A Long Way Home 2. When Winter Comes 3. This Great Old Christmas Night 4. A Second Or A Year 5. Cold Cold Feet 6. When It Rains On Christmas Day. Din Daa Daa (Song). Performed by George Kranz. Download on iTunes Buy on Amazon.com Liz posted this on 9/19/2016. Incoming Connections: Pop Culture that References this Song. TV/Films that reference Din Daa Daa. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984) (Movie). This song is played in:.

For those who have missed me, I just got out of the hospital where I've spent the entirety of my December (thus far) recovering from multiple organ failure. And, let me tell you, Christmas season in the hospital absolutely blows. So, when I got out, man, was my head looking forward to precisely THIS.

And it does not disappoint! I don't know if the other blogs have gotten around to it, yet.

Often, they leave Polaroid to me because they know how deeply it dwells in my holiday heart. It's kind of a nice tribute, that, though I wouldn't have expected it this year. As you know, if you've joined our Christmas trip through the years, is an Italian music blog and, every year, the humble host approaches some Indie bands and musician friends of his to provide a little music for the season.

Original or cover.doesn't even have to be Christmas music. Not every year features a mix that conjures seasonal orgasm from start to finish, but they're always among the best mixes of the season (at least I think so). And, if ever there was a year where I needed that absolutely perfect orgasmic mix, this was the year. And, damn, if Polaroid didn't deliver. I may have missed most of the season, but all I really ever needed was this one. I swear to God, this is the best thing you will hear all year.

Do not waste a second more! 'A Polaroid For Christmas 2017' right now and off to holiday heaven with you! I'm not even going to try to point you to a favorite because there are nothing but winners, here.dripping in sweetness and Christmas nostalgia. God bless you, Polaroid.

I needed this. Ladies and gentlemen of the Christmas music love, I present to you the absolutely perfect Christmas mix of 2017. 01) Jake Bellissimo - If I Die On Christmas 02) Threelakes and the Flatland Eagles - Christmas Night 03) Ladroga - Metalcore (almeno a Natale) 04) Baseball Gregg - Fireside 05) Canadians - Dying For You 06) All My Teenage Feelings - It's A Wonderful Life (Sparklehorse cover) 07) Curiositi - Somewhere In My Memory (Home Alone 2 cover) 08) The Jackson Pollock - I Was Dreaming 09) Setti - Tutto ad un tratto 10) Lobby Boys - Dizziness 11) Freez - Parents 12) Mt. Zuma - If You Were Born Today (Low cover) 13) The Vendetta Suite - Oh Let's Just Be Friends (At Christmas).

You already know this, but I'll say it up front. I am not without bias when it comes to Sofia Talvik. I think she is easily among the most brilliant singer/songwriters in the Folk, Folk Pop, and Americana genres today.

It wasn't love at first listen. Back around 2005, cruising the internets, I stumbled across 'Xmas On The Dancefloor' by Sofia & Sophie (Sophie is Sophie Rimheden). It was a nice Dance Pop number, but it didn't really stick to the ribs, if you know what I'm saying. I liked it well enough, but I didn't love it. The next time I encountered Sofia was 2007's 'Christmas' and it was a revelation. 'Christmas' was unlike any Christmas song I'd ever heard, at the time. It was dark, but beautiful.

It was at once disturbing and comforting. The imagery was beyond gorgeous. Sofia was clearly a talented lyricist--a poet--and, had she never recorded another Christmas song, I felt she'd already left an indelible mark on the holiday canon. But Sofia continued recording Christmas songs, thank the gods and goddesses.every year. Usually free or name-your-price, sometimes for charity, and always absolutely brilliant.

By last year, she had enough seasonal gems for a full album and 'When Winter Comes' was originally intended for a 2016 release. A little bit of real life delayed the release--flooding at the homestead--and Sofia had to shift priorities. For most artists, that would have delayed nothing. The songs had already been recorded, afterall.

But Sofia didn't want to just throw a bunch of songs from different years and sessions onto a disc and call it done; she wanted a cohesive album. To that end, she began re-recording, re-mixing, re-mastering and re-imagining the songs. Play them side-by-side for yourself. You'll hear the differences. The new versions are fuller and richer and, most importantly, of a single piece. The other point that bears some discussion is this idea that Sofia's Christmas songs represent the dark side of Christmas. Sofia would tell you so, herself.

But I'm going to offer a different point of view on that. I think it helps your perspective to not always look at things straight on. You know how cats will tilt their heads to one side when they're looking at you? I think it helps you to see things more clearly when you look at them slightly askew. One of my favorite television shows is 'Supernatural'. Ask most anyone and they'll tell you it's a show about monsters.

That's not how I see it. I've always-- always --seen it as a show about brothers. See how that changes your perspective?

Sofia's Christmas songs deal with darker themes, to be sure. They aren't all sleigh bells and candy canes. They deal with loss, separation, regret, isolation.

