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BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE
FOR 12/14/25 |
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This week on Blues
Before Sunrise it’s the first of our annual Christmas Programs!
That’s right - just like last year we do our Christmas program twice.
This week we do BBS Christmas #1 -and you’ll be surprised to learn that next week we
do BBS Christmas #2 (Actually this year two different
playlists) Two times the Joy
– Two times the spirit of the season! All of your favorite Blues and R&B
Christmas classics. Plus a big Holiday bonus
– almost no dates or personnel listings – a maximum of music/a
minimum of me! THE ANNUAL BBS
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM #1 ONLY ON BBS! |
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HOUR 1 |
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CHRISTMAS DATE |
BIG JOE TURNER |
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BEBOP SANTA |
BABS GONZALES |
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CHRISTMAS
MORNING |
TITUS TURNER |
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BOOGIE WOOGIE SANTA |
LIONEL HAMPTON |
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CHRISTMAS SPIRITS |
JULIA LEE |
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THE CHRISTMAS SONG |
KING COLE TRIO |
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HAVE
YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS |
JOE WILLIAMS |
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OLE SANTA |
DINAH
WASHINGTON |
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WHAT ARE YOU
DOING NEW YEAR’S EVE |
BILLY
ECKSTINE |
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LITTLE
CHRISTMAS TREE |
NAT KING COLE |
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WHITE
CHRISTMAS |
RAVENS |
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CHRISTMAS
BOOGIE |
SUGAR CHILE
ROBINSON |
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AT THE CHRISTMAS
BALL |
BESSIE SMITH |
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PAPA
AIN’T NO SANTA CLAUS |
BUTTERBEANS
& SUSIE |
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SANTA BRING
MY MAN BACK TO ME |
OZZIE WARE |
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COME ALL YEE
FAITHFUL |
BLACKSWAN QUARTET |
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SLEIGH RIDE |
LLOYD GLENN |
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JINGLE BELL
HOP |
JACKSON TRIO |
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HOUR 2 |
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MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY |
CHARLES BROWN |
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FAR AWAY CHRISTMAS BLUES |
LITTLE ESTER |
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BOOGIE WOOGIE SANTA |
MABEL SCOTT |
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CHRISTMAS
TIME BLUES |
ROY MILTON |
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I WANT MY BABY FOR CHRISTMAS |
JIMMY LIGGINS |
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MY EVERYDAY BE CHRISTMAS |
LOUIS JORDAN |
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I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS |
BULLMOOSE JACKSON |
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CHRISTMAS BLUES |
LARRY DARNELL |
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HELLO SANTA |
CECIL GANT |
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WHITE
CHRISTMAS |
BIG MAYBELLE |
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CHRISTMAS
BLUES |
GATEMOUTH
MOORE |
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MERRY X-MAS |
LITTLE WILLIE
LITTLEFIELD |
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WHEN WASTHE
BABY BORN |
SWAN SILVERTONES |
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DEATH MIGHT
BE YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFT |
REV A.W. NIX |
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SILENT NIGHT |
MAHALIA
JACKSON |
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I SAW MOMMY
KISSING SANTA CLAUS |
BILL DOGGETT |
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CHRISTMAS
DREAM |
CHARLES BROWN |
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HOUR 3 |
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CHRIST WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS MORN |
FRANKIE ‘HALF-PINT’ JAXON |
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CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR’S BLUES |
TAMPA RED |
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CHRISTMAS AND NO SANTA CLAUS |
BUMBLE BEE SLIM |
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WRONG WAY TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS |
REV EDWARD CLAYBORN |
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AT THE CHRISTMAS BALL |
BESSIE SMITH |
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AIN’T
GONNA LET YOU SEE MY SANTA CLAUS |
VICTORIA SPIVEY |
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CHRISTMAS MORNING BLUES |
KANSAS CITY
KITTY |
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CHRISTMAS MORNING BLUES |
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON I |
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ON CHRISTMAS DAY |
LEADBELLY |
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CHRISTMAS IN JAIL – AIN’T IT A PAIN |
LEROY CARR |
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LONESOME CHRISTMAS BLUES |
BLIND BLAKE |
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CHRISTMAS EVE BLUES |
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON |
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CHRISTMAS
– CHRISTMAS |
CHARLIE
JORDAN |
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CHRISTMAS EVE
BLUES |
BUKKA WHITE |
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SANTA CLAUS |
WALTER DAVIS |
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CHRISTMAS
TIME BLUES |
CASEY BILL
WELDON |
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CHRISTMAS
TIME BLUES |
BLACK ACE |
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HOUR 4 |
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CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION |
JESSE THOMAS |
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SANTA’S MESSIN’ WITH THE KID |
EDDIE C. CAMPBELL |
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CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION |
B.B. KING |
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SANTA CLAUS NEEDS SOME LOVIN’ |
ALBERT KING |
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SONNY BOY’S CHRISTMAS BLUES |
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II |
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SANTA CLAUS |
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II |
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THE CHRISTMAS SONG |
LEE JACKSON |
