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Memphis to Manchester
Dec 19, 2019 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Music
With John Wendland
Join John Wendland for Memphis to Manchester, a fun-filled and action-packed three hours of soul, R&B, rock, pop, country and other great music.
7:00 AM |
| Chet Baker and the Lighthouse All-Stars Winter Wonderland Witch Doctor Contemporary 1985 Alright, welcome to the annual M2M Christmas and holiday music extravaganza. Let the Yuletide musical merriment begin! Live 1953 recording of the Christmas standard penned by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith. |
7:02 AM |
| Peggy Lee Happy Holiday Happy Holiday Capitol Records 1965 Written by Irving Berlin for the 1942 film "Holiday Inn."
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7:04 AM |
| Duke Ellington Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) The Nutcracker Suite Columbia 1960 1960 swinging instrumental version of Tchaikovsky's "The Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy" arranged by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.
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7:07 AM |
| Jon Rauhouse Orchestra He's Stuck in the Chimney Again (feat. Rachel Flotard) He's Stuck in the Chimney Again (feat. Rachel Flotard) - Single Measurable Music 2014 Not exactly well-known, this was written by the great Cy Coleman and Floyd Huddleston (he write the music for "The Aristocrats") and was only found as a demo after Cy Coleman's death, How Jon Rauhouse found out about it, I don't know but it's a really cool song and Rachel Flotard provides the lead vocals. |
7:09 AM |
| Oscar Peterson God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen An Oscar Peterson Christmas Telarc 1995 Music bed. The jazz pianist recorded this instrumental version of the traditional Christmas song in 1995. |
7:11 AM |
| Lou Rawls Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Merry Christmas. Ho! Ho! Ho! Capitol Records 1967 Lou Rawls could make any song sound hip. Composed by Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots. "Don't blow it, better be good, now." |
7:13 AM |
| Julie London I'd Like You for Christmas Cafe Apres-midi Christmas Toshiba-EMI 2005 Written by Bobby Troup of "Route 66" fame and recorded in 1957. One of the sexiest Christmas songs ever and the backing vocals are so great. |
7:16 AM |
| Bing Crosby Looks Like A Cold, Cold Winter Wonderland: Cool December Shout! Factory 2003 Originally released as a single b-side on the Decca label in 1950.
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7:19 AM |
| Dave Stryker Soulful Frosty (feat. Stefon Harris) N Eight Track Christmas Strikezone Records 2019 Music bed. Ah, nice instrumental mash-up by the jazz guitarist of "Soulful Strut" by Young-Holt Unlimited with "Frosty The Snowman." |
7:21 AM |
| Bill Withers The Gift of Giving Single Sussex 1972 Written by Bill Withers and only released as a single a-side. Moody and slow-grooving.
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7:24 AM |
| The Emotions What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas? Christmas in Soulsville Concord 2007 Written by Carl Hampton and Homer Banks and first released as a 1973 Stax single a-side.
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7:27 AM |
| Kim Weston Wish You a Merry Christmas The Ultimate Motown Christmas Collection Motown 2009 Written by Mickey Stevenson and Kim Weston and recorded in 1962. She was only 22 at the time she recorded this. Pretty great. |
7:30 AM |
| The Funk Brothers Winter Wonderland A Christmas Present from Motown, Vol. 1 Spectrum 2001 Music bed. Instrumental version for Motown recorded in 1968 and produced by Norman Whitfield.
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7:31 AM |
| The Miracles Christmas Everyday Christmas With The Miracles Tamla 1963 This is the only original song on this album otherwise made up of traditional Christmas songs but what an original it is! Written by Smokey Robinson. |
7:34 AM |
| The Supremes My Favorite Things (Live) The Supremes: The Ultimate Merry Christmas Real Gone Music / Motown 2017 Previously unreleased live version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein composition recorded at the Copacabana in New York on May 20, 1967. |
7:36 AM |
| Stevie Wonder What Christmas Means To Me Someday at Christmas Motown 1967 This endearing and enduring closing track was written by Anna Gordy Gaye, George Gordy, and Allen Story and features a harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder. |
7:39 AM |
| Husky Team Santa's Beard Christmas In Memphis Confidential Recordings 2003 Music bed. Instrumental version of the Beach Boys composition by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. |
7:41 AM |
| The McCrary Sisters Go Tell It On the Mountain N A Very McCrary Christmas Rounder 2019 This excellent Christmas album leads off with this traditional gospel song and references the Staple Singers. Ann McCrary and Regina McCrary sing lead on this one. Highly recommended. |
7:46 AM |
| Marion Williams and The Stars Of Faith When Was Jesus Born N Blink Before Christmas Koko-Mojo 2019 This version is different than her 1959 album version and I can't figure out when this was recorded. The intensity and speed is way more than the album version. I don't know how the backing vocalists kept up with this.
