
Christmas Music
Most-performed 'Holiday' songs
According to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the following are the Top 25 most-performed “Holiday” songs for the first five years of the 21st Century:
1. "The Christmas Song" (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
2. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" - Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
3. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin
4. "Winter Wonderland" - Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
5. "White Christmas" - Irving Berlin
6. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" - Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
7. "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" - Johnny Marks
8. "Jingle Bell Rock" - Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe
9. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" - Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram
10. "Little Drummer Boy" - Katherine K. Davis, Henry V. Onorati, Harry Simeone
11. "Sleigh Ride" - Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
12. "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" - Edward Pola, George Wyle
13. "Silver Bells" - Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
14. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" - Johnny Marks
15. "Feliz Navidad" - José Feliciano
16. "Blue Christmas" - Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson
17. "Frosty the Snowman" - Steve Nelson, Walter E. Rollins
18. "A Holly Jolly Christmas" - Johnny Marks
19. "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" - Tommie Connor
20. "Here Comes Santa Claus" (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman
21. "It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas" - Meredith Willson
22. "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays" - Bob Allen, Al Stillman
23. "Carol of the Bells" - Peter J. Wilhousky, Mykola Leontovich
24. "Santa Baby" - Joan Ellen Javits, Philip Springer, Tony Springer
25. "Wonderful Christmastime" – Paul McCartney