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SANTA CLAUS CAME HOME DRUNK |
CLYDE LASLEY |
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MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY |
ROBERT NIGHTHAWK |
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HOWLING FOR MY BABY |
HOWLING WOLF |
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BLUES FOR
CHRISTMAS |
JOHN LEE
HOOKER |
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REMEMBER LAST
CHRISTMAS |
GUS JENKINS |
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LONESOME CHRISTMAS
BLUES |
LOWELL FULSON |
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CHRISTMAS
BLUES |
RALPH WILLIS |
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SANTA |
LIGHTNING
HOPKINS |
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RUN RUN RUDOLPH |
CHUCK BERRY |
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I HEAR JINGLE
BELLS |
FREDDY KING |
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LET ME BE
YOUR SANTA |
CLARENCE
GARLOW |
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HOUR 5 |
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LET’S MAKE CHRISTMAS MERRY BABY |
AMOS MILBURN |
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THE CHRISTMAS SONG |
NAT KING COLE |
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CHRISTMAS WON’T BE CHRISTMAS |
CALVIN BOSTICK |
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SILENT NIGHT |
DINAH WASHINGTON |
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WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS NIGHT |
DAN GRISSOM |
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WHITE CHRISTMAS |
JIMMY SMITH |
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CHRISTMAS EVE |
BILLY ECKSTINE |
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THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS |
LOUIS
ARMSTRONG |
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DIG THAT
CRAZY SANTA CLAUS |
OSCAR McLOLLIE |
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SANTA DO THE
MAMBO |
BIG JOHN
GREER |
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ITS CHRISTMAS
TIME AGAIN |
CECIL GANT |
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CHRISTMAS IN HEAVEN |
CHARLES BROWN |
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CHRISTMAS COME BUT ONCE A YEAR |
CHARLES BROWN |
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CHRISTMAS
WITH NO ONE TO LOVE |
CHARLES BROWN |
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RUN RUN RUDOLPH |
CHUCK BERRY |
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JINGLE BELLS |
FREDDY KING |
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JINGLE BELLS |
BILL DOGGETT |
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WINTER
WONDERLAND |
BILL DOGGETT |
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BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE
FOR 12/21/25 |
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This week on Blues
Before Sunrise it’s the second of our annual Christmas Programs!
That’s right - just like last year we’ll do our Christmas program
twice – on 12/17 and then again on 12/24. Two times the Joy
– Two times the spirit of the season! All of your favorite Blues and R&B
Christmas classics. Plus a big Holiday bonus
– almost no dates or personel listings
– a maximum of music/a
minimum of me! THE ANNUAL BBS
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM – TWO TIMES! ONLY ON BBS! |
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HOUR 1 |
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MRS. SANTA CLAUS |
LESLIE UGGAMS |
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THE CHRISTMAS SONG |
KING COLE TRIO |
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HAVE
YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS |
JOE WILLIAMS |
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OLE SANTA |
DINAH WASHINGTON |
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LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE |
NAT ‘KING’ COLE |
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THE CHRISTMAS SONG(1946 TRIO) |
KING COLE TRIO |
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THE CHRISTMAS SONG(1946 ORCH) |
KING COLE TRIO |
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JINGLE JANGLE
JUMP |
GLADYS
BENTLY/DEXTER GORDON |
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CHRISTMAS
WON’T BE CHRISTMAS |
CALVIN
BOSTICK |
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WHAT ARE YOU
DOING NEW YEAR’S EVE |
BILLY
ECKSTINE |
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MY STOCKING
IS EMPTY |
LESLIE UGGAMS |
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JINGLE BELLS |
KING COLE
TRIO |
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CHRISTMAS
DATE BOOGIE |
BIG JOE
TURNER |
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BEBOP SANTA |
BABS GONZALES |
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CHRISTMAS
MORNING |
TITUS TURNER |
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BOOGIE WOOGIE
SANTA |
LIONEL
HAMPTON |
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WHITE
CHRISTMAS |
RAVENS |
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RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED
REINDEER |
SUGARCHILD
ROBINSON |
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HOUR 2 |
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MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY |
CHARLES BROWN |
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FAR AWAY CHRISTMAS BLUES |
LITTLE ESTER |
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BOOGIE WOOGIE SANTA |
MABEL SCOTT |
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CHRISTMAS
TIME BLUES |
ROY MILTON |
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I WANT MY BABY FOR CHRISTMAS |
JIMMY LIGGINS |
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MY EVERYDAY BE CHRISTMAS |
LOUIS JORDAN |
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I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS |
BULLMOOSE JACKSON |
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MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY |
LIONEL HAMPTON |
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CHRISTMAS
BLUES |
GATEMOUTH
MOORE |
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IT’S
CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN |
CECIL GANT |
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CHRISTMAS
BLUES |
LARRY DARNELL |
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HELLO SANTA |
CECIL GANT |
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EMPTY
STOCKING BLUES |
FLOYD DIXON |
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WHITE
CHRISTMAS |
BIG MAYBELLE |
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WHEN WASTHE
BABY BORN |
SWAN
SILVERTONES |
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DID YOU SPEND
CHRISTMAS IN JAIL |
REV J. M.