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7:48 AM |
| James Brown Sweet Little Baby Boy (Parts 1 & 2) The Complete James Brown Christmas Universal Records 2010 Traditional gospel song with additional lyrics and music by James Brown and Nat Jones. Recorded in 1966 for the King label. One of his greatest vocals. |
7:53 AM |
| Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Ain't No Chimneys In the Projects Ain't No Chimneys In the Projects - Single Daptone Records 2009 Written by Sharon Jones and Bosco Mann and featuring Saun & Starr on backing vocals. |
7:55 AM |
| Binky Griptite Stone Soul Christmas World Of Love / Stone Soul Christmas Single Daptone Records 2007 Adaptation of the Laura Nyro song "Stoned Soul Picnic" with new Christmas lyrics by Binky Griptite of the Dap-Kings. |
7:58 AM |
| The Martinis Holiday Cheer Late Late Party (1965-67) Light In The Attic Records 2011 Music bed. Memphis instrumental recorded circa 1965-67. Hey, it's got sleigh bells on it, right?
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8:01 AM |
| Herman Clebanoff & His Orchestra Bobsled Strings Afire & Exciting Sounds Vocalion 1961 Music bed. Instrumental composition by Herman Clebanoff, Caesar Giovannini, and Wayne Robinson. |
8:03 AM |
| Jimmy Charles Christmasville USA Christmasville USA Maple Tone 2007 Originally released in 1960 as a single b-side (the a-side was called "A Little Mouse Called Steve - go figure) on the Promo label. Co-written by Phil Medley (he also co-wrote "Twist & Shout") and Vic Abrams about the happiest place on earth. |
8:05 AM |
| Johnny Lee Santa's Ride Phroomf / Santa's Ride 45 single Diva 1954 I just can't say it any better than what I've written in the past. Androgynous lead vocal, the b-side to a single that has an ode to an elf called "Phroomf" on the a-side, penned by the immortal Frank Serritella, and featuring Mike Simpson & His Orchestra - if only all Christmas songs could be like this. |
8:07 AM |
| Joel Paterson Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar Bloodshot Records 2017 This was my favorite Christmas album put out in 2017. This has received quite a bit of airplay but no KDHX DJs have played this instrumental version of the Brenda Lee and Bobby Helms hit written by Johnny Marks. He recorded this as a tribute to Hank Garland who played the guitar on both "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and "Jingle Bell Rock." |
8:10 AM |
| Brenda Lee Papa Noel Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree: The Decca Recordings MCA/Decca 1999 Penned by Roy Botkin and recorded for the Decca label in 1958.
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8:13 AM |
| Charlie Rich Santa Claus's Daughter It Ain't Gonna Be That Way: The Complete Smash Sessions Ace 2011 Written by Margaret Ann Rich and recorded circa 1965. |
8:15 AM |
| The Avalanches Baby, It's Cold Outside Ski Surfin' Star Records 1963 Music bed. Instrumental version of the Frank Loesser composition.
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8:18 AM |
| Half Knots Pretty Paper L KDHXmas - Holiday Music Sampler Volume II KDHX 2012 Written by Willie Nelson and featuring lead vocals by Danny Kathriner.
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8:21 AM |
| Chris Grabau Travelling Xmas L Christmas Single 2016 Self-Released 2016 Really fine Christmas song written by Chris Grabau (formerly of Magnolia Summer, currenty of Cave States).
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8:24 AM |
| Jenny Kavanaugh Mary's Lullaby L Winter Songs self-released 2015 Beautiful song written by St. Louis singer-songwriter Jenny Kavanaugh in 2012 and found on this six-song EP. |
8:28 AM |
| Jerry Douglas Christmas Time Is Here Jerry Christmas E1 Music 2009 Music bed. Dobro instrumental take of the Vince Guaraldi composition.
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8:29 AM |
| Camera Obscura The Blizzard The Blizzard - Single 4AD 2009 Originally recorded by Jim Reeves, written by Harlan Howard, and sung by Tracyanne Campbell.
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8:33 AM |
| Sam Phillips It Came Upon a Midnight Clear N Cold Dark Nights Littlebox Recordings 2019 This new Christmas offering includes four brand new tracks, two re-imagined tunes and four songs from her original 2009 "Cold Dark Night" EP. Highly recommended. |
8:35 AM |
| Annika Norlin Silent Night Correspondence Secretly Canadian 2019 Jens Lekman and Annika Norlin (of Hello Saferide fame) alternate songs on this album. This is one of hers. Really powerful and beautiful. It would make a great companion piece to "Christmas in the Trenches" by John McCutcheon. |
8:39 AM |
| Calexico Gift X-Change Aerocalexico Our Soil, Our Strength 2001 2001 song written by Joey Burns. And I think we've all known somebody like this or been like this.
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8:42 AM |
| Akiko 12月25日の朝。 A White Album Universal Music LLC 2007 Music bed. Instrumental from the first Christmas-themed collection by Japanese jazz singer Akiko. |
8:45 AM |
| The Empty Hearts It's Christmastime N It's Christmastime - Single The Empty Hearts 2019 The Empty Hearts are made up of Clem Burke of Blondie, Eliot Easton of The Cars, Wally Palmar of The Romantics, and Andy Babiuk of The Chesterfield Kings. This new single was written by Andy Babiuk, Clem Burke, Elliot Easton, Wally Palmar, and Steven Van Zandt and features backing vocals by Vicki Peterson and Debbi Peterson. |
8:49 AM |
| The School It Won't Be Christmas Without You N Christmas EP Elefant Records 2019 New 3-song EP by the band out of Cardiff, Wales. Written and sung by Liz Hunt. |
8:52 AM |
| Lisa Mychols Blizzard of Aahhs Lost Winter's Dream Rev-Ola 1990 Written by Lisa Mychols and featuring musical backing by the Wondermints.
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8:53 AM |
| Lisa Mychols Lost Winter's Dream Lost Winter's Dream Rev-Ola 1990 Title track written by This track was co-written by Lisa Mychols and Darian Sahanaja.(of the Wondermints). Not easy to find but so well worth seeking out! |
8:56 AM |
| Sloan Kids Come Back Again at Christmas Kids Come Back Again at Christmas - Single Murderecords 2016 The Sloan show canceled earlier has been rescheduled at Blueberry Hill for February (Saturday 2/15). Life is good.
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8:59 AM |
| Los Straitjackets Silver Bells Complete Christmas Songbook Yep Roc Records 2018 Music bed. This instrumental version of the traditional song was originally released in 2011 but this compilation conveniently makes all their Christmas recordings available in one place.
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9:02 AM |
| The Ventures Jingle Bell Rock The Ventures' Christmas Album Dolton 1965 Music bed. Instrumental version of the composition by Joe Beal and Jim Boothe. Everybody needs to own this album.
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9:03 AM |
| The Mavericks Christmas Time is (Coming 'Round Again) Hey! Merry Christmas! Mono Mundo Recordings 2018 Instant holiday party with this one featuring the great Raul Malo on lead vocals. The Mavericks are playing at the Pageant on May 15, 2020. Highly recommended.
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9:07 AM |
| Billy May & His Orchestra Do You Believe In Santa Claus? Ultra Lounge: Christmas Cocktails Part Three Capitol Records 2004 1950 song written by Billy May and Alan Livingston. How low can he go? Lead vocals by Thurl Ravenscroft (of Tony the Tiger and the Grinch fame). |
9:09 AM |
| Vince Guaraldi Trio Skating A Charlie Brown Christmas Fantasy Records 1965 Instrumental composed by Vince Guaraldi for the 1965 television special.
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9:12 AM |
| The Candy Store White Christmas Turned on Christmas Decca 1969 Written by Irving Berlin. It's kind of Phil Spectorish. I dig it.
