmas, remember?
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:08 PM
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27. Oops! Sorry, I keep forgetting that Christmas is under attack.
Must be all those Christmas decorations and advertisements that I keep seeing. :eyes:
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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 10:19 PM
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35. You better watch out,
you better not cry. I'm telling you why...Bill O'Reilly's coming to town.
He's knows when you've been sleeping. (and with whom), He knows when you're awake. He's knows when you've been bad (oh, yeah!) or good.
So be good for goodness sake.
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:10 PM
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28. Nat King Cole's version of "Christmas Song" is the true classic.
I am welling up just thinking about it.
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