Post by RadioJonD on Nov 8, 2007 12:25:01 GMT -5
May I suggest:
www.ultralounge.com/d_c_christmas_1.html
web.archive.org/web/20090607011918/http://www.ultralounge.com/d_c_christmas_1.html
It's Christmastime and we've gone north for the holidays (North Pole that is!).
These eighteen hot toddies will surely melt your snowcone.
So deck the halls, spike the eggnog and hang the mistletoe, you're in Yulesville, baby! Ho-Ho-Ho.
Cheers!
Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo - Billy May
Winter Wonderland - Peggy Lee
Christmas Trumpets / We Wish You A Very Merry Christmas - Ray Anthony
Christmas Is - Lou Rawls
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town / White Christmas - Jimmy McGriff
I'd Like You For Christmas - Julie London
Holiday On Skis - Al Caiola & Riz Ortolani
(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag - Kay Starr
Jingle Bells / Jingle Bell Rock - Hollyridge Strings
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Dean Martin
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Jingle Bells BossaNova - Eddie Dunstedter
Christmas Kisses - Ray Anthony
I'll Be Home For Christmas / Baby, It's Cold Outside - Jackie Gleason/Jack Marshall
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Nancy Wilson
Cha-Cha All The Way - Capitol Studio Orchestra
The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - Nat King Cole
The Nutcracker Suite - Les Brown & His Band Of Renown
Ring Those Christmas Bells - Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians
www.ultralounge.com/d_c_christmas_2.html
web.archive.org/web/20080229125141/http://www.ultralounge.com/d_c_christmas_2.html
Christmastime is here again and Santa's mixed up another batch of intoxicating hi-fi holiday highballs, cooler than Jack Frost's smile and sweeter than a candy cane swizzlestick.
If these 18 hot chestnuts don't jingle your bells, then you're Scrooged, man.
Fruitcake!
Sleigh Ride/Jingle Bells - Caiola & Ortolani/Jimmy McGriff
Jingle All The Way - Lena Horne
Merry Christmas, Baby - Lou Rawls
Warm December - Julie London
Let It Snow! / Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Eddie Dunstedter
The Merriest - June Christy
All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) - Nat King Cole Trio
The Christmas Waltz - Nancy Wilson
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm/Jing-A-Ling - Les Brown/Starlighters
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jimmy McGriff
Baby, It's Cold Outside - Dean Martin
Snowfall/Snowfall Cha-Cha - George Shearing/Billy May
Jingle Bell Rock - Wayne Newton
Frosty The Snowman - The Ventures
Christmas Island - Bob Atcher & The Dinning Sisters
Exotic Night - Martin Denny
Happy Holiday - Peggy Lee
Sleigh Ride/Santa Claus' Party - Ferrante & Teicher/Les Baxter
Plus special surprise bonus tracks
Swell!
Most anything from Rhino (good luck finding the out of prints!)- www.rhinorecords.com/store/CatalogList.lasso?Style=Christmas#Compilations
For more contemporary things, any in the Very Special Christmas Series - www.veryspecialchristmas.com/uof/veryspecialchristmas/index.html
Yule B’ Swingin’ - www.answers.com/topic/yule-b-swingin
1. What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin'?) - Louis Prima
2. Cool Yule - Louis Armstrong & The Commanders
3. Jingle Bells - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
4. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald
5. Dig That Crazy Santa Claus - Ralph Marterie & His Orchestra
6. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Les Brown & His Band of Renown
7. Merry Christmas, Baby - Lionel Hampton
8. Man With the Bag (Everybody's Waitin' For) - Kay Starr
9. Sleigh Ride - Johnny Desmond
10. Medley: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town/Jingle Bells - Pete Fountain
11. Ring Those Christmas Bells - Peggy Lee
12. Swingle Jingle - Lionel Hampton
13. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Nancy Wilson
14. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Dean Martin
Yule B’ Swingin’ Too – www.umeportal.com/product.aspx?ob=prd&src=rslt&pid=1108
1. Christmas in New Orleans - Louis Armstrong
2. Shake Hands With Santa Claus - Louis Prima
3. Santa Claus Came in the Spring - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
4. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Ann-Margret, Al Hirt
5. Jingle Bells - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
6. White Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald
7. Merriest - June Christy
8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Dean Martin
9. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Joe Williams
10. Here Comes Santa Claus - The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby
11. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
12. Dixieland Band from Santa Claus Land - Jimmy Dorsey
13. Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
14. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Billie Holiday
Alligator Records - tinyurl.com/2tdj7j
GENUINE HOUSEROCKIN CHRISTMAS & THE ALLIGATOR RECORDS CHRISTMAS
1) GENUINE HOUSEROCKIN' CHRISTMAS--KOKO TAYLOR Have You Heard The News?
2) CAREY BELL Christmas Train
3: MICHAEL BURKS Christmas Snow
4) LIL’ ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS Christmas
5) SHEMEKIA COPELAND Stay A Little Longer, Santa
6) THE HOLMES BROTHERS Back Door Santa
7) W.C. CLARK Christmas Party
8) C.J. CHENIER & THE RED HOT LOUISIANA BAND Zydeco Christmas
9) CEPHAS & WIGGINS Christmas Day Blues
10) MARCIA BALL Christmas Fais Do Do
11) ROOMFUL OF BLUES Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get The Blues?
12) SAFFIRE—THE UPPITY BLUES WOMEN Really Been Good This Year
13) LONNIE BROOKS All I Want For Christmas (Is To Be With You)
14) COCO MONTOYA A Bluesman’s Christmas (4:28)
15) LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS Christmas Time Again (Spend, Spend, Spend)
16) DAVE HOLE Fattening Up The Turkey
THE ALLIGATOR RECORDS CHRISTMAS COLLECTION—
KOKO TAYLOR Merry, Merry Christmas
KENNY NEAL Christmas Time In The Country
LIL' ED AND THE BLUES IMPERIALS I’m Your Santa
KATIE WEBSTER Deck The Halls With Boogie Woogie
WILLIAM CLARKE Please Let Me Be Your Santa Claus
TINSLEY ELLIS Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’
CHARLES BROWN Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
SON SEALS Lonesome Christmas
LONNIE BROOKS Christmas On The Bayou
LITTLE CHARLIE AND THE NIGHTCATS Santa Claus
ELVIN BISHOP The Little Drummer Boy
SAFFIRE -- THE UPPITY BLUES WOMEN One Parent Christmas
CLARENCE "GATEMOUTH" BROWN Christmas
CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE Silent Night
ANYTHING from this wonderful playlist! - web.archive.org/web/20041225162409/www.bluesbeforesunrise.com/bbssetlist122103.html
BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE
Annual Christmas Program
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water - here it is again - the Annual Blues Before Sunrise Christmas Program! Every year it's the same old Christmas records and in pretty much the same order, but listeners love 'em! Charles Brown, Amos Milburn, Billy Eckstine, Louis Jordan, Nat King Cole, B.B.King, Mahalia Jackson and many more! Over the years we've found so many Christmas Blues records we don't have time for all of them - we have to decide who gets played and who gets benched this holiday. Actually it's fun no matter how many times you've heard the Blues Before Sunrise Christmas Program! And here's the Red-Hot news - we've actually located and included a handful of new Christmas records!
The Annual Blues Before Sunrise Christmas Program - Don't miss it - Only on BBS!