GATES |
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SILENT NIGHT |
MAHALIA
JACKSON |
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HOUR 3 |
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CHRIST WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS MORN |
FRANKIE ‘HALF-PINT’ JAXON |
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CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR’S BLUES |
TAMPA RED |
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SANTA BRING ME A BRAND NEW WOMAN |
BUMBLE BEE SLIM |
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CHRISTMAS AND NO SANTA CLAUS |
BUMBLE BEE SLIM |
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WRONG WAY TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS |
REV EDWARD CLAYBORN |
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AT THE CHRISTMAS BALL |
BESSIE SMITH |
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AIN’T
GONNA LET YOU SEE MY SANTA CLAUS |
VICTORIA SPIVEY |
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COME ALL YE FAITHFUL |
BLACK SWAN
QUARTET |
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HOLIDAY MESSAGE |
REV HUDSON SHOWER |
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CHRISTMAS CHIME |
ELLE THOMAS & MATTIE |
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CHRISTMAS EVE BLUES |
BUKKA WHITE |
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SANTA CLAUS |
WALTER DAVIS |
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LET ME HANG MY STOCKING |
ROOSEVELT SYKES |
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CHRISTMAS IN
JAIL – AIN’T IT A PAIN |
LEROY CARR |
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CHRISTMAS
MORNING BLUES |
SONNY BOY
WILLIAMSON I |
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HOUR 4 |
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CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION |
JESSE THOMAS |
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SANTA’S MESSIN’ WITH THE KID |
EDDIE C. CAMPBELL |
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CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION |
B.B. KING |
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SANTA CLAUS NEEDS SOME LOVIN’ |
ALBERT KING |
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SONNY BOY’S CHRISTMAS BLUES |
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II |
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SANTA CLAUS |
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II |
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THE CHRISTMAS SONG |
LEE JACKSON |
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SANTA CLAUS CAME HOME DRUNK |
CLYDE LASLEY |
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HOLIDAY GREETINGS |
VARIOUS
ARTISTS |
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MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY |
ROBERT NIGHTHAWK |
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HOWLING FOR MY BABY |
HOWLING WOLF |
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BLUES FOR
CHRISTMAS |
JOHN LEE
HOOKER |
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REMEMBER LAST
CHRISTMAS |
GUS JENKINS |
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LONESOME
CHRISTMAS BLUES |
LOWELL FULSON |
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CHRISTMAS
BLUES |
RALPH WILLIS |
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SANTA |
LIGHTNING
HOPKINS |
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RUN RUN RUDOLPH |
CHUCK BERRY |
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I HEAR JINGLE
BELLS |
FREDDY KING |
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LET ME BE
YOUR SANTA |
CLARENCE
GARLOW |
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HOUR 5 |
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LET’S MAKE CHRISTMAS MERRY BABY |
AMOS MILBURN |
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CHRISTMAS WON’T BE CHRISTMAS |
CALVIN BOSTICK |
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WHAT ARE YOU DOIN’ NEW YEAR’S EVE |
BILLY ECKSTINE |
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THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS |
LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
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SILENT NIGHT |
DINAH WASHINGTON |
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WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS NIGHT |
DAN GRISSOM |
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WHITE CHRISTMAS |
JIMMY SMITH |
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CHRISTMAS EVE |
BILLY ECKSTINE |
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SILENT NIGHT |
RAVENS |
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CHRISTMAS
WITH NO ONE TO LOVE |
CHARLES BROWN |
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BLUE
CHRISTMAS |
BILLY
ECKSTINE |
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THIS TIME OF YEAR |
BROOK BENTON |
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DIG THAT CRAZY SANTA CLAUS |
OSCAR McLOLLIE |
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SANTA DO THE MAMBO |
BIG JOHN GREER |
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ZAT YOU SANTA
CLAUS |
LOUIS
ARMSTRONG |
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COOL YULE |
LOUIS
ARMSTRONG |
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WHITE
CHRISTMAS |
SISTER
ROSETTA THARPE |
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MOONDUST |
BILL DOGGETT |
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