On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 05:20:28 +0000,
soulexpress@gmail.com (Dean)
wrote:
This is the right version, too, not the re-recording on the "Billboard >Greatest Christmas Hits" CD on Rhino.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itdNoGtPQ3I&ab_channel=nemesisofthedevil
By any chance are you into Soul music, Dean :-)
some of Geoff's fave Christmas recordings:
The Youngsters - Christmas In Jail [Empire 109;;Hollywood] - Oct 1956
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR6TqmP9Rpw
Chuck Blevins - Sleighbell Rock [Foxie 7006] - Dec 1961
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1axdmscgm6M
The Moods - Rockin' Santa Claus [Sarg 184;;Luling TX] - Sep 1960
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-HdsMcVfFc
Charles Brown - Merry Christmas Baby [Hollywood 1021] - Nov 1954
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g_gtiATKDY
I prefer this version over the original overly 'tinkling' 1947 version
Dodie Stevens - Merry Christmas Baby [Dot 16166] - Nov 1960
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4DilXQnzGk
Oscar McLollie And His Honey Jumpers - Dig That Crazy Santa Claus
[Modern 943] - Sep 1954
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpj8zl34yUU
Cordell Jackson - Rock And Roll Christmas [Moon G8OW-6407;;Memphis] -
1956
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXe6kiKQez8
The Uniques - Merry Christmas Darling (And A Happy New Year (Too))
[Demand 2936;;MA] - 1963
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNNZe1rJ7pk
plus some faves I share with a Diane Elizabeth (raised in Brooklyn NY)
The Penguins - Jingle Jangle [Mercury 70762] - Dec 1955
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNZDeJamCZg
The Enchanters - Mambo Santa Mambo [Coral 9-61916] - Nov 1957
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vO-wTu84YM
The Miracles - Christmas Everyday [Tamla EX-009] - Nov 1963
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8zCmxejxq8
The Staple Singers - Go Tell It On The Mountain [LP] - 1962
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7nwzz_3fxk
posted by EvaDStruc in 2012
Playlist for above 12 tracks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=kR6TqmP9Rpw,1axdmscgm6M,v-HdsMcVfFc,7g_gtiATKDY,b4DilXQnzGk,mpj8zl34yUU,lXe6kiKQez8,TNNZe1rJ7pk,jNZDeJamCZg,-vO-wTu84YM,q8zCmxejxq8,I7nwzz_3fxk,
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