HOUR #1
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER - SUGARCHILD ROBINSON
THE CHRISTMAS SONG - KING COLE TRIO
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - JOE WILLIAMS
OLE SANTA - DINAH WASHINGTON
LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE - NAT KING COLE
CHRISTMAS DATE BOOGIE - BIG JOE TURNER
BEBOP SANTA - BABS GONZALES
CHRISTMAS MORNING - TITUS TURNER
BOOGIE WOOGIE SANTA - LIONEL HAMPTON
CHRISTMAS SPIRITS - JULIA LEE
WHITE CHRISTMAS - RAVENS
CHRISTMAS BOOGIE - SUGAR CHILD ROBINSON
JINGLE BELLS - LEO WATSON
PAPA AIN'T NO SANTA CLAUS - BUTTERBEANS & SUSIE
AT THE CHRISTMAS BALL - BESSIE SMITH
JINGLE BELL HOP - JACKSON TRIO
SLEIGH RIDE - LLOYD GLENN
HOUR #2
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY - CHARLES BROWN
FAR AWAY CHRISTMAS BLUES - LITTLE ESTER
BOOGIE WOOGIE SANTA - MABEL SCOTT
CHRISTMAS TIME BLUES - ROY MILTON
I WANT MY BABY FOR CHRISTMAS - JIMMY LIGGINS
MAY EVERYDAY BE CHRISTMAS - LOUIS JORDAN
I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - BULLMOOSE JACKSON
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY - LIONEL HAMPTON
CHRISTMAS BLUES - GATEMOUTH MOORE
IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN - CECIL GANT
CHRISTMAS BLUES - LARRY DARNELL
HELLO SANTA - CECIL GANT
EMPTY STOCKING BLUES - FLOYD DIXON
WHITE CHRISTMAS - BIG MAYBELLE
WHEN WAS THE BABY BORN - SWAN SILVERTONES
CHRISTMAS DINNER IN JAIL - REV J.M.GATES
WILL HELL BE YOUR SANTA CLAUS - REV J.M. GATES
DID YOU SPEND CHRISTMAS DAY IN JAIL - REV J.M. GATES
WILL THE COFFIN BE YOUR SANTA CLAUS - REV J.M. GATES
DEATH MAY BE YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFT - REV A.W. NIX
BEGIN A NEW LIFE ON CHRISTMAS DAY (PARTS I & II) - REV A.W. NIX
SILENT NIGHT - MAHALIA JACKSON
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY - LIONAL HAMPTON
MERRY CHRISTMAS - LITTLE WILLIE LITTLEFIELD
CHRISTMAS DREAMS - JOHNNY MOORE & THE BLAZERS
HOUR #3
CHRIST WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS MORN - FRANKIE 'HALF-PINT' JAXON
COME ALL YE FAITHFUL - BLACK SWAN QUARTET
CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR'S BLUES - TAMPA RED
SANTA BRING ME A BRAND NEW WOMAN - BUMBLE BEE SLIM
CHRISTMAS & NO SANTA CLAUS - BUMBLE BEE SLIM
WRONG WAY TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS - REV EDWARD CLAYBORN
CHRISTMAS MORNING BLUES - KANSAS CITY KITTY
CHRISTMAS EVE BLUES - BUKKA WHITE
SANTA CLAUS - WALTER DAVIS
CHRISTMAS TIME BLUES - CASEY BILL WELDON
CHRISTMAS TIME BLUES - BLACK ACE
LET ME HANG MY STOCKING - ROOSEVELT SYKES
ON CHRISTMAS DAY - LEADBELLY
CHRISTMAS IN JAIL - LEROY CARR
CHRISTMAS MORNING BLUES - SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON I
CHRISTMAS EVE BLUES - BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON
LONESOME CHRISTMAS BLUES - BLIND BLAKE
CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS - CHARLIE JORDAN
AIN’T GONNA LET YOU SEE MY SANTA CLAUS - VICTORIA SPIVEY
THE SANTA CLAUS CRAVE - ELZADIE ROBINSON
BY CHRISTMAS I’LL BE HOME - JIMMY “T-99” NELSON
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY - CALVIN OWENS
HOUR #4
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION - JESSE THOMAS
SANT'S MESSIN' WITH THE KID - EDDIE C.CAMPBELL
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION - B.B.KING
SANTA CLAUS NEEDS SOME LOVIN' - ALBERT KING
SANTA CLAUS - SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II
SONNY BOY'S CHRISTMAS BLUES - SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II
THE CHRISTMAS SONG - LEE JACKSON
SANTA CLAUS CAME HOME DRUNK - CLYDE LASLEY
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY - ROBERT NIGHTHAWK
HOWLING FOR MY BABY - HOWLING WOLF
BLUES FOR CHRISTMAS - JOHN LEE HOOKER
REMEMBER LAST CHRISTMAS - GUS JENKINS
LONESOME CHRISTMAS BLUES- LOWELL FULSON
