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New York Festival Of Song to Present 15th Annual A GOYISHE CHRISTMAS TO YOU!

Experience the 15th annual A GOYISHE CHRISTMAS TO YOU! by the New York Festival of Song at Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, featuring Yuletide songs by Jewish composers. Learn how to attend.
ASCAP Unwraps Top 10 New Classic Holiday Songs Chart Featuring Kelly Clarkson, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Meghan Trainor, Jimmy Fallon & More

ASCAP Unwraps Top 10 New Classic Holiday Songs Chart featuring Kelly Clarkson, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Meghan Trainor, Jimmy Fallon, and more. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), a professional membership organization of songwriters, composers and music publishers, both the Top 10 ASCAP New Classic Holiday Songs.
VIDEO: Summer Walker Debuts 'Santa Baby' Visual

Contributing to a nearly seven-decade tradition, she adds to a long lineage of “Santa Baby” covers by everyone from Madonna and Taylor Swift to Ariana Grande and Gwen Stefani. As always, Summer adds her own soulful and spirited spin to this classic and makes it her own, so you can too. Watch the new video now!
New York Festival Of Song Presents A GOYISHE CHRISTMAS TO YOU! At Kaufman Music Center On December 14

New York Festival of Song (NYFOS), led by Artistic Director Steven Blier, presents its annual holiday show, A Goyishe Christmas to You! on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 7:00pm at Merkin Hall's Upper Lobby at the Kaufman Music Center.
New York Festival Of Song to Present GOYISHE CHRISTMAS TO YOU! At Kaufman Music Center

New York Festival of Song, led by Artistic Director Steven Blier, will present its annual holiday tradition, A Goyishe Christmas to You! on Monday, December 6, 2021 at 7:00pm at Merkin Hall's Upper Lobby at the Kaufman Music Center.
ASCAP Announces Top 25 Holiday Songs of 2020

With holiday music taking over the radio waves earlier than ever, ASCAP, a professional membership organization of songwriters, composers and music publishers, announces the Top 25 ASCAP Holiday Songs of 2020 – a soundtrack to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year.
VIDEO: Eartha Kitt Hit Becomes A Timely Parody With Jim Brosseau and Halcyone Hurst's 'Sanitizer Baby'

Writer-composer Jim Brosseau and veteran actor Halcyone Hurst have collaborated on a song to help lend levity to our virus-obsessed times. Brosseau rewrote the lyrics to Eartha Kitt's iconic a?oeSanta Baby,a?? the 1953 holiday hit written by Joan Javits and Philip Springer.
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Is Top ASCAP Holiday Song

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), a professional membership organization of songwriters, composers and music publishers, announces the top ASCAP holiday songs of 2018. According to an ASCAP analysis of streaming and terrestrial radio data, the hit classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” written by ASCAP songwriter Walter Afanasieff and pop star Mariah Carey, holds the #1 song position for the second year in a row.
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Joins Christmas Classics as #1 ASCAP Holiday Songs in 2017

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), a professional membership organization of songwriters, composers and music publishers, announces its Top Holiday Songs for 2017. According to an ASCAP analysis of streaming and terrestrial radio data, 1994's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You,' written by Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey, moves to #1, joining enduring Christmas classics like 'A Holly Jolly Christmas'(written by Johnny Marks, 1962) and 'Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow'(written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, 1945), at the top of the charts. (Check out ASCAP's interview with Afanaseiff about writing 'All I Want' at http://bit.ly/2k8S9E0)
BWW Review: Well-Strung Make the Holidays Brighter with A WELL-STRUNG CHRISTMAS

Well-Strung, the celebrated boy band string quartet, are gleefully following in the footsteps of their predecessors. With A Well-Strung Christmas, the charming foursome gives plenty of reasons for us all to put aside our copies of New Kids on the Block's Merry, Merry Christmas and 'N SYNC's Home For Christmas. They also leave us asking Santa to turn this show into an album in time for Christmas 2016 too.
NYFOS' A GOYISHE CHRISTMAS TO YOU! to Return to HENRY's This December

New York Festival of Song brings back its much-anticipated program 'A Goyishe Christmas to You!' on Monday, December 14, 2015 at 10:00 p.m. at HENRY's Restaurant as part of NYFOS's 'After Hours' cabaret series.
'Santa Claus is Coming to Town' Tops ASCAP's List of Holiday Songs of the Century

This year, ASCAP brings its 100th birthday celebration into the holiday season by unwrapping the top 30 ASCAP holiday songs of all time. Topping the list is 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,' written by Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie.

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