Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3595727/?format=api
{ "id": 3595727, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3595727/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-25T06:52:18-08:00", "show": 65470, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65470/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "The Christmas Song", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "b1bf2b73-43d3-4394-b675-3aead33d6d25", "artist": "Nat King Cole", "artist_ids": [ "fbe054ec-a143-4101-9e9e-64abc5ff5ac9" ], "album": "The Magic of Christmas", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "fcdf0525-1b4c-42b9-ad5e-c8cc3658c72f", "labels": [ "Avid Entertainment" ], "label_ids": [ "8d49f28f-7697-4b58-a6df-06365194452c" ], "release_date": "2016-10-14", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"The Christmas Song\" (commonly subtitled \"Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire\" or, as it was originally subtitled, \"Merry Christmas to You\") is a Christmas song written in 1945 by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé. The Nat King Cole Trio first recorded the song in June 1946.\n\nAt Cole's behest – and over the objections of his label, Capitol Records – a second recording was made in August utilizing a small string section. This version became a massive hit on both the pop and R&B charts. Cole again recorded the song in 1953, using the same arrangement with a full orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle, and once more in 1961, in a stereophonic version with another full orchestra arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmichael.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }