The guys get festive by cranking Mariah Carey’s modern Christmas classic and digging into the story of the songwriting partnership that produced it – and the rivalry that might have destroyed it.

SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode: “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey and “Without You” by Samantha Cole

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_I_Want_for_Christmas_Is_You

https://americansongwriter.com/5-songs-you-didnt-know-mariah-carey-wrote-for-other-artists/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenalvarez/2020/09/27/why-doesnt-mariah-carey-get-the-songwriting-credit-she-deserves/?sh=a48acd479cd9

https://www.today.com/popculture/music/mariah-carey-grunge-album-rcna48941

Chick song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJIGKt3YokQ

Hey Lamb Video about her contract with Ben Margulies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6hsVmxTy58

Hey Lamb Video about her relationship with Walter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxGV3wAo8Dg

https://populartimelines.com/timeline/Mariah-Carey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Afanasieff

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/inside-mariah-careys-20-year-feud-with-co-writer/P6DMVBS47XDDQ67GUGLXB7KLUE/

https://www.songwriteruniverse.com/walter-afanasieff-interview-2018.htm

https://mariahcarey.fandom.com/wiki/Walter_Afanasieff

https://www.today.com/popculture/music/mariah-carey-grunge-album-rcna48941

https://fox4kc.com/news/mariah-carey-sued-over-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7230641/Mariah-Carey-opens-feeling-like-prisoner-marriage-music-exec-Tommy-Mottola.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mariah-careys-shocking-new-allegations-of-coercive-control-and-racism-against-ex-husband-tommy-mottola

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Cole

https://www.radiotimes.com/audio/radio/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-co-writer-walter-afanasieff-falling-out-with-mariah-carey/

https://www.mcarchives.com/index.asp?id=145&PageNo=&keywords=&date=&f=2