The Byrds Photo: By Joost Evers / Anefo (Nationaal Archief)
Nashville Babylon begins a run of two hour Summer specials with a selection of Christmas favourites from the likes of BB King, Billie Holiday, El Vez and Don McGlashan. Etta James and Memphis Minnie bring the blues, reggae from the Pioneers, a classic from Talking Heads and an all time favourite courtesy of the Byrds.
Music Played:
Artist: Booker T & The MGs
Track: Silver Bells
Composer: Evans / Livingston
Album: In The Christmas Spirit
Label: Atlantic
Artist: BB King
Track: Backdoor Santa
Composer: Carter / Daniel
Album: A Christmas Celebration Of Hope
Label: MCA
Artist: Albert King
Track: Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'
Composer: Rice
Album: Stax Christmas
Label: Stax
Artist: Otis Redding
Track: Merry Christmas Baby
Composer: Baxter . Moore
Album: Single
Label: Atco
Artist: Loudon Wainwright III
Track: Suddenly It's Christmas
Composer: Loudon Wainwright III
Album: Career Moves
Label: Virgin
Artist: Bob Dylan
Track:Must Be Santa
Composer: Bob Dylan
Album: Christmas In The Heart
Label: Columbia
Artist: El Vez
Track: Felice Navidad
Composer: Walker / Lydon / Wardle / Feliciano / Levine
Album: Single
Label: Poptones
Artist: The Handsome Family
Track: So Much Wine
Composer: Brett Sparks / Rennie Sparks
Album: In The Air
Label: Loose
Artist: CW Stoneking
Track: On A Christmas Day
Composer: CW Stoneking
Album: King Hokum
Label: King Hokum
Artist: Otis Gibbs
Track: Lloyd The Reindeer
Composer: Otis Gibbs
Album: Once I Dreamed Of Christmas
Label: Bloodshot
Artist: Don McGlashan
Track: I'll Be Home For Christmas
Composer: Gannon / Kent
Album: RNZ Session track
Label:
Artist: Ben Folds Five
Track: The Christmas Song
Composer: Wells/ Torme
Album: Sleigher
Label: New West
Artist: Billie Holiday
Track: I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
Composer: Irving Berlin
Album: The Complete Billie Holiday
Label: Columbia
Artist: Jeff Buckley
Track: Corpus Christi Carol
Composer: Trad Arr Britten
Album: Grace
Label: Columbia
Artist: Paul Kelly
Track: How To Make Gravy
Composer: Paul Kelly
Album: How To Make Gravy
Label: White
Artist: Robert Earl Keen
Track: Merry Christmas From The Family
Composer: Keen
Album: No.2 Live Dinner
Label: Sugar Hill
Artist: Booker T & The MGs
Track: Baxter / Moore
Composer: Baxter / Moore
Album: In The Christmas Spirit
Label: Atlantic
Artist: Billy Stewart
Track: Summertime
Composer: Gershwin / Heyward
Album: Unbelievable
Label: Chess
Artist: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Track: Carry On
Composer: Stephen Stills
Album: Deja Vu
Label: Universal
Artist: The Byrds
Track: Turn! Turn! Turn!
Composer: Seeger
Album: Turn! Turn! Turn!
Label: Columbia
Artist: Little Walter
Track: It Ain't Right
Composer: Jacobs
Album: Single
Label: Checker
Artist: Etta James
Track: Dust My Broom
Composer: Johnson
Album: Blues To The Bone
Label: BMG
Artist: Memphis Minnie
Track: Kissin' In The Dark
Composer: Lawlars
Album: Down Home Girl
Label: Night
Artist: The Pioneers
Track: Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone
Composer: Whitfield / Strong
Album: Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
Label: Trojan
Artist: Badfinger
Track: Baby Blue
Composer: Ham
Album: Single
Label: Apple
Artist: Tom Jones
Track: Talking Reality TV Blues
Composer: Snyder
Album: Surrounded By Time
Label: EMI
Artist: Talking Heads
Track: Psycho Killer
Composer: Byrne / Frantz / Weymouth
Album: Single
Label: Sire
Artist: Big Mama Thornton
Track: Ball and Chain
Album: Single
Composer: Thornton
Label: Arhoolie
Artist: Wes McGhee
Track: Monterey
Composer: McGhee
Album: Border Guitars
Label: Road Goes On Forever
Artist: The Noveltones
Track: Left Bank Two
Composer: Wayne Hill
Album: Left Bank Two - Single
Label: De Wolfe Music
