Yeah, It's Been One Of These Years, But Happy Holidays, Anyway!

Christmas Angels of 2020

1 hour and 45 minutes of Christmas music from the talented musicians we lost this year...

Songs in chronological order of release date.

1. Tommy DeVito of The Four Seasons - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (1962)
2. Peter Green of (Fleetwood Mac and) John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers - The Super-Natural (aka Magic Christmas) (1967)
3. Johnny Nash - Prince Of Peace (1969)
4. Charlie Pride - Christmas In My Hometown (1970)
5. Mac Davis - Christmas Carol (1972)
6. Vera Lynn - A Christmas Wish (From Me To You) (1976)
7. Lee Kerslake and Ken Hensley of Uriah Heep - Fallen Angel (1978)
8. Charlie Daniels - Christmas Time Down South (1980)
9. McCoy Tyner - I'll Be Home For Christmas (1981)
10. Kenny Rogers - Christmas Everyday (1981)
11. Terry Jones of Monty Python - Christmas In Heaven (1983)
12. Genesis P-Orridge of (Throbbing Gristle and) Psychic TV - White Nights (1983)
13. Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sister - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (1987)
14. Little Richard - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (1988)
15. Gary Peacock: Neils Lan Doky - Christmas Song # 2 (featuring Gary Peacock) (1993)
16. John Prine - Silver Bells (1993)
17. Jerry Jeff Walker - Here Comes Santa Claus/Up On The Housetop (1994)
18. David Roback of Mazzy Star - Flowers In December (1996)
19. Adam Schlesinger of Fountains Of Wayne - I Want An Alien For Christmas (1997)
20. Jason Slater of Third Eye Blind - One Of Those Days Of Christmas (1997)
21. Todd Nance of Widespread Panic - Christmas Katie (1999)
22. Spencer Davis - Christmas Time Baby (1999)
23. Helen Reddy - The Best Christmas Ever/The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (2002)
24. Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd - Snowfall (2005)
25. Regis Philbin - Let it Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (2005)
26. Bill Rieflin of (King Crimson, Ministry and) R.E.M. - Merry Xmas Everybody (2007)
27. Dave Greenfield of (The Stranglers aka) - Throttler Guild - Festive Playlists (2008)
28. Eddie Van Halen aka Santa Van Halen - Christmas Eruption (2012)
29. Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk: Dave Panter - Stille Nacht (Tribute in the style of Kraftwerk) (2014)
30. Leslie West of Mountain - Silent Night (2015)
31. Trini Lopez - First Christmas Without Mom (2016)

Honorable Mentions, with no Christmas songs:

Neil Peart of Rush
Lyle Mays of The Pat Metheny Group
Eric Weissberg performed Duelling Banjos
William Rieflin of Ministry, R.E.M. & King Crimson
Bill Withers
Astrid Kirchherr Photographer and friend of The Beatles
Ennio Morricone
Keith Tippett played with King Crimson, among others
Johnny Mandel composed M*A*S*H Theme
Annie Ross of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Miss Mercy of The GTOs
Denise Johnson with A Certain Ratio, New Order and Primal Scream
Jimmy Winston of Small Faces
Mark Stone of Van Halen
Roccco Prestiav of Tower Of Power
Gordon Haskell of King Crimson
Tony Hooper of Strawb
Chad Stuart of Chad & Jeremy

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