Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks to Mike from Vista Blue about their new Halloween single “Victor Crowley”. They also talk about lots more, including this summer’s album “Stay Gold” which was a tribute to and inspired by S.E. Hinton’s novel “The Outsiders”. Mike also share some details about some Christmas music that’s on the way, and some of the things coming in 2023!

Vista Blue on Bandcamp:  https://wearevistablue.bandcamp.com/

Time Of The Season comp: https://radiantradish.bandcamp.com/album/time-of-the-season

Radiant Radish store: https://radiantradish.storenvy.com/

Snow In Southtown podcast: https://snowinsouthtown.wordpress.com/

Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas observes One Hit Wonder Day by reviewing some lists of Christmas One Hit Wonders. Spoiler: he disagrees with almost every entry on every list! Artists mentioned in this episode include a-ha, Sinead O’Connor, Lee Ann Womack, Band Aid, José Feliciano, NewSong, the Waitresses, Gayla Peevy, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Wham!, Elmo ‘n’ Patsy, Mariah Carey, Brenda Lee, Eartha Kitt, Burl Ives, the Carpenters, Mannheim Steamroller, John Lennon, Thurl Ravenscroft, the Eagles, Jimmy Durante, Donny Hathaway, David Foster and Run DMC. Whew!

Billboard’s Greatest Holiday Songs Of All Time: https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-of-all-time-holiday-100-songs/

Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks about a couple non-Christmas topics – Standards Music and Halloween Music. He starts off talking about his recently launched Standards Station, and gets into what it means for a song to be a Standard, and the different kinds of music his new station plays. The Standards Station launched on September 1. Then, he talks about Halloween Music, which will be featured next month when the Sounds of Christmas becomes the Sounds of Halloween on October 1.

Standards Station – https://www.thestandardsstation.com/

Sounds of Christmas – https://www.soundsofchristmas.com

Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the passing of Olivia Newton-John. He talks about her stellar successes with a long list of hits, gold records, platinum records and Grammys. But mostly, he focuses on her beautiful catalog of Christmas music that she has left for us.

The Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre:  https://www.onjcancercentre.org

 Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas continues a Christmas in July event by talking to hosts of other Christmas podcasts about their podcasts – what they’re about, how (and why) they started doing it (and continue to do it) and what they’ve got planned for upcoming episodes. Today he talks to Robert from the Behind The Bells podcast!

Behind The Bells podcast: https://behindthebells.libsyn.com/

Movies Ken and Robert talked about…
The Santa Clause
Home Alone
Ernest Saves Christmas
Miracle On 34th Street
Home Alone
Home Sweet Home Alone
Home Alone 2
Holiday Inn
Die Hard
The Godfather
Michael
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
It’s A Wonderful Life

Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas continues a Christmas in July event by talking to hosts of other Christmas podcasts about their podcasts – what they’re about, how (and why) they started doing it (and continue to do it) and what they’ve got planned for upcoming episodes. Today he talks to Glen from Season’s Eatings podcast and Joseph from the Christmas Creeps podcast!

Season’s Eatings podcast: https://www.seasonseatingspodcast.com

Christmas Creeps podcast: https://christmascreeps.com

Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas is kicking off a Christmas in July event by talking to hosts of other Christmas podcasts about their podcasts – what they’re about, how (and why) they started doing it (and continue to do it) and what they’ve got planned for upcoming episodes. Today he talks to Gerry from the Totally Rad Christmas podcast, Scott from the Holly Jolly Xmasu poscast and Sean from the Christmas Podcasts Podcast!

Totally Rad Christmas podcast – https://totallyradchristmas.com/
Holly Jolly Xmasu podcast – https://hollyjollyxmasu.libsyn.com/
Christmas Podcasts podcast – https://christmaspodcasts.com/series/christmas-podcasts-podcast/

Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas plays segments from the Modern Mann podcast as Ollie Peart takes on a listener challenge to make a Christmas hit (which turns out being called “The Sounds Of Christmas”)! Ken guides you through the journey when the listener first emails about the challenge, and then all the way through the creation of the song, the selection of a charity and the inclusion of the podcast community (plus follow-ups on how the song did, how much money was raised and how Ollie created a video with the help of listeners).

Modern Mann podcast – https://www.modernmann.co.uk
The Sounds of Christmas video on Ollie Peart’s YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnJZcXBI9A0
Samuel’s Charity – https://www.samuelscharity.co.uk

Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks to Associate Attorney Wendy Diaz (from his brother’s law firm) about the recent lawsuit Vince Vance (Andy Stone) has filed against Mariah Carey over the song “All I Want For Christmas Is You”.

Find out more about Wendy Diaz and the Kessler Law Firm at http://www.kesslerlawfirm.com