Sound Opinions’ Holiday Spectacular 2024
This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot welcome Andy Cirzan, their favorite collector of offbeat holiday music, for their annual celebration of all things strange and festive.
Holiday Spectacular 2024 with Andy Cirzan!
Coming up on Sound Opinions, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot are joined by holiday music collector Andy Cirzan for his annual batch of strange songs for the holidays.
Featured Songs:
- Unknown, "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," Unknown, Unknown, Unknown
- The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967
- Herman Apple, "Let It Snow," (Single), Unknown, Unknown
- Johnny Dollar, "Truck Drivers Lament," (Single), Chart, 1970
- Vin Bruce, "Christmas on the Bayou," (Single), Swallow, Unknown
- Red Ellis and the Huron Valley Boys, "Christmas Is Not Far Away," (Single), Unknown, Unknown
- Buddy Thornton, "Ole Santa Is Coming to Town," (Single), Four Star, 1953
- Unknown, "EZ Listening," (Single), Unknown, Unknown
- Thurmon McKinney, "Santa & the Truck Driver," (Single), MCW, 1974
- Bobby Allen & the Exceptions, "Lonely Christmas Tears," (Single), Soul Sound, Unknown
- Gene Adkins & the Tune Toppers, "What Christmas Is," (Single), SRC, 1952
- Jimmie Davis, "Christmas Choo Choo," (Single), Decca, 1953
- Unknown, "Sleigh Ride," Unknown, Unknown, Unknown
- Jimmy Wheeler, "Snowflakes Falling On My Head," (Single), Unknown, Unknown
- Mimi Rogers, "Snow Blossoms," (Demo), Unknown, Unknown
- Original Sons Of Christ, "Christmas Comes But Once A Year," (Single), Unknown, Unknown
- Clyde Lasley, "Santa Came Home Drunk," (Single), Sundown, 1967
- Cordell Jackson, "Rock N' Roll Christmas," (Single), Moon, 1956
- Cordell Jackson, "Beboppers Christmas," (Single b-side), Moon, 1956
- Unknown, "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer," Unknown, Unknown, Unknown
- Mick Jagger, "Strange Game," From the Apple TV+ Original Series Slow Horses, Polydor, 2022
Dear Listeners,
For more than 15 years, Sound Opinions was a production of WBEZ, Chicago's public radio station. Now that the show is independent, we're inviting you to join the band and lend a hand! We need your support more than ever because now we have to do all the behind-the-scenes work that WBEZ handled before (like buying insurance and paying for podcast hosting, ugh). Plus, we have some exciting ideas we'd like to try now that there's no one to tell us no!