CHRISTMAS BLUES - RALPH WILLIS
SANTA - LIGHTNING HOPKINS
MERRY CHRISTMAS - LIGHTNING HOPKINS
CHRISTMAS DAY - DETROIT JUNIOR
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS - PETE MAYS
MERRY CHRISTMAS PRETTY BABY - JESSIE MAE HEMPHIL
HOUR #5
LET'S MAKE CHRISTMAS MERRY BABY- AMOS MILBURN
SILENT NIGHT - DINAH WASHINGTON
CHRISTMAS WON'T BE CHRISTMAS - CALVIN BOSTIC
WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR'S EVE - BILLY ECKSTINE
WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS NIGHT - DAN GRISSOM
WHITE CHRISTMAS - JIMMY SMITH
MR. SANTA’S BOOGIE - MARSHALL BROTHERS
CHRISTMAS EVE - BILL ECKSTINE
SILENT NIGHT - RAVENS
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS - LOUIS ARMSTRONG
OH HOLY NIGHT - BILLY ECKSTINE
CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR - CHARLES BROWN
CHRISTMAS IN HEAVEN - CHARLES BROWN
I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS - BILL DOGGETT
BIG WHEELER’S CHRISTMAS BELLS - BIG WHEELER
LET ME BE YOUR SANTA CLAUS - CLARENCE GARLOW
WHITE CHRISTMAS - SISTER ROSETTA THARPE
CHRISTMAS WITH NO ONE TO LOVE - CHARLES BROWN
RUN RUN RUDOLPH - CHUCK BERRY
I HEAR CHRISTMAS BELLS - FREDDY KING
CHRISTMAS TEARS - FREDDY KING
BLUE CHRISTMAS - BILLY ECKSTINE
THIS TIME OF YEAR - BROOK BENTON
DIG THAT CRAZY SANTA CLAUS - OSCAR McLOLLIE
WE WANT TO SEE SANTA DO THE MAMBO - BIG JOHN GREER
CHRISTMAS NIGHT IN HARLEM - LOUIS ARMSTRONG
ZAT YOU SANTA CLAUS - LOUIS ARMSTRONG
COOL YULE - LOUIS ARMSTRONG
CHRISTMAS IN HEAVEN - BILLY WARD
NOTHING FOR CHRISTMAS - ERTHA KITT
MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING - POPPA HOP WILSON
CHRISTMAS BLUES - SYLVESTER COTTON
ONE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS - LEGENDARY BLUES BAND
BRING THAT CADILLAC BACK - HARRY CROFTON
MISSUS SANTA CLAUS - LESLIE CRAYNE
JINGLE BELLS - BILL DOGGETT
WINTER WONDERLAND - BILL DOGGETT
MOONDUST BILL - DOGGETT
When you have finished collecting these, I have plenty more!
www.ultralounge.com/d_c_christmas_1.html
web.archive.org/web/20090607011918/http://www.ultralounge.com/d_c_christmas_1.html
It's Christmastime and we've gone north for the holidays (North Pole that is!).
These eighteen hot toddies will surely melt your snowcone.
So deck the halls, spike the eggnog and hang the mistletoe, you're in Yulesville, baby! Ho-Ho-Ho.
Cheers!
Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo - Billy May
Winter Wonderland - Peggy Lee
Christmas Trumpets / We Wish You A Very Merry Christmas - Ray Anthony
Christmas Is - Lou Rawls
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town / White Christmas - Jimmy McGriff
I'd Like You For Christmas - Julie London
Holiday On Skis - Al Caiola & Riz Ortolani
(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag - Kay Starr
Jingle Bells / Jingle Bell Rock - Hollyridge Strings
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Dean Martin
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Jingle Bells BossaNova - Eddie Dunstedter
Christmas Kisses - Ray Anthony
I'll Be Home For Christmas / Baby, It's Cold Outside - Jackie Gleason/Jack Marshall
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Nancy Wilson
Cha-Cha All The Way - Capitol Studio Orchestra
The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - Nat King Cole
The Nutcracker Suite - Les Brown & His Band Of Renown
Ring Those Christmas Bells - Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians
www.ultralounge.com/d_c_christmas_2.html
web.archive.org/web/20080229125141/http://www.ultralounge.com/d_c_christmas_2.html
Christmastime is here again and Santa's mixed up another batch of intoxicating hi-fi holiday highballs, cooler than Jack Frost's smile and sweeter than a candy cane swizzlestick.
If these 18 hot chestnuts don't jingle your bells, then you're Scrooged, man.
Fruitcake!
