Wednesday, December 3, 2014

But How About "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer"!?!

We're already deep in Christmas music season, and if this list is any indication, you've already heard about two dozen different versions of "Silent Night". But we do love our Christmas tunes, don;t we? "Time" magazine searched copyright records to find which Christmas songs have been recorded the most. Here's the top 10 . . .
1. "Silent Night", with 733 different copyrighted recordings.
2. "Joy to the World", 391 recordings.
3. "O Holy Night", 374 recordings.
4. "What Child Is This?", 329 recordings.
5. "Away in a Manger", 300 recordings.
6. "O Come All Ye Faithful", 296 recordings.
7. "White Christmas", 283 recordings.
8. "Ave Maria", 270 recordings.
9. "Jingle Bells", 254 recordings.
10. "The Christmas Song", 254 recordings. That's the one that starts with "chestnuts roasting on an open fire."


What's your all-time favorite Christmas song? Drop me a line: john@kicks1063.com

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