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Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Christmas Special
You can hear the radio special right here on ABC Dig Music...
Broadcast Times:
On Digital DAB+ Radio and on digital TV - 8pm (local time) Thursday 24 December & 4pm (local time) Friday 25 December 2009
Online - 8pm (AEDT) Thursday 24 December & 4pm (AEDT) Friday 25 December 2009
It's two hours of rare and obscure tracks that you won’t hear in the local shopping mall.
This program is part of a series of radio programs made for the US satellite radio station Sirius XM, that have also been aired on BBC6 Music in the UK. Bob takes listeners to places only he can, each one themed around a particular item, whether it be the weather, shoes or coffee.
"Get yourself some egg-nog, put up the mistletoe, sit back and relax and leave the driving to me and Rudolph," Bob invites listeners as he opens the program...
His playlist includes:
'Swinging For Christmas (Boppin' For Santa)' - Tom Archia (1948)
'Christmas Is A-Coming (Chicken Crowns At Midnight)' - Leadbelly (194?)
'A Party For Santa' - Lord Nelson (1963)
'Sock It To Me Santa' - Bob Seger & The Last Heard (1966)
'Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas' - The Staple Singers (1970)
'Please Come Home For Christmas' - Charles Brown (1960)
'Jingle Bells' - Johnny Paycheck (1967)
'It Must Be Christmas' - Gerry Mulligan & Judy Holliday (1980)
'Christmas Morning' - Titus Turner (1952)
'Poor Old Rudolph' - The BellRays (2001)
'Blue Xmas' - Bob Dorough & Miles Davis (1962)
'Far Away Christmas Blues' - Little Esther with Johnny Otis Orchestra (1950)
'Beatnik's Wish' - Patsy Raye & The Beatniks (1959)
'Don’t Believe In Christmas' - The Sonics (1965)
'Christmas Tree' - King Stitt (1969)
'Silent Night' - Huey 'Piano' Smith & the Clowns (1962)
'Must Be Santa' - Brave Combo (1991)
'Mambo Santa Mambo' - The Enchanters (1957)
'Fiesta De Navidad' - Celia Cruz Y La Sonora Matancera (1961)
'Merry Christmas Darling' - Hop Wilson & His Buddies (1960)
'Merry Merry Christmas' - Alton Ellis & The Lipsticks (1972)
'The Merriest' - June Christy (1961)
'Truckin’ Trees For Christmas' - Red Simpson (1973)
'Christmas In Jail' - The Youngsters (1956)
'I Want A Casting Couch For Christmas' - Kay Martin & Her Body Guards (1962)
'Santa Claus' - Sonny Boy Williamson II (1960)
'Hello Mr New Year' - Cool Breezers ( ?)
'Happy Christmas, Happy New Year' - Mabel Mafuya (1958)
'Christmas To New Years' - The Larks (1951)
'What Are You Doing New Year's Eve' - Nancy Wilson (1965)
'Auld Lang Syne' - traditional
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Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist. He has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of Dylan's early songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind"...
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Comments
Should be good.
Has this show been played on TTRH ?
This is a great show i have heard all the dylan TTRH for the last three years fantastick music and great humour..BBC 2 boadcasts it in Uk will dig be doing the same in Aust
can I record this or listen to it at another time?
Bob Dylan does not sing, he drones.
Just recieved a copy here in snow covered Scotland from friend in Australia.Bob has put together a collection of old and new,some known,some not so well known songs and all combine together to create a really good Christmas feel.The DJ is enjoying himself here.I did and hope you all did too.
Merry Christmas,
Alecko
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