ROCK'S BLOG: Top 25 Xmas Songs

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), just released their TOP 25 list of Christmas Songs for 2018.  This list is based on radio airplay & streaming.

Here's the list of tunes along with the songwriter. 

TOP 25 CHRISTMAS SONGS FOR 2018

1--"All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey & Walter Afanasieff (1994)

2--"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" by Meredith Willson (1951)

3--"A Holly Jolly Christmas" by Johnny Marks (1964)

4--"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Johnny Marks (1958)

5--"It's the Most Wonderful Time of The Year" by Edward Pola and George Wyle (1958)

6--"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Johnny Marks (1949)

7--"Last Christmas" by George Michael (1984)

8--"Jingle Bell Rock" by Joseph Carleton Beal and James Ross Boothe (1958)

9--"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne (1945)

10--"Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish (1948)

11--"The Christmas Song" by Mel Torme and Robert Wells (1946)

12--"Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" by Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman (1947)

13--"White Christmas" by Irving Berlin (1941)

14--"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" by Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie (1934)

15--"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" by Dr. Seuss and Albert Hague (1966)

16--"Home for the Holidays" by Robert Allen and Al Stillman (1954)

17--"Feliz Navidad" by Jose Feliciano (1970)

18--"Frosty the Snowman" by Steve Nelson and Walter E. Rollins (1950)

19--"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin (1944)

20--"Santa Baby" by Joan Javits (1953)

21--"Blue Christmas" by Billy Hayes and Jay Johnson (1949)

22--"Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" by Robert Kine, Paul O'Neill and John Oliva (1995)

23--"Underneath the Tree" by Greg Kurstin and Kelly Clarkson (2013)

24--"Do They Know It's Christmas?" Bob Geldof and Midge Ure (1984)

25--"Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney (1979)