Ken from the Sounds of Christmas celebrates Christmas Podcast Day and the upcoming 180th anniversary of A Christmas Carol, with a look at all (or at least most) of the adaptations of that famous holiday story that included music specifically recorded for that production! He starts with a television special in the early 1950s and goes all the way up to two movies that were released last year! Plus, Ken has a special announcement near the end of the episode with details about a special program coming to the Sounds of Christmas in December!

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Watch the 1954 version of A Christmas Carol from the television anthology series Shower Of Stars: https://youtu.be/IWhEEJUnC8A?si=YMCfavTM-4UYFtO7

 Ken from the Sounds of Christmas continues the ten-day countdown of the most-listened-to and most-downloaded episodes of the Sounds of Christmas podcast with this one from September of 2022.

In this episode, Ken talks to Gerry D from the Totally Rad Christmas podcast and Scott from the Holly Jolly X’masu podcast about a couple of top Christmas song lists that miss the mark, and they each come up with their own list of the Top Ten 80s Christmas Songs!

The Totally Rad Christmas Podcast: https://totallyradchristmas.com/

The Holly Jolly X’masu Podcast: https://hollyjollyxmasu.libsyn.com/

The Payola$: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payolas#External_links

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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas continues the ten-day countdown of the most-listened-to and most-downloaded episodes of the Sounds of Christmas podcast with this one from March of 2021.

In this episode, Ken looks at the Christmas music legacy of Nat King Cole!

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 Ken from the Sounds of Christmas begins the ten-day countdown of the most-listened-to and most-downloaded episodes of the Sounds of Christmas podcast with this one from December of 2022.

In this episode, Ken talks about the music of the Night Before Christmas!

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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas continues the ten-day countdown of the most-listened-to and most-downloaded episodes of the Sounds of Christmas podcast with this one from Christmas Eve of 2021.

In this episode, Ken brings you seasons greetings from  many of the hosts of podcasts on the Christmas Podcast Network, wishing you a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

The Christmas Podcast Network: https://christmaspodcasts.com/podcast-directory/

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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas begins the ten-day countdown of the most-listened-to and most-downloaded episodes of the Sounds of Christmas podcast with this one from July of 2022.

In this episode, Ken kicks 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). Guests in this episode are Gerry D. 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/

Original episode: https://soundsofchristmas.buzzsprout.com/1658629/10934153-christmas-in-july-podcastpalooza-part-one

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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the Christmas (and Halloween) Music Legacy of Bing Crosby. He runs down the Halloween songs, currently playing on his station, and then goes through Bing’s extensive Christmas music catalog, from his first Christmas single in 1935 to the posthumous releases on the way this year! In fact, Ken takes a look at the upcoming releases, and let’s you know what to expect, and if there’s anything coming you haven’t heard before!

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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the change the station has undergone to become the Sounds of Halloween, and with that in mind, he decided to take a look at the classic TV families the Addams Family and the Munsters, and the music they’ve made (and inspired) over the years!

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After last week’s examination of an AI-generated article about recommendations of Christmas Music, Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talked to Sarah from  Christmas Spirit News and Scott from  the Holly Jolly X’masu podcast about some of their Christmas Music recommendations (and, of course, some of his, too_!

Find Sarah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Spirit_Xmas

Check out the Holly Jolly X’masu podcast – https://hollyjollyxmasu.libsyn.com/website

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