Behind The Christmas Hits with Drew Savage

One of the biggest duets of the 80s lead to one of the most successful country Christmas albums ever!  This is the story behind Once Upon a Christmas by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton! Behind The Christmas Hits is Presented by Tylenol Arthritis, fast and long-lasting pain relief. This product may not be right for you. Always read and follow the label.

1966. Stevie Wonder was still so young in his career and his life. He'd just turned 16 in May, and was shedding his 'little' moniker. Stevie hadn't recorded a Christmas Song before - and this one is credited as one of the first Christmas songs with a social and political message; An anti-war song. This is the story behind the Christmas Hit 'Someday at Christmas'. Behind The Christmas Hits is prese...

How is this even possible? There hasn't been a Christmas song named after the greeting we all share every year at Christmas time!? Well there wasn't! Until Ed Sheeran and Elton John gave us one. This is the story behind the Christmas Hit 'Merry Christmas' Behind The Christmas Hits is Presented by Tylenol Arthritis, fast and long-lasting pain relief. This product may not be right for you. Always re...

One of the Most Beloved Christmas Specials gave us one of the Most Beloved Christmas Songs... but for years, nobody knew who actually sang it!  This is the story of the Christmas Hit "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch" Join Drew Savage for Behind The Christmas Hits - Season 4 every Monday throughout the Holiday Season. Behind The Christmas Hits is Presented by Tylenol Arthritis, fast and long-lasting p...

Recording a Christmas Album was something Kelly Clarkson always wanted to do! Her first effort produced the biggest Holiday hit of the 21st Century! This is the story of Kelly Clarkson's Underneath The Tree! Join Drew Savage for Behind The Christmas Hits - Season 4 every Monday throughout the Holiday Season. Behind The Christmas Hits is Presented by Tylenol Arthritis, fast and long-lasting pain re...

Drew is joined by Clifton Murray of the Tenors to talk about their new Christmas Album 'Christmas with The Tenors' and their Canada-wide tour! Join Drew Savage for Behind The Christmas Hits - Season 4 everywhere you get your podcasts! Behind The Christmas Hits is Presented by Tylenol Arthritis, fast and long-lasting pain relief. This product may not be right for you. Always read and follow the lab...

There probably isn't a singer on earth who has a more natural connection to the Christmas Holiday - and then one day - she wrote a song about it! This is the story of Taylor Swift's Christmas Tree Farm! Join Drew Savage for Behind The Christmas Hits - Season 4 every Monday throughout the Holiday Season. Behind The Christmas Hits is Presented by Tylenol Arthritis, fast and long-lasting pain relief....

Do you remember where you were the first time you heard Outkast tell you to 'Shake it like a Polaroid Picture'? How about when Nickelback told you to 'Look at this Photograph'? Or when Taylor Swift provided the soundtrack to your Love story? Join Myles Galloway as he takes you through the biggest songs in the world - with new interviews and newly unearthed archive footage from the artists themselv...

Trans-Siberian Orchestra came out of nowhere in 1996 with a song called 'Christmas Eve, Sarajevo, 12-24'. And it just sounded so different than any other Christmas song at the time. The band was formed by Paul O'Neill, a composer, lyricist, producer and guitar player who literally did everything in the music business, everything from producing albums from Aerosmith to promoting tours for Madonna. ...

It's a contemporary Holiday classic, but like so many songs that become classics... it happened quite by accident! This is the story behind the Christmas Hit 'Driving Home for Christmas' by Chris Rea. Join Drew Savage for Behind The Christmas Hits - Season 3! 

Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20 has released Christmas music before, but last year he put out his first FULL Christmas album titled "Something About Christmas Time". Usually making a Christmas album means you've got to get in to that Christmas spirit in May or June to record the songs - that might be tough for some... but not for Rob Thomas! Join Drew Savage for Behind The Christmas Hits - Season 3! 

There are lots of Christmas Hits that endured for 60, 70 - even 80 years or more, but only one of those was sung by a ten year old! Gayla Peevey's "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" We sit with Gayla for the story behind the song! Join Drew Savage for Behind The Christmas Hits - Season 3! 

It's the series of albums that gave us some of the most recognizable versions of our favourite Christmas songs and became the most successful charitable music project in history. This is the story behind the Hit Christmas album, A Very Special Christmas. Join Drew Savage for Behind The Christmas Hits - Season 3! 

The networks thought it was trash. The creators worried that they had ruined one of the most popular comic strips in the world, but instead a legendary special was born, and with it came one of the most iconic jazz albums ever recorded. This is the story behind the album A Charlie Brown Christmas. Join Drew Savage for Behind The Christmas Hits - Season 3! 

It's the most successful Christmas album of the 21st Century - and it's from a Canadian who credits another Christmas album for introducing him to a style of music that would make him a superstar. This is the story behind the album Michael Bublé - Christmas, with words from Michael Bublé himself! Join Drew Savage for Behind The Christmas Hits - Season 3! 

It's a modern day Christmas classic that hit the top 10 in over 20 countries - including Canada! It's recently been named one of the best Christmas songs of all time. This is the story behind Ariana Grande's "Santa Tell Me." Join Drew Savage for Behind The Christmas Hits - Season 3! 

Many of the songs we feature have largely unknown origins - but that is not the case with this song! Still, do you know which singer was still in New York when the recording session began? And who is the one American band featured on this song? Join Drew Savage for Behind The Christmas Hits - Season 3! 

Darlene Love is a Rock n Roll Hall of Famer - but her most famous song is a Christmas song! Christmas (Baby Please Come Home). That's not her only Christmas hit though! In this episode, Darlene Love joins us to tell us the story of All Alone on Christmas (From Home Alone 2). Stay tuned next week for two new episodes of Behind the Christmas Hits!

You know there are some singers that are just so synonymous with Christmas music, that for a lot of people it just doesn't feel like the holidays without THEIR music! Join Drew Savage as he takes chats with the Christmas Music Legend himself, Johnny Mathis!

Mariah Carey is the voice of one of the biggest Christmas Hits of all time... she should have been the voice of a second! Join Drew Savage as he takes you through the Christmas hit that is "Where Are You At Christmas."

The first big city Christmas song should have been a hit for Bob Hope - but bad timing means Bing Crosby would get credit for creating ANOTHER classic! Join Drew Savage as he takes you through the Christmas hit that is "Silver Bells."

One of the most famous Christmas Duets of all time only exists because one of the singers wanted NO part of the original idea! Join Drew Savage as he takes you through the Christmas hit that is "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy."

One of the most famous Christmas Songs of all wasn't even written about the season... and has an ugly history. Join Drew Savage as he takes you through the Christmas hit that is "Jingle Bells."

Rolling Stone declared Darlene Love's Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) The Greatest Rock n Roll Christmas Song Ever! And who better to walk through this song with Drew Savage than the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer herself - Darlene Love!

A challenge to write a second Christmas as good as his first resulted in a song that achieved even more success! Join Drew Savage as he takes you behind the Christmas hit that is "Please Come Home For Christmas."