# Link me some rockabilly Christmas music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [December 18, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-some-rockabilly-christmas-music/928305 "2020-12-18T01:32:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-some-rockabilly-christmas-music/928305/1 "2020-12-18T01:32:56Z")
Here’s Brian Setzer [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTs_Tzu2FDY) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-some-rockabilly-christmas-music/928305/2 "2020-12-18T02:10:32Z")
I loves me some Brian Setzer, but this one is very odd. The tune seems very familiar somehow. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0qtQq_ZPZXY/maxresdefault.jpg "Yabba-Dabba Yuletide (extended) - The Brian Setzer Orchestra") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qtQq_ZPZXY) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-some-rockabilly-christmas-music/928305/3 "2020-12-18T02:18:12Z")
“Big Bud”, whoever that was: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qFidHkRfN7Y/maxresdefault.jpg "Big Bud - Rock Around The Christmas Tree / Snow Man Rock - Royal Roost 615 - 1955") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFidHkRfN7Y) [Freddie Mitchell:](https://www.vintagemusic.fm/artist/freddie-mitchell/) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bkvjMs1Owc0/hqdefault.jpg "1949 Freddie Mitchell - Jingle Bell Boogie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkvjMs1Owc0) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-some-rockabilly-christmas-music/928305/4 "2020-12-18T02:26:27Z")
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cb-u_EFiiRA/maxresdefault.jpg "Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Mr. Heatmiser") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb-u_EFiiRA) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-some-rockabilly-christmas-music/928305/5 "2020-12-18T02:27:25Z")
Liked! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-some-rockabilly-christmas-music/928305/6 "2020-12-18T02:28:49Z")
Thanks! Good stuff! ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-some-rockabilly-christmas-music/928305/7 "2020-12-18T02:32:21Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-some-rockabilly-christmas-music/928305/8 "2020-12-18T02:45:03Z")
Jimmy Boyd, aka kid who originally saw mommy kissing Santa Claus: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Amf7kD9REJ0/hqdefault.jpg "Reindeer Rock ~ Jimmy Boyd (1955)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amf7kD9REJ0) Louis Prima: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ifTUoRDAp5Y/hqdefault.jpg "1951 Louis Prima - Shake Hands With Santa Claus") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifTUoRDAp5Y) [The Marshall Brothers](https://books.google.com/books?id=L4ghJfL5iBIC&pg=PA376&lpg=PA376&dq=The+Marshall+Brothers+1951&source=bl&ots=thWyVwiw_j&sig=ACfU3U2b0aP126SYTsvYfXfu_9MP9G4-kw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrpZqcwdbtAhUkwlkKHbdNC78Q6AEwFXoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=The%20Marshall%20Brothers%201951&f=false): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XN8S2LTErto/maxresdefault.jpg "The Marshall Brothers - Mr Santa's Boogie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN8S2LTErto) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-some-rockabilly-christmas-music/928305/9 "2020-12-18T02:50:54Z")
Too much good stuff! ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-some-rockabilly-christmas-music/928305/10 "2020-12-18T13:47:02Z")
You’ll have to look for it on Youtube, but I recommend just buying the CD/songs from Itunes instead. This one is fantastic. [SOCKS — JD McPherson](https://www.jdmcpherson.com/socks) This band is fantastic just overall. I very much recommend their whole song collection. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-some-rockabilly-christmas-music/928305/11 "2020-12-18T16:35:36Z")
Harry Connick, Jr.: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ng8zdQeSruI/hqdefault.jpg "Harry Connick, Jr. - Winter Wonderland") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng8zdQeSruI) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-some-rockabilly-christmas-music/928305/12 "2020-12-18T17:02:48Z")
How about psychobilly? Can’t go wrong with the good Reverend Horton Heat. I just discovered the “We Three Kings” instrumental, and it’s frickin’ awesome IMHO: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qNxDlGgiOjU/maxresdefault.jpg "Donuts in the Snow") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNxDlGgiOjU) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Dj1iH_k3Gws/maxresdefault.jpg "Reverend Horton Heat - We Three Kings - 12/19/2019 - Paste Studio ATL - Atlanta, GA") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj1iH_k3Gws) ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-some-rockabilly-christmas-music/928305/13 "2020-12-19T11:55:22Z")
The good Reverend was who I was going to suggest. I like _Santa on the Roof_: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6zbkHNEPUgQ/hqdefault.jpg "Reverend Horton Heat Santa on the roof") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zbkHNEPUgQ) Also a fixture on my Christmas-Mix is Los Straightjackets with _Holiday Twist_ (they’re usually instrumental, but this one has vocals; I’ve never quite figured out whether that’s just a one-off or how it came to be): [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZBSRzOIkl_k/hqdefault.jpg "Los Straitjackets - Holiday Twist") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBSRzOIkl_k) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-some-rockabilly-christmas-music/928305/14 "2020-12-23T21:18:19Z")
[The Cadillacs:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cadillacs) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_FtfWfl_yiw/maxresdefault.jpg "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - The Cadillacs") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FtfWfl_yiw) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-me-some-rockabilly-christmas-music/928305/15 "2020-12-23T22:23:28Z")
Nice! Thanks.