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This is superb!!! many thanks for posting, JimBagley. I wonder if it's Jean Paul "Bluey" Maunik from Incognito as producer / songwriter... beautiful and mellow with this touch of bossa nova. This is from now on one of the two only chritsmas song I likes because are not corny, the other is "Jingle Bells" by Bunny Sigler [[a psychedelic funk number)
Anyone from Baltimore will remember this.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG03Yw4su5M
O No You Didn't......Syke
And if they didn't....they should promptly be asked to leave.
There is no close Second.
I love Christmas music and have a TON of it.....but hadn't really been in the spirit to play much of it this year compared to the past.
This thread really helped me kick it in gear. I've played most of page one......the last was one of my faves, "Christmas in Jail".
My all time fave is still Darlene Love.......Here's one I play almost as often.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHzprR6ubc8
I love this song on so many levels...including how it always takes me back to being a kid when people used to refer to Christmas and Christmas gifts as "Santa Clause". It wasn't "what did you get for Christmas?"....but for "Santa Clause."
Oh Yeah......!
Great ones Robb!!!!
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Thanks, Marv. Here are a few more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90cHyxx_OBE
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Even Little Lisa sang Christmas songs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k5NvKyKPp4
The O'jays: "Chritsmas Ain't No Chritsmas Without The One You Love"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_adWzeXMlLo
From their years in Neptune Records.
Slow down Robb.....You've been on some deep dives.....I've gotta get all these in by midnight.
Are those the "She Blew A Good Thing" Poets?
Here's another one of my Top Ten Faves. This is the kind of stuff they used to play in the VFW on North and Barclay.....with the red and green plastic lanterns around the bar and dancefloor. Collard Greens and BYOB.
I give you the Master of the B3. B3 guys always seem to have the Wickedess Drummers. This is no exception. Every time I hear the kettles, my hand goes straight to Volume. When he comes back in for the intro to the second verse.....goddam!....Make you lose your sobriety.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifXjjHWmOC4
A co worker familiar with my Taste gave me the Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas compilation about 20 years ago. Been loving it ever since.
My second fave for this disc is "We Free Kings" by another hero of mine, Rashaan Roland Kirk.
Played this 3 times last night in the car off my Christmas USB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2rcwf1dg24
Only Brook Benton can sing, "If Santa had black kinky hair"......and sound velvety smooth.
This was easily the fave Christmas song with the teens I used to carpool back in the BSA high school days.
WARNING FOR LANGUAGE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srHM2sIll68
Speaking of BSA....Every year they put on a concert on the last day of school before Christmas break. I recorded a sideways clip of Dije singing Chestnuts at the Christmas Program at BSA.....which is not your typical Christmas Assembly. The chorus, a Big Band that was off the charts and worthy of Paid Admission with vocalists and a Gospel segment.
Each lead had to come up with their own arrangements. I think she did well, especially the closing segment.....and I'm tough on her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NW20H_SQK0
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Hi Destruction. YES, The Poets above were the same group that sang "She Blew A Good Thing". A great group!
I don't knows if "Blue Star" by The Blue Notes is a Christmas song, but sound to my ears like is it [[I don't understand the lyrics):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0CR7FY_DYU
Anyway a intense doo-wop / soul balad [[specially the strings version)