holidays

Tonight on the show, it's time for Chrismukkah (Christmas and Hanukkah). Hanukkah songs, plus Christmas songs.

SONGS:
"Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah" - Glee
"My Favorite Things" - Barbra Streisand
"I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" - Carole King
"The Christmas Song" - Herb Alpert (and the Tijuana Brass)
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" - She & Him
"It's Christmas Time All Over the World" - Sammy Davis Jr.
"I've Got A Cold for Christmas" - The Three Stooges
"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" - Lester Lanin
"Carol of the Bells" - Carole King
"The Christmas Waltz" - Columbus's own Michael Feinstein
"Chanukah Prayer" - Carole King
"The Bell That Couldn't Jingle" - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
"Carol of the Bells/Jingle Bells" - Barry Manilow
"Jingle Bell Rock" - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
"Little Saint Nick" - She & Him
"All I Want For Christmas Is You" - Idina Menzel (and Kenny G)
"Chanukah Waltz" - Bela Fleck

Tonight on the show, What is on your Holiday Playlist?
(More Bonus Coverage: http://djbcadventures.tumblr.com/post/104860083754/what-is-your-holiday-...)

SONGS:
"Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah" - glee
"Chanukah Prayer" - Carole King
"December Will Be Magic Again" - Kate Bush
"Caroling, Caroling" - Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians
"Silver Bells" - Norma Zimmer & Jim Roberts
"A Fact Can Be A Beautiful Thing" - Marian Mercer & Jerry Orbach (from "Promises, Promises")
"It Kinda Feels Like Christmas" - The Royal Guardsmen
"A Charles Dickens' Christmas" - Bransby Williams
"Savoy Christmas Medley" - The New Mayfair Orchestra directed by Ray Noble
"December" - Earth, Wind, and Fire

Tonight on the show, Holiday Songs from the Big Band Era and Recent Covers of Holiday Songs. But before that, the DJBC addresses the firing of former Michigan Head Coach Brady Hoke.

SONGS:
"Happy Holiday" - Bing Crosby
"Christmas Night in Harlem" - Jack Teegarden & Johnny Mercer (1934)
"Winter Weather" - Benny Goodman
"We Three Kings" - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
"Brazilian Sleigh Bells" - Harry James
"Shake Hands with Santa Claus" - Louis Prima
"Warm in December" - Seth MacFarlane
"Rudolph Mambo" - Billy May
"Little Jack Frost, Get Lost" - Seth MacFarlane & Norah Jones
"Deck the Halls" - Chick Corea
"Sleigh Ride" - Myron Floren
"Exotic Night" - Martin Denny (1967)
"Ol' Saint Nicholas" - Doris Day
"White Christmas" - Fred Waring (1957)
"Swingin' Them Jingle Bells" - Fats Waller and His Rhythm (1936)
"Coventry Carol" - Elisabeth Schumann (1938)
"The Happiest Christmas Tree" - Nat King Cole
"Christmas Bells at Eventide" - Gracie Fields (1933)

What is your Holiday Soundtrack? What is/are the holiday song(s) that you cannot live without during the holiday season? Comment to the podcast below, or on our Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/thedjbch2o.

Tonight on the show, Christmas Songs from the 1970s.

PLAYLIST:
"Christmas Is Here Again" - Roger Whittaker (1976)
"Jingle Bell Rock" - Bobby Sherman (1970)
"Step Into Christmas" - Elton John (1973)
"Please Come Home For Christmas" - The Eagles (1978)
"December the 25th" - Scrooge (1970)
"Wonderful Christmastime" - Paul McCartney (1979)
"Jingle Bell Hustle" - Wayne Newton (1978)
"Christmas Day" - Squeeze (1979)
"Heat Miser" - The Year Without A Santa Claus (1974)
"Christmas" - The Who (1969)
"Carol of the Bells" - The Carpenters (1978)
"Grandpa's Christmas Wish" - Grandpa Walton (1974)
"Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy" - Bing Crosby & David Bowie (1977)
"Christmas Time" - Ray Charles (1978)
"Christmas In The City" - Marvin Gaye (1972)

"Why My 1970s Christmas Was Way Better": http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lori-ferraro/why-my-1970s-christmas-was-wa...
1970s Christmas (on Pinterest): https://www.pinterest.com/suehirtle1/1970s-christmas/
Christmas in the 1970s Blog: http://christmasinthe70s.blogspot.com/
TV Party - Christmas in the 1970s on TV: http://www.tvparty.com/xmas-1970s-christmas.html

Christmas Commercials from the 1970s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46W7IXXaiW8

Tonight on the Show, Thanksgiving (and the "Holidays" that follow it) and Giving Tuesday (http://www.givingtuesday.org) - What is it exactly?

But, most importantly, THE Game - the 7th ranked Ohio State B*ckeyes (10-1, 7-0) host the Michigan Wolverines (5-6, 3-4) in a do-or-die match for the Wolverines, in what will more than likely be the final game of the Brady Hoke era at Michigan.

SONGS:
"Turkey Lurkey Time" - Promises, Promises
"Temptation"/"Hawaiian War Chant" - The Muppets
"We Don't Give A Damn (for the Whole State of Michigan)" - TBDBITL
"Hang on Sloopy" - The McCoys
"I've Got Plenty to Be Thankful For" - Bing Crosby
"Central Park Serenade" - Renee Fleming with Gregory Porter
(close) "Fur Elise" - Vince Guaraldi

Thanksgiving 2014 Promo for "The DJBC Happy Hour" (November 24, 2014)

Tonight, Holiday Songs covered by Artists other than the ones that made them famous, including:
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo" - Billy May
"Joy to the World" - The Supremes
"White Christmas" - Glee (cover version of the Penguins, NOT Bing Crosby, or a Cover OF a Cover)
"Jingle Bell Rock" - Hall and Oates
"Caroling, Caroling" - Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians
"You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" - Glee
"Little Saint Nick" - She and Him
"Someday at Christmas" - Stevie Wonder
"The Bell That Couldn't Jingle" - Burt Bacharach
"Toyland" - Perry Como
"Here Comes Santa Claus" - Doris Day
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" - Dean Martin & Martina McBride (courtesy of 21st Century Technology)
"Jingle Bells" - Barbra Streisand
"The Christmas Song" - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass