ASCAP has released its Top 25 Holiday Songs of 2022.
The yuletide singalong begins with Meghan Trainor's take on "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas," penned by Broadway composer Meredith Willson (who also wrote a little thing called The Music Man). Released in 1951, it was originally a hit for Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters but has since been covered by nearly one gazillion other artists. Settling in at #2 is the 1954 classic "Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish (performed by Tori Kelly), while Michael Bublé wraps his velvety pipes around #3, "A Holly Jolly Christmas" by Johnny Marks.
Of course, no contemporary Christmas playlist would be complete without a dash of Mariah Carey, whose "All I Want for Christmas Is You" continues to reverberate throughout America's retail centers. Other inclusions span Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (here assayed by Reba McEntire), "Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney and the Frank Sinatra version of "Jingle Bells."
ASCAP has gifted us with a Spotify playlist containing all 25 songs that salutes no fewer than 16 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees. Scroll on to check out the rest, and take it easy on that mulled wine.
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