Biggest Hits Of 2018 That Never Made It Into A Post…Until Now

I've posted over 250 playlists of songs so far this year, and in them I've covered well-known songs by well-known artists, lesser-known songs by lesser-known artists, and everything in between. While many of this year's top hits have made their way into these posts, surprisingly none of these did...until now. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Delicate”

2)  Justin Timberlake ft. Chris Stapleton  ~  “Say Something”

3)  Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug  ~  “Havana”

4)  NF  ~  “Let You Down”

5)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  “Butterflies”

6)  Greta Van Fleet  ~  “When The Curtain Falls”

7)  Ariana Grande  ~  “Thank U, Next”

8)  Bryce Vine  ~  “Drew Barrymore”

9)  Anne-Marie  ~  “FRIENDS”

10)  Drake  ~  “God’s Plan”

11)  Halsey  ~  “Without Me”

12)  Luke Combs  ~  “One Number Away”

13)  Khalid & Normani  ~  “Love Lies”

14)  Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran  ~  “River”

15)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  “Space Cowboy”

16)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  “High Hopes”

17)  Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B  ~  “Girls Like You”

18)  Charlie Puth  ~  “The Way I Am”

19)  Lauren Daigle  ~  “You Say”

20)  Post Malone & Swae Lee  ~  “Sunflower”

21)  Zedd, Maren Morris, & Grey  ~  “The Middle”

22)  The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar  ~  “Pray For Me”

23)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Cry Pretty”

24)  Shawn Mendes  ~  “In My Blood”

25)  Taylor Swift ft. Future & Ed Sheeran  ~  “End Game”

26)  Kane Brown  ~  “Lose It”

27)  Ariana Grande  ~  “Breathin’”

28)  5 Seconds Of Summer  ~  “Youngblood”

29)  Benny Blanco, Khalid, & Halsey  ~  “Eastside”

30)  TobyMac  ~  “I Just Need U”

31)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  “High Horse”

32)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Natural”

33)  Drake  ~  “In My Feelings”

34)  Luke Combs  ~  “She Got The Best Of Me”

35)  Bazzi ft. Camila Cabello  ~  “Beautiful”

36)  DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, & Chance The Rapper”  ~  “No Brainer”

37)  Juice WRLD  ~  “Lucid Dreams”

38)  NF  ~  “Lie”

39)  Tauren Wells  ~  “Known”

40)  Post Malone ft. Ty Dolla $ign  ~  “Psycho” / “Better Now”

Songs About Stockings

If you haven't hung your stockings by now, it's about time you did. After all, Santa is coming soon! Or perhaps, if you no longer believe in the jolly old elf, it's time to hang your stockings because you recently washed them and your dryer's on the fritz. Either way, here's a collection of Songs About Stockings that you're likely to appreciate. Or not... Thanks for listening!  ~  JH

1)  The Andrews Sisters  ~  “Dance With The Dolly With The Hole In Her Stocking”

2)  Count Basie Orchestra  ~  “Shiny Stockings”

3)  Palmyra Delran  ~  “Coal In My Fishnet Stocking”

4)  Jack Skuller  ~  “Empty Stocking Blues”

5)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “Stockings”

6)  The Donkeys  ~  “New Blue Stockings”

7)  Peter Combe  ~  “Hang Up Your Stocking”

8)  The Sensational Alex Harvey Band  ~  “Hole In Her Stocking”

9)  Jane Badler  ~  “Black Silk Stockings”

10)  Don Ameche  ~  “Silk Stockings”

11)  Frankie Avalon  ~  “Bobby Sox To Stockings”

12)  Lulu Belle and Scotty  ~  “The Empty Christmas Stocking”

13)  The Fabulous Trio  ~  “Stockings And Shoes”

14)  Evan Rachel Wood & Zane Carney  ~  “Blue Stockings”

15)  Alison Krauss  ~  “Shimmy Down The Chimney (Fill Up My Stocking)”

16)  Stray Cats  ~  “Fishnet Stockings”

17)  Blind Lemon Jefferson  ~  “Stocking Feet Blues”

18)  The Sports  ~  “Black Stockings (For Chelsea)”

19)  Sun Ra  ~  “The Lady With The Golden Stockings”

20)  Les Trois Tetons  ~  “Stocking Feet Boogie”

Songs About Milk & Cookies

It's almost time for Santa to come. So pour a tall glass of milk, whip up a batch of cookies, and enjoy these songs!  ~  JH

1)  Petite Meller  ~  “Milk Bath”

2)  Los Straitjackets  ~  “Fortune Cookie”

3)  G Girls  ~  “Milk & Honey”

4)  The Oak Ridge Boys  ~  “Christmas Cookies”

5)  Delain  ~  “Milk And Honey”

6)  Keller Williams  ~  “Cookies”

7)  Billie Marten  ~  “Milk & Honey”

8)  Cookie Monster  ~  “C Is For Cookie”

9)  Meat Puppets  ~  “Maiden’s Milk”

10)  Emma Bale ft. Milow  ~  “Fortune Cookie”

11)  The Gluteens  ~  “Shake Milk”

12)  Dusty Diets  ~  “Cookie’s Boogie”

13)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “Milk”

14)  Veronica Ballestrini  ~  “Cookies And Cream”

15)  Samia  ~  “Milk”

16)  U.S. Army Blues  ~  “Arabesque Cookie”

17)  The 1975  ~  “Milk”

18)  Vanessa Moses  ~  “Danish Cookies Is My Name”

