JANUARY 2026 SONGS

January brings a review of the previous year with some of Jess’s favorite songs out of the more than 160 songs performed the previous year, including Jess’s selection of his #1 song for the year.

Sweet Caroline - Guys & Dolls - Let the Lower Lights Be Burning - Tiger by the Tail - On the Road Again - I’ve Got the Sun in the Morning - In Christ Alone - Unchained Melody - and more.

Michael W Smith has written some of the greatest contemporary Christian music over the last 30 years. This program presents some of his best known songs.

Great Is the Lord - Friends - Thy Word - Open the Eyes of My Heart - Here I Am to Worship - In Christ Alone - and more.

The Carpenters, Maureen McGovern, Michael Jackson, and Barbra Streisand are popular singers among the awardees and nominees, but there’s a real mix in types of music as well. Some of the songs are better known than the movies.

For All We Know - Bless the Beasts and the Children - The Way We Were - The Morning After - We May Never Love Like This Again - Ben - Marmalade, Molasses & Honey - and more.

Let’s celebrate the gift of sunlight with songs that include “sun, sunshine, sunset, sunrise,” etc. in the title.

Here Comes the Sun - Sunrise Sunset - Let the Sunshine In - You Are My Sunshine - Sunshine on My Shoulder - That Lucky Old Sun - Sunny - Sing in the Sunshine - and more.

COMING IN FEBRUARY 2026

Bobby Darin said he wanted to be remembered as a human being and a great performer. Though he only lived 37 years, he left behind a legacy of great performances as both musician and actor. This program contains some of his best-known hits.

Mack the Knife - Beyond the Sea - Splish Splash - Things - Dream Lover - Artificial Flowers - Call Me Irresponsible - and more.