Thanksgiving Playlist

November is the time for heavy Christmas marketing and very few advertisers are interested in the major US Holiday of Thanksgiving. However, I think a lot of people have good feelings about Thanksgiving because family gets together and people feel more connected to each other. This playlist will help you get in the mood to really enjoy this special holiday. I purposely omitted songs about the fall season/autumn because they are neutral. These types of songs can be added to your playlist if they remind you of home. If you desire to celebrate this holiday but you live in another country, be sure to add songs of thanks or harvest from your country's folk traditions. Feel free to submit the name of a special song to you in the comments section.

Feast Songs

Thanksgiving (Instrumental) performed by Michael Silverman

Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie Polka performed by The O’Neill Brothers Group

Fly, Turkey performed by Geof Johnson

Food, Glorious Food performed by Cantus

Pass the Peas (instrumental) performed by the J.B.’s

Meat and Potato Man performed by Alan Jackson

Prayer of Thanksgiving (instrumental) performed by David Tolk

Abundance Songs

He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands (Instrumental) performed by Chris Barber’s Jazz and Blues Band

Look to the People performed by Ruth Pelham

Rags to Riches performed by Adia

My Cup Runneth Over performed by Jerry Vale

I Can Rejoice performed by Mark Bishop

Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive performed by Ella Fitzgerald

Thankful Songs

Thank You performed by 33 Miles

The Happy Song performed by Elizabeth Mitchell 

Lucky Man performed by Montgomery Gentry

Haja O Que Houver performed by Madredeus

Blessed performed by Martina McBride

Thanks a Million (Instrumental) performed by Christoph Lienemann

Gracias a la Vida performed by Mercedes Sosa

Thanks for the Memory (Instrumental) performed by Gordon Langford

Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me performed by Gladys Knight

Gracias performed by Marcos Witt

Thankful performed by Kelly Clarkson

Traditional

Corn Grinding Song (Instrumental) performed by R Carlos Nakai

Simple Gifts performed by Yo Yo Ma with Alison Krauss

La Nostalgie Du Temps Présent performed by Cecile Hortensia

Traveling Home Performed by Soul d Out Quartet

Psalm 135 O Give Thanks performed by Eikona

All Things Bright & Beautiful arranged by John Rutter

Bringing In the Sheaves (instrumental) performed by Terri Geisel

Albums

The Great Thanksgiving: Hymns and Songs of Thanks and Brotherhood by Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Harvest Home by Jay Ungar & Molly Mason

A Harvest Home by Cantus

Pumpkin Pie image credit: Flickr/Kimberly Vardeman