by KingoftheHits | Dec 24, 2015 | #Posts, 70's, Beatles, Holiday Hits, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, UK Artists
Sponsored Ding Dong; Ding Dong was a 1974 holiday season offering from George Harrison from his new 1974 album Dark Horse. Many music critics panned the single, calling it “repetitive and dull” or “a raspy stab at ‘Auld Lang...
by KingoftheHits | Dec 24, 2015 | #OriginalPresentations, 60's, American Artists, Holiday Hits, Oldies, Pop, R&B, Rock & Roll, Top 40
Sponsored A holiday tradition for pop music lovers since 1963, A Christmas Gift For You from Philles Records (aka ‘Phil Spector’s Christmas Album’) is being presented here track-by-track over the Yuletide season – all 13 songs in...
by KingoftheHits | Dec 23, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, Beatles, Holiday Hits, Pop, UK Artists
Sponsored I Wanna Be Santa Claus was a 1999 holiday season single from Ringo Starr, and also the title of the Christmas album – and his twelfth studio release. The song was co-written by Starr, the record’s producer Mark Hudson and Dean Grakal and,...
by KingoftheHits | Dec 23, 2015 | #OriginalPresentations, 60's, American Artists, Holiday Hits, Oldies, Pop, R&B, Rock & Roll, Top 40
Sponsored A holiday tradition for pop music lovers since 1963, A Christmas Gift For You from Philles Records (aka ‘Phil Spector’s Christmas Album’) is being presented here track-by-track over the Yuletide season – all 13 songs in...
by KingoftheHits | Dec 22, 2015 | #OriginalPresentations, 70's, Beatles, Classic Hits, Holiday Hits, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, UK Artists
Sponsored Happy Xmas (War Is Over) was the culmination of two years of peace activism and bed-ins on behalf of the cause by John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono. The lyrics, written by Ono and Lennon, are set to a traditional English ballad called Skewball. Recorded...