AT20 Christmas Countdown

[Hervard]

Since WLIT in Chicago has gone all Christmas, they played an AT20 Christmas show in lieu of the regular show. Now, this is very much like the one from 2001, but with a few changes. For instance, the one that WLIT ran last year, which I understand was the 2001 show, kicked off with Nat "King" Cole's "The First Noel". But this year, it did not. Here is a listing of all the songs played on the show, extras included:

1 The Christmas Song/Nat "King" Cole
2 White Christmas/Bing Crosby
3 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year/Andy Williams
4 Sleigh Ride/The Ronnettes
5 Merry Christmas Darling/The Carpenters
6 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas/Kenny Loggins
7 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas/Johnny Mathis
8 Silver Bells/Kenny G
9 The Little Drummer Boy/Bing Crosby f/David Bowie
10 Have A Holly Jolly Christmas/Burl Ives
11 O Holy Night/Celine Dion
12 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!/Harry Connick, Jr.
13 Deck The Halls/Manheim Steamroller
14 Carol Of The Bells/David Foster
15 Feliz Navidad/Jose Feliciano
16 Blue Christmas/Elvis Presley
17 Last Christmas/Wham!
18 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Bruce Springsteen
19 Wonderful Christmastime/Paul McCartney
20 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree/Brenda Lee
21 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas/The Pretenders
22 Jingle Bell Rock/Bobby Helms
23 Do They Know It's Christmas (Feed The World)/Band Aid
24 We Need A Little Christmas/Percy Faith Orchestra
25 Please Come Home For Christmas/The Eagles
26 The Little Drummer Boy/Harry Simeone Chorale
27 Do You Hear What I Hear/Whitney Houston
28 Frosty The Snowman/Leon Redbone & Dr. John
29 Run Rudolph Run/Chuck Berry
30 Sleigh Ride/Johnny Mathis

Christmas Countdown Extras:
Little Saint Nick/The Beach Boys
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Manheim Steamroller
Step Into Christmas/Elton John
Silent Night/Aaron Neville
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus/Jimmy Boyd
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer/Gene Autry
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/The Beach Boys

(I'm sure there was an extra or two I missed - feel free to fill it in, if I did).

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas is there twice. LOL!!!

[jond7699]

I am really happy to see 2 Johnny Mathis songs on the countdown. Like I said in another post I absolutely love Johnny Mathis's Xmas music. I grew up on it. It's good to see that he made an impression.

[jimmy74747]

Rob64's said:

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas is there twice. LOL!!!

So is "The Little Drummer Boy"

[Whi$tlin' Pete]

If I'm driving in my car, I can barely pick up AT20 from a distant station. They just broadcast the Christmas special for at least the second week in a row. The station is not broadcasting an all Christmas format, but they must be broadcasting the Christmas show every week. Just wondering if other stations are skipping the weekly shows for the time being.

Also, does anyone know how the songs are ranked? I remember that "White Christmas" sold something like 11 million copies. My dad has the song on an old 78 rpm. It seems to me that the song should be number 1.
Some of the songs mentioned I've never heard of. Songs by the Pretenders, David Foster, David Bowie, and Whitney Houston.

Ulij20, they played the classic "Chipmunk Song," and also "Happy Christmas/War Is Over" by John Lennon, but I thought that Happy Christmas was somewhere on the countdown, but I could be mistaken.

[Hervard]

Yeah, not long after making the post, I remembered that they did the Chipmunk song, but forgot to add it to my post. "Happy XMas (War Is Over)" was on last year's countdown. According to an e-mail friend of mine (and one of the posters on this board), five songs were changed in the countdown in order to "freshen up" the show