16 Good Rockin' Christmas Songs Here--Now Submit YOUR Faves

Plus holiday cheer from the Wailers, Kinks, Pretenders, Tom Petty, Sheryl Crow, The Band and many more....

Okay, let’s try this again. Last year, after posting a few of my favorite Christmas songs, take a look at them, I asked for your picks and some great ones rolled in, which I published, and share again, below. So I will ask one more time for any untapped—even loosely related—holiday gems or laughers. Maybe you’ve already given this your best shot, but cite others in Comments and I will post some in a few days. Enjoy, if these spirits move you!

From 1968 and Bob Marley and the Wailers, quite obscure, “Sound the Trumpet.”

A little more sexy, selected by my old Crawdaddy colleague, Peter Knobler: Albert King, “Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’

Even more so, Clarence Carter’s funky “Back Door Santa,” picked by Joe Farmer

In a different mood, The Eurythmics, “Winter Wonderland,” via David Stone

The Band, “Christmas Must Be Tonight,” from oft-overlooked final album, selected by Long Live the ABB

The Pretenders, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” picked by Orin Domenico

Give yourself 3 1/2 minutes and appreciate the genius of Woody Guthrie as he spins out his classic “1913 Massacre.”

The late Dwight Twilley in true Tulsa Twilley mode, “Christmas Night,” picked by Kevin Dunn

The Kinks’ hit, “Father Christmas,” proposed by “Warren”

A truly haunting rendition by Ms. Sam Phillips, “Cold Dark Night,” don’t miss it, thanks to Tom Hilton

Tom Petty live with “Christmas All Over Again.”

Ringo, who might be Father Christmas by now, with 1999’s “Come on Christmas, Christmas Come On,” thanks to Jeff Manghera.

Mike Finnigan, “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,” picked by Libby Spencer

Carpenter Ants, a rocking “Go Where I Send Thee,” via Nancy Alenier

Sheryl Crow in fine form live with “Merry Christmas, Baby”

From Seth Gordon of the band The Mockers—submitting his own group’s power pop “(There’s No War on Christmas) When Christmas Is In Your Heart”