And you know what? All of the best Christmas songs do. 'White Christmas' is not a happy song. Nor is 'I'll Be Home For Christmas'. Even more modern favorites like 'Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)' and 'Last Christmas'.they might be set to snappy music, but they are not, lyrically, about holiday joy.

They just aren't. Fluff like 'Jingle Bells' or 'There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays', they're just the filler between the true classics which, almost without exception, are about moving forward with hope in spite of darker circumstances. And that's as it should be. Because that's real life. Christmas, itself, has its origins in the human need for light in the midst of darkness--and you can apply that to either the religious or secular nature of the holiday.

A lot of people drive themselves crazy every year trying to 're-capture' a purely joyful darkness-free holiday when no such animal ever existed. It's like the people who think life was so much better in the Fifties. That's just a trick of the mind as it attempts to erase all the bad and glorify the good. At some point, the darker side needs to be dealt with and music is a very healthy way of doing that.

OK, a bit of a rant, there. Point is, Sofia Talvik creates characters in her Christmas songs that are so complete, so real, that, yes, there is darkness.but there is also that spark of hope.of carrying on in the face of the darkness. And that isn't dark, to me. That's human. I think this is most easily seen in 'A Berlin Christmas Tale', which remains my favorite Sofia Talvik Christmas song to date.

As Berlin is a city of contrasts, it's the perfect setting to clearly lay out the eternal contradiction of Christmas. On the one hand, it's snowing through a hole in the roof of a room that's colder than it is outside because you couldn't afford to pay the electric bill. On the other hand, 'Baby, it's Christmas in Berlin.'

It's cold and it's dark.and there is no place more wondrous to be at Christmas. That's not darkness to me. That's beauty.

That's the good holding the bad at bay. And, by the way, I've lived that.though not in Berlin, sadly. Lost a job in Massachusetts, couldn't afford to pay for the heat (and it was cold as a mother), fishing the butt end of a cigarette out of the ashtray hoping to steal a puff. But walking down the streets of Boston all decked out for the season, looking in the shop windows, a light snow falling. It was Christmas!

And that was reason enough to have hope and to carry on. 'When Winter Comes' opens with 'A Long Way Home', Sofia's tribute to truckers. Well, OK, that doesn't sound quite right. Try it this way: the protagonist of the song is a trucker, trying to get home in time for Christmas. My Uncle was a trucker who often had to work on Christmas. Mostly, I remember how my Aunt and my cousins would hold their hearts in their throats until he was home and safe. They knew joy at Christmas, but they also knew dread.

I remember enough to say, once again, that Sofia has painted a very real and human portrait, here.one that encompasses the light as much as the darkness. The title track, 'When Winter Comes', originally appeared on what I believe was Sofia's debut album,.

It's not a Christmas song. It's a relationship break-up analogy (I think). 'You can live in the draft of a broken window as long as summer keeps you warm.

But when winter comes.' Love the new version.pedal steel, cello and flute! 'This Great Old Christmas Night' is Sofia's 2017 Christmas song and has our Swedish Americana artist going Celtic. As the promotional material says, 'This Great Old Christmas Night' sounds as traditional as songs that are hundreds of years old, but Sofia penned both music and lyrics. The lyrics are terrific and, again, make my point of shining light in the darkness.

The song is the spirit of a newly departed telling his/her family to remember him/her, raise a glass to him/her, but not to be sad about the passing. 'Deep in the frozen ground, new life will again be found' and 'Fill your cup with joy and laughter and don't shed a single tear' are just two lines that grabbed me right away, but the whole thing is marvelous.

Up top, I jumped from 2005 to 2007. Were you wondering what happened to 2006? Sofia's Christmas song that year was 'A Second Or A Year'. To me, this song has a lot in common with last year's 'When It Rains On Christmas Day'. There are layers in both I'm almost afraid to peel away. On the surface, this is introspection on a relationship following a recent fight. But, without saying it, Sofia definitely gives you the vibe that there's something very wrong, here.

She wishes she had the answers. She wishes she didn't know what she knows, but it's so clear. It's Christmas. I still see light, here, but this song gives me the shivers more than the murder ballad 'Christmas'. The album's only cover is 'I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day' which, to the best of my knowledge, Sofia recorded for the first time, here. I've always loved the song and Sofia's version is so ethereal, I feel I'm witnessing firsthand an after-battle scene like you'd see in a Ken Burns documentary on the Civil War.bodies strewn everywhere, cannons abandoned, and a smokey fog rising from the cold, damp ground.

Sofia includes the stanzas that relate directly to the Civil War that most artists omit. ​ Then from each black, accursed mouth The cannon thundered in the South, And with the sound The carols drowned Of peace on earth, good-will to men! It was as if an earthquake rent The hearth-stones of a continent, And made forlorn The households born Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Of course, the point of the poem/song is the same as the one John Lennon tried to get across over 100 years later.

'War is over. IF you want it.' 'One Last Wish For Christmas' is another of my favorites. Perspective exercise here. Some would say the old man is holding on to his regrets. I prefer to think he's, at last, letting them go.