19)  Liance  ~  “Milk”

20)  Red Velvet  ~  “Cookie Jar”

21)  Andrew Belle  ~  “Honey And Milk”

22)  RuPaul  ~  “Christmas Cookies”

23)  The Go! Team  ~  “Milk Crisis”

24)  MeWithoutYou  ~  “The Fox, The Crow, And The Cookie”

25)  Dama Scout  ~  “Milky Milk”

26)  Melanie Martinez  ~  “Milk And Cookies”

27)  Hollie Cook ft. Horseman  ~  “Milk & Honey”

28)  Clint Black & Friends  ~  “Milk And Cookies (’Til Santa’s Gone)”

29)  G. Love  ~  “Milk And Sugar”

30)  Chuck Berry  ~  “Campus Cookie”

25 Different Renditions Of “Frosty The Snowman”

Every couple of years or so, I do one of these posts featuring a bunch of different versions of a beloved Christmas song. Well, here's another one for your listening enjoyment. Feel free to skip around to the ones that interest you most. Outside of the original version (#5) and the one made popular in the animated special (#1), my top picks are #3, #14, and #22. Let me know in the comments which are your favorites. ~  JH

1)  Jimmy Durante  (Animated)

2)  August Burns Red  (Metalcore)

3)  Fiona Apple  (Poppy)

4)  Puddles The Clown & Mr. Bigfoot  (Bizarre)

5)  Gene Autry  (Original)

6)  Grace VanderWaal  (Ethereal)

7)  BWC Christmas Orchestra  (Metal)

8)  Zee Avi  (Depressing)

9)  The Beach Boys  (Harmony)

10)  USC Bassoon Choir  (Woodwinds)

11)  The Jackson 5  (Motown)

12)  The Harry Connick Big Band  (Swingin’)

13)  The Reverend Horton Heat  (Rockabilly)

14)  Leon Redbone & Dr. John  (Bluesy)

15)  Bing Crosby  (Traditional)

16)  Pepper Proud  (Innovative)

17)  Ella Fitzgerald  (Jazzy)

18)  The Ronettes  (Girlgroup)

19)  The Wombats  (Alternative)

20)  Urbana Reggaeton  (Spanish)

21)  The Ventures  (Percussive)

22)  Willie Nelson  (Twangy)

23)  Los Straitjackets  (Instrumental)

24)  DJ Laz  (Thumpin’)

25)  Bowling For Soup  (Punk)

Still More Weird Christmas Songs, Vol. 3

One last shot of Weird Christmas Songs and then you'll have to wait till next year for more. (If I can find any more, that is.) Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler  ~  “Zombie Christmas”  (This song is so incredibly catchy, I know it would be a huge holiday hit…if it weren’t about the undead and all.)

2)  The Darkness  ~  “Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End)”  (Nothing says Christmas like wailing guitars and a formidable falsetto!)

3)  Garfunkel and Oates  ~  “Present Face”  (We’ve all done this. And we’re gearing up to do it again in just a couple of weeks. So practice now!)

4)  Dragonette  ~  “Merry Xmas (Says Your Text Message)”  (Merry Mobile Christmas! And a tappy New Year!)

5)  Rebecca Zamolo ft. Madilyn Bailey  ~  “Christmas Sweater”  (Another ode to Christmas sweaters? Aww, you shouldn’t have!)

6)  Manila Luzon  ~  “Slay Bells”  (Apparently, they ring and kill. Are ya listenin’?)

7)  The Goodies  ~  “Father Christmas, Do Not Touch Me”  (Santa Claus is a perv? Sounds legit.)

8)  Gunther & The Sunshine Girls  ~  “Christmas Song (Ding Dong)”  (How festive!)

9)  Fred Figglehorn  ~  “Christmas Is Creepy”  (No, your voice is creepy, Fred!)

10)  Universal Robot Band  ~  “Disco Christmas”  (Actual quote from the lyrics: “I’m gon’ tell all the kids what a jive turkey you are, Santa Claus!” Well, alrighty then…)

11)  Aqua  ~  “Spin Me A Christmas”  (All you need are two turntables and a microphone.)

12)  Dave Days   ~  “Snapback Santa Hat”  (I would’ve pegged Santa to wear a fitted, but what do I know?)

13)  Esquivel!  ~  “Jingle Bells (Greetings From Esquivel!)”  (Ho-ho-how odd is this one?)

14)  Cledus T. Judd  ~  “Christmas”  (This guy is always good for a chuckle or two.)

15)  Ivana Raymonda  ~  “Happy White Christmas”  (Those dance moves, though…yeesh!)

16)  Barrington Levy ft. Trinity  ~  “I Saw Mommy Kiss A Dreadlocks”  (How did I not know that the word “dreadlocks” was singular? Maybe because it isn’t?)

17)  Dropkick Murphys  ~  “The Season’s Upon Us”  (This is too funny. No, really, it needs to be less funny. Make it stop.)

18)  Wesley Willis  ~  “Merry Christmas”  (Hands down, one of the worst "singers" I’ve ever heard. Just wow!)

19)  Willie Robertson  ~  “Rajin’ Cajun Redneck Christmas”  (Yep, they actually made a Duck Dynasty Christmas album. And you’re listening to one of the “hit” songs off it right now. You’re welcome!)

20)  Rhett & Link ft. Hannah Hart, Grace Helbig, Benny Fine, & DeStorm  ~  “Christmas Booty”  (I’ll just leave this one here without further comment...)