Xmas Songz

Rolling Stone lists the Greatest Rock and Roll Christmas Songs, and rightly gives Phil Spector's A Christmas Gift for You some love.

As  Darlene Love told Rolling Stone, it took three Jews (Phil Spector, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich) to write the greatest Christmas song of all time. It's been covered by everybody from U2 to Leighton Meester, but nobody can match Love's emotion and sheer vocal power. As seen here, tune in to The Late Show With David Letterman next week to watch her belt it out, which she's done nearly every year since 1986.

It's a pretty solid list - there's nothing like a Christmas song that's actually a great song all by itself, like John Lennon's Happy Xmas (War is Over.) Though I'm a bit miffed at my desert island superslice Do They Know It's Christmas?'s low ranking. Grr.

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