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Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)/Drag Santa

Episode Summary

A discussion of Darlene LKove's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" and Spotify Wrapped.

Episode Notes

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Special Guest Hosts: Michael Russeck

Darlene Love “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" from the 1963 album "A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records". Released on Philles. Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector and produced by Phil Spector.

Personel:

• Darlene Love - lead vocals
• Cher and The Blossoms (Fanita James, Darlene Love, Gracia Nitzsche, Edna Wright, and Carolyn Willis) - backing vocals

The Wrecking Crew:

• Jack Nitzche - arrangements, percussion
• Steve Douglas - saxophone
• Jay Migliori - saxophone
• Hal Blaine - drums
• Louis Blackburn - horns
• Leon Russell - piano
• Roy Caton - trumpet 
• Sonny Bono, Frank Capp - percussion
• Ray Pohlman - bass
• Irv Rubins, Barney Kessel, Bill Pittman, Tommy Tedesco, Nino Tempo - guitar
• Jimmy Vidor - strings
• Larry Levine - engineer 

Cover:

Performed by Neal Marsh and Josh Bond

Intro Music:

"Shithouse" 2010 release from "A Collection of Songs for the Kings". Written by Josh Bond. Produced by Frank Charlton.

Other Artists Mentioned:

Jingle Bell Rock

Bing Crosby “White Christmas”

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Chevy Chase

Taylor Swift

Janis Joplin

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band “We’ve Got Tonight”

Grateful Dead

Greyboy Allstars

John Cleary and John Scofield “Piety Street”

Medeski, Martin, and Wood

The Lumineers

Kings of Leon

The Beatles

The Fruit Bats

The Cure

The Black Keys

Neil Young

For the Kings “Heart of This Man”

Beach Boys “God Only Knows”

Warren Haynes

Dave Matthews

Derek Trucks

Goose Trey Anastasio

Marc Broussard

The Ronettes “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”

The Crystals “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

The Gremlins

Darlene Love “Johnny (Please Come Home)”

The Ronettes “Be My Baby”

The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’”

Lindas Ronstadt

David Letterman

Paul Shafer

Ronnie Spector

Chuck Berry “Run, Rudolph Run”

Bruce Springsteen

Robert Walter “In a Holiday Groove”

Karl Denson

The Rolling Stones

The Offspring

Willie Nelson

Pink Floyd

Wizard of Oz

George Michael “Last Christmas”

The Chordettes “Mr Sandman”

Little Shop of Horrors

Mariah Carey

Michael Buble

Bon Jovi

U2 “Joshua Tree”

Joey Ramone

My Morning Jacket

The Strokes

Julian Casablancas “Christmas Wish”

Taj Mahal