VA - Rhythm & Blues Christmas (1997)

TRACKLIST:

1. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters – Christmas Time for Everybody but Me (3:05)
1962 King 5729

2. Charles Brown – Merry Christmas Baby (3:21)
1968 re-recording King 6194 b/w Let's Make Every Day A Christmas Day

3. Amos Milburn* – Christmas Comes but Once a Year (2:19)
1960 King 5405 b/w Charles Brown - Please Come Home For Christmas

4. Lowell Fulson – Lonesome Christmas, Part 1 (2:25)
1950 Swing Time 242

5. Freddy King – Christmas Tears (2:45)
1961 Federal 12439

6. Carla Thomas – Gee Whiz, It's Christmas (2:37)
1979 rerecording King/Gusto GC4-816 b/w All I Want For Christmas Is You

7. Billy Ward and His Dominoes – Christmas in Heaven (2:44)
1953 King 1281 b/w Ringing In A Brand New Year

8. Lloyd Glenn – Sleigh Ride (1:59)
1951 Swing Time 271 b/w Savage Boy

9. Bill Doggett – Joy to the World (1:33)
1958 LP 12 Songs of Christmas (King 600)

10. Lillian Brooks – Twinkle Twinkle Christmas Star (2:53)
1956 King 4999 b/w Merry Christmas To Michael

11. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters – Santa Claus Is Coming (3:07)
1962 King 5729

12. Charles Brown – Christmas With No One to Love (3:14)
1961 LP Charles Brown Sings Christmas Songs (King 775)

13. Lowell Fulson – Lonesome Christmas, Part 2 (2:13)
1950 Swing Time 242

14. Freddy King – I Hear Jingle Bells (2:37)
1961 Federal 12439

15. Arnold "Gatemouth" Moore – Christmas Blues (2:54)
1947 rerecording King 4195 b/w Teasin' Brown

16. Mabel Scott – Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (2:19)
1948 Exclusive 75X b/w Every Little Doggie Has His Day

17. Jimmy Witherspoon – How I Hate To See Christmas Come Around** (3:00)
1947 Supreme 1508 b/w Hey Mr. Landlord

18. The Trailblazers – Frosty the Snowman (1:37)
1960 Starday compilation Y’all Come Have A Country Christmas (SLP 123)

19. The Galatian Singers – The First Noel (2:46)
1962 LP Spiritual Christmas Songs (King 803)

20. King Karoleers – Adeste Fideles (1:49)
1953 LP Christmas Carols (King 295-73)

*Mistakenly credited on the CD to "Amos Milburn with Charles Brown." Charles Brown does not perform on the track. The confusion probably arose because the Milburn track was originally issued as a single with a Charles Brown track on the flip side.

**Mistitled on the CD as "Christmas Bells."