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9:15 AM |
| Honey and the Bees Jing Jing A Ling Snow - The Get Easy! Christmas Collection Universal 2002 This has not been played on KDHX since 2016 . That's just wrong. 1969 Chess recording made by the Philadelphia female soul quartet. |
9:17 AM |
| Chet Atkins Jingle Bells N he Complete RCA Victor & Columbia Christmas Recordings Real Gone Music 2019 Music bed. Instrumental recorded in 1955.
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9:19 AM |
| George Jones Lonely Christmas Call Bummed Out Christmas Rhino 1989 George Jones & The Jones Boys originally released this as a single a-side on the United Artists label in 1962. |
9:21 AM |
| George Jones & Tammy Wynette Mr. & Mrs. Santa Claus Single Epic 1973 Single a-side written by Dallas Frazier and E. Montgomery and released on the Epic label. |
9:23 AM |
| Faron Young I'm Gonna Tell Santa Claus On You Christmas On The Range Capitol Records Nashville 1995 Written by Thelma Blackmon and recorded in 1953. |
9:25 AM |
| Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Santa's on His Way It's Beginning To Sound A Lot Like Christmas - The Alternative Yuletide Collection Chrome Dreams 2010 Recorded in 1949 for the MGM label.
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9:28 AM |
| The Davis Sisters Christmas Boogie Hillbilly Holiday Rhino 1988 The Davis Sisters were made up of Skeeter Davis and Betty Jack Davis but they were not related. Originally released as a 1953 single b-side on the RCA Victor label. |
9:30 AM |
| Joel Paterson Blue Christmas Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar Bloodshot Records 2017 Music bed. Instrumental version of the Bill Hayes / Jay Johnson composition. |
9:32 AM |
| Josh Rouse Red Suit N The Holiday Sounds of Josh Rouse Yep Roc Records 2019 From his new holiday album made up entirely of originals. |
9:35 AM |
| Bettie Serveert River Zo Dit is Kerstmis VPRO Eigenwijs 1998 1998 cover version of a Joni Mitchell song found on this compilation of Christmas songs performed by various Netherlands artists.
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9:39 AM |
| Hannah Peel I Believe in Father Christmas Find Peace / I Believe in Father Christmas Snowflakes Christmas Singles Club 2014 B-side version of Greg Lake's 1975 Christmas hit by the Northern Irish artist and composer.
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9:43 AM |
| Booker T. & the MGs Winter Snow The Complete Stax-Volt Singles - Vol 1 1959-68 Atlantic 1991 Music bed. Written by Isaac Hayes and recorded in 1967 for Stax. Also featuring Isaac Hayes on piano.
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9:45 AM |
| Bob Seger & The Last Heard Sock It to Me Santa Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967 ABKCO Music & Records 2018 The greatness of this one can't be denied. 1966 James Brown-influenced Cameo recording written by Bob Seger, Dan Honaker, and Carl Lagassa. "Come on Comet, come on Cupid, don't just stand there looking stupid." |
9:47 AM |
| Detroit Junior Christmas Day Christmas Party with Eddie G. Columbia 1990 Written by Detroit Junior and released in 1960 as a single b-side on the Foxy label. "I want you to turn up your hi-fi... turn it up loud!" |
9:49 AM |
| Otis Redding Merry Christmas, Baby (Take 1) Christmas In Soulsville Fantasy Records 2007 Perfect soul version of the Johnny Moore and Lou Baxter composition. Recorded in 1968 with musical backing by Booker T. & The MGs, Isaac Hayes, and the Memphis Horns.
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9:51 AM |
| Darlene Love Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector Philles 1963 As good as Christmas music gets. Written by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, and Jeff Barry, produced by Phil Spector, arranged by Jack Nitzsche, and featuring the majestic vocals of Darlene Love. |
9:54 AM |
| June Christy The Merriest This Time of Year Capitol Records 1961 The perfect album to close out the year. All of the songs were written by Arnold Miller and Connie Pearce Miller. Arranged and conducted by Pete Rugalo. |
9:56 AM |
| Husky Team Auld Lang Syne Christmas In Memphis Confidential Recordings 2003 Music bed. A mash-up of "Green Onions" and "Auld Lang Syne." Seasons greetings and Happy New Year, everybody!
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