Episode 181: Xmas Jollies 2016 With Bill Adler

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year—if you love soulful Christmas music! We sit down with Bill to talk about the 2016 edition of his world-famous ‘Xmas Jollies’ mix, which you can stream EXCLUSIVELY from us here.

We also discuss Paul Simon, vaudeville, Atlanta, record shopping in Bayou country, the raunchiest Christmas song of all time, and much more.

Tracks featured in this episode:

1. ‘Bill Adler: Too Old to Die Young’
2. Livin the fast life på 40-talet
3. ‘Bill Adler: Too Old to Die Young’
4. 3rd Bass, “Eye Jammie”
5. How Def Jam Co-Founder Russell Simmons Came Around to Yoga | SuperSoul Sunday | OWN
6. Hip-Hop Evolution S1E2: “The Underground to the Mainstream”
7. FX’s Atlanta Starring Donald Glover - Trailer
8. “Welcome”
9. Bobby Bland, “36 22 36”
10. Pigmeat Markham, “Let’s Have Some Heat”
11. Pigmeat Markham, “Here Comes The Judge”
12. Billy Eckstine, “Blue Moon”
13. You Seen My Wife — Dewey “Pigmeat” Markham
14. Pigmeat Markham, “Let’s Have Some Heat”
15. Danny & the Juniors, “At The Hop”
16. Bill Haley & His Comets, “R-O-C-K”
17. Trixie Smith, “My Daddy Rocks Me”
18. Henry “Red” Allen w/Cecil Scott, Chu Berry, J.C. Higginbotham, Lawrence Lucie, Elmer James, Horace Henderson, Kaiser Marshall, “Frankie: Get Rhythm in Your Feet”
19. The Granville Williams Orchestra, “Santa Claus is Ska-ing to Town”
20. Calypso Rose, “Oh, Christmas”
21. Sach Moore and the Sandpebbles, “Wuh Yu Got to Gimme Fi Christmas”
22. Prince Buster, “Wreck A Pum Pum”
23. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, “8 Days of Hanukkah”
24. South Park - Dreidel Song
25. Sara’s Weeknight Meals, “Louisiana Style”
26. Rockin’ Sidney, “My Toot Toot”
27. Rockin’ Sidney, “Party This Christmas”
28. Harry Fontenot, “Jingle Bells”
29. Charlie Stewart, “Santa Claus Won’t Come This Year”
30. Charlie Stewart, “Santa Claus Won’t Come This Year”
31. Mack Rice, “Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’”
32. Mack Rice, “Mustang Sally”
33. The Staple Singers, “Respect Yourself”
34. Johnnie Taylor, “Cheaper To Keep Her”
35. Albert King, “Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’”
36. Mack Rice, “Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’”
37. The Staple Singers, “Respect Yourself”
38. Madonna, “Express Yourself”
39. Madonna, “Express Yourself”
40. Lady Gaga, “Born This Way”
41. Jimmy Lewis & Peggy Scott-Adams, “I Respect Everyone”
42. Bily Ward & The Dominoes, “Ringing In a Brand New Year”
43. Billy Ward & his Dominoes, “Christmas In Heaven”
44. Public Enemy, “B Side Wins Again”
45. Joe Johnson, “Santa Bring My Baby Back”
46. Elvis Presley, “Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)”
47. The Hold Steady, “Knuckles”
48. The Swan Silvertones, “Great Day in December”
49. Mahalia Jackson, “No Room At the Inn”
50. The Swan Silvertones, “Great Day in December”
51. Simon & Garfunkel, “Bridge over Troubled Water”
52. The Swan Silvertones, “Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep”
53. Paul Simon, “Take Me to the Mardi Gras”
54. Alberto Diaz Y Sensacion, “Navidad Con Lechon”
55. Pokey & Tyree Neal, “Santa Was a Freak Like Me”
56. Lou Monte w/Joe Reisman’s Orchestra And Chorus, “Dominick the Donkey - The Italian Christmas Donkey”)

Show notes:

1. NY Times, “An Eclectic Holiday Mix That for Decades Has Skipped the Cheese”
2. ‘Bill Adler: Too Old to Die Young’
3. Alberto Diaz Y Sensacion, “Navidad Con Lechon” video
4. Pokey And Tyree Neal, “Santa Was A Freak Like Me” (Official Video)