Today's Christmas special - A Beach Boys Christmas
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Little Saint Nick -
The "Run run, reindeer" line was copped from Chuck Berry's song Run Rudolph Run, where Berry sings, "Run run, Rudolph." By making the reindeer generic, The Beach Boys avoided copyright issues - Berry had to turn over royalties to his song to the creator the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer story.
The Man With All The Toys -
As a single in 1964, the song had limited success (No. 6 on the Billboard Christmas chart), but built sales over successive Christmases and is listed by Billboard in the Top 100 selling Christmas songs in history.
Merry Christmas, Baby -
In Germany, three years after the album's initial release, Merry Christmas, Baby was a surprise selection for a holiday single.
Christmas Day -
Christmas Day was Al Jardine's first lead vocal on a Beach Boys record, but in less than a year his voice would be heard again — on the group's Number One hit, Help Me, Rhonda.
Another Christmas song they got around to sing in between the verbal abuse from their father
Santa's Beard -
On Santa's Beard, the Beach Boys themselves provide the song's instrumentation. Although Brian often used studio musicians to lay down instrumental tracks for the Beach Boys to sing over, the group was quite capable of doing the job themselves.
There is no place like home for the holiday.
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