The 2022 Holiday Spectacular with Andy Cirzan
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot welcome our crate-digging Kris Kringle, Andy Cirzan to share great holiday songs that aren't played-out. This year's collection is called "The Reindeer Sessions... Further Adventures in Holiday Obscura."
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2022 Holiday Spectacular!
Obscure music collector Andy Cirzan shares his annual mix of holiday songs that have fallen through the cracks of history. This year's collection includes jazz renditions of holiday standards, original blues and country songs and an antique music box playing “Auld Lang Syne.”
Featured Songs:
- Lenny Dee, "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer," Happy Holi-Dee, Decca, 1961
- Andy Claus, Santa's Singing Cousin, "Andy's Reindeer Song," (Single), Snowflake, unknown
- Ann Bennett, "Another Christmas Rolls Around Again," (Single), Bertlen, unknown
- Tommy Hester, "Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas," (Single), Luck, unknown
- Leonard Feather and Friends, "Comet (the Reindeer)," Winter Sequence, MGM, 1954
- Lenny Dee, "Sleigh Ride," Happy Holi-Dee, Decca, 1961
- Cristy Lane, "Jesus Is A Soul Man," (Single), Extremely Brave, 1971
- Jimmie Dale, "There Are Reindeer Running (Down The Christmas Trail)," (Single), Original, 1953
- Modern Jazz Quartet, "Variation No. 1 On "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"," The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn, Atlantic, 1956
- Unknown, "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," unknown, unknown, unknown
- Martin Newell (w/ Andy Partridge), "Christmas In Suburbia," The Greatest Living Englishman, Pipeline, 1993
- Tom Waits, "New Years Eve," Bad As Me, Anti-, 2011
- Prince, "Another Lonely Christmas," (Single), Warner Bros, 1984
- Old Musicbox Melodies, "Auld Lang Syne," (Single), unknown, unknown
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