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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the history of “Monster Mash” and the variety of music featured on the Sounds of Halloween!

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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas is joined by Kevin from ‘Tis The Soundtrack about a ten-month old Cosmo article that seems to be making the round again, and their picks for the top musical Christmas moments that instantly give you a dose of Christmas Spirit!

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‘Tis The Soundtrack’s Stealth Christmas playlist

Cosmo article that inspired this episode

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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas celebrates the podcast’s 200th episode with a couple of other Christmas podcasters who have already passed the 200 episode mark!

The Christmas Past Podcast
Brian’s book, Christmas Past

Totally Rad Christmas Podcast

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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas revisits episodes and guests from earlier episodes on the way to the Sounds of Christmas podcast’s 200th episode!

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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas celebrates Leon Day and shares details about the schedule for the rest of 2024 for the Sounds of Christmas station and podcast!

Christmas In July episode from 2021!

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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas follows up the previous episode with a look at U.K. and Ireland Christmas Number Ones that were actually Christmas songs!

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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas revisits the previous episode’s topic with one that he missed (and delves into the Christmas music of Harry Connick, Jr.)!

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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas celebrates another Christmas song being added to the National Recording Registry with a look at the history of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, including some of the other songs Rudolph has made appearances in!

Previous podcast episode on Christmas music already added to the National Recording Registry: National Record Registry episode

Previous episode on “All I Want For Christmas Is You:  All I Want For Christmas Is You episode

Nominate songs to the National Recording Registry

Songs mentioned in this episode:
Jars of Clay “Smells Like Rudolph”
Johnny Horton “They Shined Up Rudolph’s Nose”
Ebenezer Scrooge Appreciation Society “Hang On Rudolph”
Father Guido Sarducci “Santa’s Lament”
Stephen Bishop “Rock Little Reindeer”
Matt Dusk “Rockin’ Rudolph”
Ryan McAllister “My Name Is Blitzen”
Bag of Toys “Rudolph”
Robbie Williams “Rudolph”
Theocracy “Rudolph vs. Frosty”
Laura Cheadle “Red Ain’t Everything (The Rudolph Blues)”
Sia “12 Nights”

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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the new Ghostbusters movie, the upcoming Beetlejuice movie and other potential sources of new music for this fall’s Sounds of Halloween!

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