Sleigh Ride/Jingle Bells - Caiola & Ortolani/Jimmy McGriff
Jingle All The Way - Lena Horne
Merry Christmas, Baby - Lou Rawls
Warm December - Julie London
Let It Snow! / Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Eddie Dunstedter
The Merriest - June Christy
All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) - Nat King Cole Trio
The Christmas Waltz - Nancy Wilson
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm/Jing-A-Ling - Les Brown/Starlighters
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jimmy McGriff
Baby, It's Cold Outside - Dean Martin
Snowfall/Snowfall Cha-Cha - George Shearing/Billy May
Jingle Bell Rock - Wayne Newton
Frosty The Snowman - The Ventures
Christmas Island - Bob Atcher & The Dinning Sisters
Exotic Night - Martin Denny
Happy Holiday - Peggy Lee
Sleigh Ride/Santa Claus' Party - Ferrante & Teicher/Les Baxter
Plus special surprise bonus tracks
Swell!
Most anything from Rhino (good luck finding the out of prints!)- www.rhinorecords.com/store/CatalogList.lasso?Style=Christmas#Compilations
For more contemporary things, any in the Very Special Christmas Series - www.veryspecialchristmas.com/uof/veryspecialchristmas/index.html
Yule B’ Swingin’ - www.answers.com/topic/yule-b-swingin
1. What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin'?) - Louis Prima
2. Cool Yule - Louis Armstrong & The Commanders
3. Jingle Bells - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
4. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald
5. Dig That Crazy Santa Claus - Ralph Marterie & His Orchestra
6. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Les Brown & His Band of Renown
7. Merry Christmas, Baby - Lionel Hampton
8. Man With the Bag (Everybody's Waitin' For) - Kay Starr
9. Sleigh Ride - Johnny Desmond
10. Medley: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town/Jingle Bells - Pete Fountain
11. Ring Those Christmas Bells - Peggy Lee
12. Swingle Jingle - Lionel Hampton
13. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Nancy Wilson
14. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Dean Martin
Yule B’ Swingin’ Too – www.umeportal.com/product.aspx?ob=prd&src=rslt&pid=1108
1. Christmas in New Orleans - Louis Armstrong
2. Shake Hands With Santa Claus - Louis Prima
3. Santa Claus Came in the Spring - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
4. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Ann-Margret, Al Hirt
5. Jingle Bells - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
6. White Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald
7. Merriest - June Christy
8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Dean Martin
9. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Joe Williams
10. Here Comes Santa Claus - The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby
11. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
12. Dixieland Band from Santa Claus Land - Jimmy Dorsey
13. Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
14. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Billie Holiday
Alligator Records - tinyurl.com/2tdj7j
GENUINE HOUSEROCKIN CHRISTMAS & THE ALLIGATOR RECORDS CHRISTMAS
1) GENUINE HOUSEROCKIN' CHRISTMAS--KOKO TAYLOR Have You Heard The News?
2) CAREY BELL Christmas Train
3: MICHAEL BURKS Christmas Snow
4) LIL’ ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS Christmas
5) SHEMEKIA COPELAND Stay A Little Longer, Santa
6) THE HOLMES BROTHERS Back Door Santa
7) W.C. CLARK Christmas Party
8) C.J. CHENIER & THE RED HOT LOUISIANA BAND Zydeco Christmas
9) CEPHAS & WIGGINS Christmas Day Blues
10) MARCIA BALL Christmas Fais Do Do
11) ROOMFUL OF BLUES Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get The Blues?
12) SAFFIRE—THE UPPITY BLUES WOMEN Really Been Good This Year
13) LONNIE BROOKS All I Want For Christmas (Is To Be With You)
14) COCO MONTOYA A Bluesman’s Christmas (4:28)
15) LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS Christmas Time Again (Spend, Spend, Spend)
16) DAVE HOLE Fattening Up The Turkey
THE ALLIGATOR RECORDS CHRISTMAS COLLECTION—
KOKO TAYLOR Merry, Merry Christmas
KENNY NEAL Christmas Time In The Country
LIL' ED AND THE BLUES IMPERIALS I’m Your Santa
KATIE WEBSTER Deck The Halls With Boogie Woogie
WILLIAM CLARKE Please Let Me Be Your Santa Claus
TINSLEY ELLIS Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’
CHARLES BROWN Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
SON SEALS Lonesome Christmas
LONNIE BROOKS Christmas On The Bayou
LITTLE CHARLIE AND THE NIGHTCATS Santa Claus
ELVIN BISHOP The Little Drummer Boy
SAFFIRE -- THE UPPITY BLUES WOMEN One Parent Christmas
CLARENCE "GATEMOUTH" BROWN Christmas
CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE Silent Night
ANYTHING from this wonderful playlist! - web.archive.org/web/20041225162409/www.bluesbeforesunrise.com/bbssetlist122103.html
BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE
Annual Christmas Program
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water - here it is again - the Annual Blues Before Sunrise Christmas Program! Every year it's the same old Christmas records and in pretty much the same order, but listeners love 'em! Charles Brown, Amos Milburn, Billy Eckstine, Louis Jordan, Nat King Cole, B.B.King, Mahalia Jackson and many more! Over the years we've found so many Christmas Blues records we don't have time for all of them - we have to decide who gets played and who gets benched this holiday. Actually it's fun no matter how many times you've heard the Blues Before Sunrise Christmas Program! And here's the Red-Hot news - we've actually located and included a handful of new Christmas records!
