andrewteman.org » mix http://andrewteman.org/blog Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:26:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Christmas Music Mix Playlist http://andrewteman.org/blog/2008/12/08/christmas-music-mix-playlist/ http://andrewteman.org/blog/2008/12/08/christmas-music-mix-playlist/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:40:30 +0000 andrew http://andrewteman.org/blog/?p=1044 Right on the heels of the Cocktail Party Playlist Mix, here is a short, but (in my opinion) solid Christmas music mix. Most mixes consist of the same 15 or so songs, so I tried to find original versions, the most iconic versions, or the just what I thought were the best versions of each of the songs. Obviously everyone has their personal tastes, but this is the ultimate Christmas music playlist in my world.

I love all of these songs, but I think I am partial to Little Saint Nick from The Beach Boys (just something about surfin’ Christmas music), and Run Rudolph Run from Chuck Berry. But as far as the best pure Christmas song, I think the Brenda Lee version of Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree is hard to beat.

Track Artist
Baby, It’s Cold Outside Carmen McRae & Sammy Davis Jr
Blue Christmas Elvis Presley
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) U2
Christmas Feeling Ska Toots & The Maytals
Jingle Bell Rock Bobby Helms & The Anita Kerr Singers
Jingle Bells Frank Sinatra & Orchestra/Chorus Of Gord
Let It Snow! Dean Martin
Little Saint Nick The Beach Boys
My Favorite Things Tony Bennett
The Nutcracker Suite The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree Brenda Lee
Run Rudolph Run Chuck Berry
Santa Baby Eartha Kitt
Santa Claus Is Back In Town Elvis Presley
Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town Bruce Springsteen
Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town Frank Sinatra
Sleigh Ride Ella Fitzgerald

As was the case with the cocktail party mix, this is in descending alphabetical order by song title. Also, there are two versions of Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town, because both the Sinatra and the Springsteen versions are both fantastic….and different enough to appear on the same mix without being annoying.

Enjoy!

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Julie and I hosted a little get together recently, and for background music, I tuned the iPod up to play my hand selected cocktail party mix that I made back in the spring. Now I know everyone has their own individual tastes, but I did get multiple unsolicited compliments on this mix at our last soiree, so I thought I’d post the track listing here.

The short back-story on the mix is that my searches for “cocktail party music” never quite yielded what I was looking for. I knew I wanted a good mix of classic cool music (aka, either genuinely classic as in old or just classic in sound), that would be good background sound, but not go unnoticed completely. This mix seems to have hit that spot that I was going for.

So if you are looking for some good cocktail party music, here is my recommended play list, not in any particular order…merely descending alphabetically by track name.

Track Artist
100 Days, 100 Nights Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
All I Do Is Dream of You Dean Martin
Answer Me Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
At Long Last Love Frank Sinatra
Back to Black Amy Winehouse
Be Easy Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Beyond the Sea Bobby Darin
Come to Me Koop featuring Yukimi Nagano
Fever Peggy Lee
From This Moment On Frank Sinatra
Good Golly Miss Molly Little Richard
Humble Me Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good Frank Sinatra
I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ Frank Sinatra
I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plans Frank Sinatra
I Wish I Were In Love Again Frank Sinatra
I Won’t Dance Frank Sinatra
If I Had You Frank Sinatra
I’ve Been Thinking Handsome Boy Modeling School
Jump, Jive An’ Wail Louis Prima
Keep On Looking Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Koop Island Blues Koop
Let Them Knock Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Liar, Liar Castaways
Lonesome Road Frank Sinatra
Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
Nice Work If You Can Get It Frank Sinatra
Night and Day Frank Sinatra
No One Ever Tells You Frank Sinatra
Nobody’s Baby Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Oh! Look At Me Now Frank Sinatra
Some Unholy War Amy Winehouse
Something’s Changed Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Son Of A Preacher Man Dusty Springfield
Spooky Dusty Springfield
Stars Fell On Alabama Frank Sinatra
Steppin Out With My Baby (1) Tony Bennett
Tell Me Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
The Boss James Brown
The Lady Is a Tramp Frank Sinatra
The Truth Handsome Boy Modeling School
Volare (Nel Blu, Di Pinto Di Blu) Dean Martin
Voulez Vous Touch And Go
What’d I Say, Pt. 1 Ray Charles
You Know I’m No Good Amy Winehouse
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To Frank Sinatra

I have another popular mix of non-shitty Christmas music that I will post soon as well for those that may be interested.

Get All Of This Music On iTunes!

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