This week on Where the Action Is it’s time to crack open the chest of festive tunes. Usually my selection is from the late 50s through to the early 70s but for the next weeks the Christmas tracks played will be old and new.
As usual we’ll have two games of Connect 3, where you can guess the link between three festive tracks, a birthday track for Connie Francis and this week’s Foreign Language track from France Gall. There’s also the Half-Time Instrumental and Two of a Kind from Sufjan Stevens.
Eels – Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas (Dreamworks 1998)
Floyd Cramer – On The Rebound (RCA 1961) (show theme)
Marvin Gaye – Purple Snowflakes (Motown 1964)
Kim Weston – Wish You a Merry Christmas (Motown 1994)
Valerie Masters – Christmas Calling (RGM 1964)
Saint Etienne – I Was Born on Christmas Day (Heavenly 1993)
Jackie DeShannon – Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown (Imperial 1969)
Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Philles 1963)
I Am Kloot – Sunlight Hits The Snow (We Love You 2001) (Connect 3)
Cocteau Twins – Frosty The Snowman (Fontana 1993) (Connect 3)
Harpers Bizarre – Snow (Warner Bros 1968) (Connect 3)
KT Tunstall – Mele Kailimaka (Christmas in Hawaii) (EMI 2007)
The Orchids – Christmas Is The Time To Be With Your Baby (Columbia 1964)
Connie Francis – I’m Gonna Be Warm This Winter (MGM 1962) (Birthday: 12/12/38 Connie Francis)
The Flirtations – Christmas Time Is Here Again (Deram 1968)
Rufus Wainwright – Spotlight on Christmas (Unreleased 2004)
France Gall – Il Neige (Philips 1965) (Foreign Language)
Teenage Fanclub – Jesus Christ (Creation 1997)
Russ Conway – Snow Coach (Columbia 1959) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Juliana Casablancas – I Wish It Was Christmas Today (Rough Trade 2009)
Chuck Berry – Run Rudolph Run (Chess 1958)
Dan Lyth – Maybe This Baby Could Save Us All (Moojuice 2009)
Patti Page – Pretty Snowflakes (Mercury 1955)
Ron Sexsmith – Maybe This Christmas (Nettwerk 2002)
Superchunk – Child’s Christmas in Wales (One Four Seven 2010)
Dropkick/Alice Marra – I May Never (Sound Asleep 2010) (Under the Influence)
Camera Obscura – The Blizzard (4AD 2009)
The Free Design – Close Your Mouth (It’s Christmas) (Project 3 1968)
Fountains of Wayne – I Want An Alien for Christmas (Atlantic 1997)
Scott Walker – Winter Night (Philips 1969) (Connect 3)
Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal (Bella Union 2008) (Connect 3)
The Beach Boys – Child of Winter (Christmas Song) (Brother 1974) (Connect 3)
Paul Revere – Wear a Smile at Christmas (Columbia 1967)
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – Ain’t No Chimneys in The Projects (Daptone 2009)
Sufjan Stevens – Put The Lights On The Tree (Asthmatic Kitty 2002) (Two of a Kind)
Sufjan Stevens – Come On! Let’s Boogey To The Elf Dance (Asthmatic Kitty 2003) (Two of a Kind)
Manic Street Preachers – Ghosts of Christmas (Download 2007)
Floyd Cramer – On The Rebound (RCA 1961) (show theme)
Next week’s show will be the second and final Christmas special and on Boxing Day I’ll feature my favourite tracks from my show this year.
Don’t forget, if you’re in the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy you can hear Where The Action Is on Channel 3 on your bedside headphones or on 1287AM on the Medium Wave between 1702 and 1900 every Sunday.
That’s it for this week. Until next time, it’s good day and good health.