The Annual Blues Before Sunrise Christmas Program - Don't miss it - Only on BBS!
HOUR #1
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER - SUGARCHILD ROBINSON
THE CHRISTMAS SONG - KING COLE TRIO
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - JOE WILLIAMS
OLE SANTA - DINAH WASHINGTON
LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE - NAT KING COLE
CHRISTMAS DATE BOOGIE - BIG JOE TURNER
BEBOP SANTA - BABS GONZALES
CHRISTMAS MORNING - TITUS TURNER
BOOGIE WOOGIE SANTA - LIONEL HAMPTON
CHRISTMAS SPIRITS - JULIA LEE
WHITE CHRISTMAS - RAVENS
CHRISTMAS BOOGIE - SUGAR CHILD ROBINSON
JINGLE BELLS - LEO WATSON
PAPA AIN'T NO SANTA CLAUS - BUTTERBEANS & SUSIE
AT THE CHRISTMAS BALL - BESSIE SMITH
JINGLE BELL HOP - JACKSON TRIO
SLEIGH RIDE - LLOYD GLENN
HOUR #2
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY - CHARLES BROWN
FAR AWAY CHRISTMAS BLUES - LITTLE ESTER
BOOGIE WOOGIE SANTA - MABEL SCOTT
CHRISTMAS TIME BLUES - ROY MILTON
I WANT MY BABY FOR CHRISTMAS - JIMMY LIGGINS
MAY EVERYDAY BE CHRISTMAS - LOUIS JORDAN
I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - BULLMOOSE JACKSON
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY - LIONEL HAMPTON
CHRISTMAS BLUES - GATEMOUTH MOORE
IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN - CECIL GANT
CHRISTMAS BLUES - LARRY DARNELL
HELLO SANTA - CECIL GANT
EMPTY STOCKING BLUES - FLOYD DIXON
WHITE CHRISTMAS - BIG MAYBELLE
WHEN WAS THE BABY BORN - SWAN SILVERTONES
CHRISTMAS DINNER IN JAIL - REV J.M.GATES
WILL HELL BE YOUR SANTA CLAUS - REV J.M. GATES
DID YOU SPEND CHRISTMAS DAY IN JAIL - REV J.M. GATES
WILL THE COFFIN BE YOUR SANTA CLAUS - REV J.M. GATES
DEATH MAY BE YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFT - REV A.W. NIX
BEGIN A NEW LIFE ON CHRISTMAS DAY (PARTS I & II) - REV A.W. NIX
SILENT NIGHT - MAHALIA JACKSON
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY - LIONAL HAMPTON
MERRY CHRISTMAS - LITTLE WILLIE LITTLEFIELD
CHRISTMAS DREAMS - JOHNNY MOORE & THE BLAZERS
HOUR #3
CHRIST WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS MORN - FRANKIE 'HALF-PINT' JAXON
COME ALL YE FAITHFUL - BLACK SWAN QUARTET
CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR'S BLUES - TAMPA RED
SANTA BRING ME A BRAND NEW WOMAN - BUMBLE BEE SLIM
CHRISTMAS & NO SANTA CLAUS - BUMBLE BEE SLIM
WRONG WAY TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS - REV EDWARD CLAYBORN
CHRISTMAS MORNING BLUES - KANSAS CITY KITTY
CHRISTMAS EVE BLUES - BUKKA WHITE
SANTA CLAUS - WALTER DAVIS
CHRISTMAS TIME BLUES - CASEY BILL WELDON
CHRISTMAS TIME BLUES - BLACK ACE
LET ME HANG MY STOCKING - ROOSEVELT SYKES
ON CHRISTMAS DAY - LEADBELLY
CHRISTMAS IN JAIL - LEROY CARR
CHRISTMAS MORNING BLUES - SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON I
CHRISTMAS EVE BLUES - BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON
LONESOME CHRISTMAS BLUES - BLIND BLAKE
CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS - CHARLIE JORDAN
AIN’T GONNA LET YOU SEE MY SANTA CLAUS - VICTORIA SPIVEY
THE SANTA CLAUS CRAVE - ELZADIE ROBINSON
BY CHRISTMAS I’LL BE HOME - JIMMY “T-99” NELSON
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY - CALVIN OWENS
HOUR #4
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION - JESSE THOMAS
SANT'S MESSIN' WITH THE KID - EDDIE C.CAMPBELL
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION - B.B.KING
SANTA CLAUS NEEDS SOME LOVIN' - ALBERT KING
SANTA CLAUS - SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II
SONNY BOY'S CHRISTMAS BLUES - SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II
THE CHRISTMAS SONG - LEE JACKSON
SANTA CLAUS CAME HOME DRUNK - CLYDE LASLEY
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY - ROBERT NIGHTHAWK
HOWLING FOR MY BABY - HOWLING WOLF
BLUES FOR CHRISTMAS - JOHN LEE HOOKER
REMEMBER LAST CHRISTMAS - GUS JENKINS
LONESOME CHRISTMAS BLUES- LOWELL FULSON
CHRISTMAS BLUES - RALPH WILLIS
SANTA - LIGHTNING HOPKINS
MERRY CHRISTMAS - LIGHTNING HOPKINS
CHRISTMAS DAY - DETROIT JUNIOR
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS - PETE MAYS
MERRY CHRISTMAS PRETTY BABY - JESSIE MAE HEMPHIL
HOUR #5
LET'S MAKE CHRISTMAS MERRY BABY- AMOS MILBURN
SILENT NIGHT - DINAH WASHINGTON
CHRISTMAS WON'T BE CHRISTMAS - CALVIN BOSTIC
WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR'S EVE - BILLY ECKSTINE
WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS NIGHT - DAN GRISSOM
WHITE CHRISTMAS - JIMMY SMITH
MR. SANTA’S BOOGIE - MARSHALL BROTHERS
CHRISTMAS EVE - BILL ECKSTINE
SILENT NIGHT - RAVENS
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS - LOUIS ARMSTRONG
OH HOLY NIGHT - BILLY ECKSTINE
CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR - CHARLES BROWN
CHRISTMAS IN HEAVEN - CHARLES BROWN
I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS - BILL DOGGETT
BIG WHEELER’S CHRISTMAS BELLS - BIG WHEELER
LET ME BE YOUR SANTA CLAUS - CLARENCE GARLOW
WHITE CHRISTMAS - SISTER ROSETTA THARPE
CHRISTMAS WITH NO ONE TO LOVE - CHARLES BROWN
RUN RUN RUDOLPH - CHUCK BERRY
I HEAR CHRISTMAS BELLS - FREDDY KING
CHRISTMAS TEARS - FREDDY KING
BLUE CHRISTMAS - BILLY ECKSTINE
THIS TIME OF YEAR - BROOK BENTON
DIG THAT CRAZY SANTA CLAUS - OSCAR McLOLLIE
WE WANT TO SEE SANTA DO THE MAMBO - BIG JOHN GREER
CHRISTMAS NIGHT IN HARLEM - LOUIS ARMSTRONG
ZAT YOU SANTA CLAUS - LOUIS ARMSTRONG
COOL YULE - LOUIS ARMSTRONG
CHRISTMAS IN HEAVEN - BILLY WARD
NOTHING FOR CHRISTMAS - ERTHA KITT
MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING - POPPA HOP WILSON
CHRISTMAS BLUES - SYLVESTER COTTON
ONE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS - LEGENDARY BLUES BAND
BRING THAT CADILLAC BACK - HARRY CROFTON
MISSUS SANTA CLAUS - LESLIE CRAYNE
JINGLE BELLS - BILL DOGGETT
WINTER WONDERLAND - BILL DOGGETT
MOONDUST BILL - DOGGETT
When you have finished collecting these, I have plenty more!