CASEY KASEM’S AMERICAN
TOP 40 CHRISTMAS SONGS - 12/22/73
40: THE HAPPY REINDEER - DANCER, PRANCER, AND NERVOUS
(1959)
39: MARSHMALLOW WORLD - BING CROSBY (1950) (MONTAGE
PLAYED WITH DARLENE LOVE'S VERSION)
38: SANTA CLAUS IS WATCHING YOU - RAY STEVENS (1962)
37: SANTA AND THE SATELLITE (PARTS 1 AND 2) - BUCHANAN
AND GOODMAN (1957)
36: LITTLE ALTAR BOYS - VIC DANA (1961)
35: MERRY CHRISTMAS POLKA - ANDREWS SISTERS (1950)
34: BABY'S FIRST CHRISTMAS - CONNIE FRANCIS (1961)
33: LITTLE SAINT NICK - BEACH BOYS (1963)
32: MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING - CARPENTERS (1970)
31: SNOOPY'S CHRISTMAS - ROYAL GUARDSMEN (1967)
30: PRETTY PAPER - ROY ORBISON
29: SANTA BABY - EARTHA KITT (1953)
28: MARY'S BOY CHILD - HARRY BELAFONTE (1956)
27: I YUST GO NUTS AT CHRISTMAS - YOGI YORGESSON
WITH THE JOHNNY DUFFY TRIO (1949)
26: IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS -
PERRY COMO AND THE FONTAINE SISTERS (1951)
25: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS - PERRY COMO
24: CHRISTMAS IN KILARNEY - DENNIS DAY (1950)
23: LONESONE CHRISTMAS (PART 1) - LOWELL FULSOM (1950)
22: ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH
- SPIKE JONES AND HIS CITY SLICKERS (1948)
21: MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY - CHARLES BROWN (1948)
20: I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - BING CROSBY (1943)
(AIRED BEACH BOYS AND ELVIS PRESLEY VERSIONS)
19: YOU'RE ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS - FRANKIE LANE
(1948) NOT PLAYED DUE TO QUALITY OF RECORD
18: NUTTIN' FOR CHRISTMAS - BARRY GORDON WITH THE
ART MOONEY ORCHESTRA (1955) ALSO A MONTAGE WITH THE FONTAINE SISTERS AND RICKY ZAHND AND THE BLUE JEANERS
17: I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS - JIMMY BOYD
(1952)
16: ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE - BRENDA LEE
(1958)
15: HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS (DOWN SANTA CLAUS LANE)
- GENE AUTRY (1947) ALSO A 1963 VERSION BY BOB B. SOXX AND THE BLUE JEANS
14: SLEIGH RIDE - LEROY ANDERSON (1948)
13: PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - CHARLES BROWN (1960)
12: FROSTY THE SNOW MAN - GENE AUTRY (1950) PLAYED
VERSIONS BY THE BEACH BOYS AND THE RONETTES
11: THE CHIPMUNK SONG - DAVID SEVILLE AND THE CHIPMUNKS
(1958)
10: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN - BING CROSBY AND
THE ANDREWS SISTERS (1942) PLAYED A MONTAGE WITH VERSIONS BY BURL IVES,
BING CROSBY AND THE ANDREWS SISTERS, THE FOUR SEASONS, THE JACKSON FIVE
AND THE CRYSTALS
9: JINGLE BELLS - BING CROSBY AND THE ANDEWS SISTERS (1943) PLAYED
A MONTAGE OF VERSIONS BY GLENN MILLER, ROGER WILLIAMS, THE DON CHARLES
SINGING DOGS, AND RAY CONNIFF'S ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS
8: BLUE CHRISTMAS - ELVIS PRESLEY
7: WINTER WONDERLAND - RAY CONNIFF'S ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS - PLAYED
A MONTAGE OF VERSIONS BY THE ANDREWS SISTERS, PERRY COMO, RAY CONNIFF,
AND DARLENE LOVE
6: SILVER BELLS - JIMMY WAKELY AND MARGARET WHITING (1950) PLAYED VERSIONS
BY DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES AND BY RAY CONIFF'S ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS
5: JINGLE BELL ROCK - BOBBY HELMS (1957)
4: THE CHRISTMAS SONG - NAT KING COLE (1946) ALSO PLAYED EXCERPTS OF
VERSIONS BY TONY BENNETT, JOHNNY MATHIS, JOSE FELICIANO, AND THE JACKSON
FIVE
3: THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - HARRY SIMEONE CHORALE (1958)
2: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER - GENE AUTRY (1949) ALSO PLAYED A
VERSION BY THE JACKSON FIVE
1: WHITE CHRISTMAS - BING CROSBY (1942)
EXTRA: SILENT NIGHT - BING CROSBY (1935)