Okay, so maybe I'm running out of artists with household names, but the quality of music is not diminishing. We're at 13 volumes now, and there will probably be at least one more. After that, I make no promises. Enjoy! ~ JH 1) The Beatles ~ "Eleanor Rigby"
2) Foreigner ~ "Lonely Children"
3) Njomza ~ "Lonely Nights"
4) The Supremes ~ "Stay In My Lonely Arms"
5) Kid Rock ~ "Lonely Road Of Faith"
6) The Weeknd ~ "A Lonely Night"
7) Green Day ~ "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"
8) John Mayall & The Blues Breakers ft. Eric Clapton ~ "Lonely Years"
9) Angel Olsen ~ "Lonely Universe"
10) Badfinger ~ "Lonely You"
11) Red Hot Chili Peppers ~ "Scar Tissue"
12) Patsy Cline ~ "Seven Lonely Days"
13) Waylon Jennings ~ "Lonely Weekends"
14) The Tontons ~ "Lonely"
15) Yael Naïm ~ "Lonely"
16) AM & Shawn Lee ~ "Lonely Life"
17) Johnny Paycheck ~ "If You Think You're Lonely"
18) Jesse Hale Moore ~ "Leave You Lonely"
19) The Wild Feathers ~ "Lonely Is A Lifetime"
20) Steven A. Clark ~ "Lonely Roller"
21) Tommy Shaw ~ "Lonely School"
22) Conor Oberst ~ "Lonely At The Top"
23) Hot Flash Heat Wave ~ "Lonely Times"
24) Reignwolf ~ "Lonely Sunday"
25) Elenowen ~ "Losing The Lonely"
26) Blue Giant ~ "Lonely Girl"
27) A Rocket To The Moon ~ "On A Lonely Night"
28) Justin Townes Earle ~ "Am I That Lonely Tonight?"
There are many, many ways in which a classic Christmas tune can be ruined by a bad arrangement or a dreadful singer. But these are not those. These are 25 great renditions of an iconic tune. Feel free to pick and choose as you please. I hope you will...enjoy!~JH
1) Meaghan Smith (This young woman has an "old soul" and makes adorable music.)
2) Twisted Sister (Let's go ahead and get the weirdest one out of the way early. Actually, the song itself isn't that weird, but boy-oh-boy is this video a piece of work!)
3) A Few Good Men (I miss the '90s!)
4) Bob Hope & Marilyn Maxwell (Apparently, this is "the original" version...at least according to the YouTube poster.)
5) Tony Bennett (*Almost* nobody does it better than Tony!)
6) The Polyphonic Spree (This is a truly unique arrangement. It's great!)
7) Clay Aiken & Megan Mullally (Nice duet by an Idol and a comedienne.)
8) The Temptations (What makes this version different than all the rest? It's all about that bass!)
9) Bing Crosby (Of course, Bing is a part of this collection. I mean, how could he not be?)
10) Amy Grant & Marc Martel (The Queen of Christian Contemporary pairs up with the Man Who Would Be Queen in this apt duet. There's a bonus song at the end that you're sure to either love or detest.)
11) John Legend (The Sexiest Man Alive – LOL! – takes on a Christmas classic – and KILLS it!)
12) Elvis Presley (This post would be incomplete without The King!)
13) The Supremes (I've never heard this version before, but they more than do it justice.)
14) Don Ho (Let's add a little tropical flavor to the mix!)
15) Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle shore could sang purdy! Shazam!)
16) She & Him (If you don't recognize her from the album cover, the "She" in She & Him is Zooey Deschanel from the movie Elf, another Christmas classic.)
17) Harry Connick, Jr. (Classy, swinging version. I would expect no less from Harry.)
18) William Shatner (If you ever wanted to hear a dramatic reading of a Christmas song, you're about to. This isn't a great version, but it's certainly one-of-a-kind!)
19) Brenda Lee (Can't go wrong with Brenda Lee at Christmastime!)
20) Andy Williams & The Osmonds (This is the kind of treacly crap that quickly becomes irksome during the holiday season. But dang, that Andy can sing!)
21) Love And Theft (I'm mostly unfamiliar with this band, but I like them a lot!)
22) Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors (Gorgeous harmonies and instrumentation!)
23) Stevie Wonder (Good stuff!)
24) Johnny Mathis (The man's voice is like honey! So smooth!)
25) Gloria Estefan (Let's spice it up a bit for the grand finale!)
Here's the first set in a three-part series of posts featuring songs with the word "Symphony" in their titles. For the most part, the songs themselves are not symphonies, nor are they part of symphonies (with a few notable exceptions). But they are quite good. I hope you, like I did when compiling them, will enjoy! ~ JH
1) Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson ~ "Symphony"
2) The Verve ~ "Bittersweet Symphony"
3) Switch ft. Dillon Chase ~ "Symphony"
4) Josh Wilson ~ "Symphony"
5) Zeds Dead x Charlotte OC ~ "Symphony"
6) Josh Groban ~ "Symphony"
7) Flux Pavilion ft. Layna ~ "Symphony"
8) Newsboys United ~ "Symphony"
9) Jamie Falk ~ "Symphony"
10) Linkin Park ~ "Battle Symphony"
11) Sarah Brightman ~ "Symphony"
12) Tim Hughes ~ "Symphony"
13) The Supremes ~ "I Hear A Symphony"
14) Snow Patrol ~ "The Symphony"
15) Monica ~ "Street Symphony"
16) Ed Sheeran & Andrea Bocelli ~ "Perfect Symphony" (Wow! I thought the original version of "Perfect" was great. And it was! But this one is much richer and more nuanced!)