Yeah, I can be glass half full like that, even if it clearly isn't. In either case, it's better not to cultivate regrets.

Never put off telling someone you care for that you love them. And that pretty girl or guy you can't bring yourself to speak to? In the long run, regret is worse than rejection. 'Clothe Yourself For The Winter', while not technically a Christmas song, is about as 'song for our times' as you could imagine.

And I know it can be hard, sometimes, but I do have hope that we will get through this and emerge from darkness to light, just as we have in the past. 'When Winter Comes' closes with 'A Carol For The Lonely'. I love that the song is a bit of a hammer. And the thing about hammers is, when you crack things open, all kinds of stuff spills out. In this case, we would do well to remember that we are all, each of us, flawed in some way (I'd say 'broken' in some way, but I could see some folks taking offense to that).

If you've never been down and out or lonely or broken-hearted, well, let's just say I'm skeptical. 'A Carol For The Lonely' is a carol for all of us.

I don't want to get too preachy but it is better to give than to receive, and I'm not just talking about family and friends. We are all the same and we are all connected.

And most of the problems we face as a country and a planet we created because we seem to have forgotten that. Sofia Talvik's 'When Winter Comes' is a treasure, a time capsule, a collection of life lessons, and a very bright light in the darkness. Let's just hope she continues with her annual tradition and doesn't see the album as the final act ( a la The Killers). Release is slated for November 24 and I'd certainly recommend getting the hard copy CD, rather than just a digital download. You might even want to consider 'The Christmas Package', which includes an exclusive lyric booklet. You can pre-order via and you can and should continue to follow Sofia through her and her. There are certain artists who are, for whatever reason, like family to me and for whom the doors, here, will always be open for whatever good I can do in 'spreading the word'.

One of them is my favorite Swedish songbird--Folk, Pop, and Americana singer/songwriter Sofia Talvik. As we've discussed before, my relationship to Sofia's Christmas music pre-dates Stubby's considerably.

Well guess who has a Christmas album coming out? That's right.

Sofia Talvik. 'When Winter Comes', Sofia's Christmas album, is tentatively slated for release on November 24. Lest you think she just threw all of her previous Christmas singles together willy nilly, Sofia actually re-imagined, re-recorded, re-mixed and re-mastered those songs so that the result is a cohesive album and vision, not just a collection of disparate pieces.

There's also a few that you will not have heard before, including her new 2017 Christmas single, 'This Great Old Christmas Night'. As long as there is breath in my body, I intend to do right by Sofia and give you all a proper review of 'When Winter Comes'. Look for it in the next week to ten days. ​That said, you still have a couple of days to grab our Halloween mix (details below). Good news/bad news time.

The good news? We have a Halloween mix! More on that in a minute. Now the bad news. Last weekend, I opened a window for Mrs.

And, just because of that small thing, I lost the use of my right arm for 2 days. It just hung there like a piece of meat, totally useless and very, very painful. This is the kind of crap I've been dealing with for 4 months, now, give or take.

And that's just a trivial example because I knew I'd get the arm back in a couple of days. But there's stuff that I don't think is coming back. I am sick pretty much 24/7. I am in pain definitely 24/7.

I've been through three rounds of medication and here the pain remains. I can't remember the last time I got a good night's sleep. I don't want to dwell on it beyond what I've said already, because I'm certain many of my readers are dealing with worse.

And I don't want to speculate on what it might be, because that would be disrespectful of those who actually have any issue I might speculate on. But the upshot is I can not do this blog anymore. I can't get comfortable long enough to even attempt it. I'm most disappointed that I couldn't even do the List properly this year. I thought at least that.

I have renewed the domain, for whatever that's worth. And now's when all the surprise gifts start turning up., this year, looks dang good. One of my favorite labels,, is entering the fray with a (CD or vinyl of assorted colors). One of our readers just wrote to tell us is available again (she's the one who sounds a bit like Karen Carpenter). Heck, I haven't even done anything on the annual crop of (the ONLY physical product I'm springing for this year). So this Halloween mix is likely the last you'll hear from me, here (I might still pop up on occasion at Imwan or the Fa, where I can get in and out in a couple of minutes). The graphics are kinda bare bones, this year.

Swap Magic 3 8 Ps2 Iso Game. That's why we're calling it 'The Black Cat Album' (like the Beatles' 'White Album', see). Hopefully, you're skilled enough to whip up whatever pieces I didn't provide. The usual rules apply. It's all pre-mixed. The whole thing will fit on one CD. Sound effects (the few there are, this year) are gathered from various sources, including (attribution required).

We'll leave it up for.I dunno. Grab it before Halloween and you won't be upset if it disappears on Nov. 2.or 3.or 4.whenever it goes (but in that general time frame). Once it's gone, it's gone for good, never again to rise from the grave. The playlist below is all linked up.

Song titles are linked to places where you can purchase the track in question (exception: the Buddy Lamp single is linked to Amazon, but you're likely going to have to fish eBay to buy that one). Artist names are linked to artist sites, when available, and write-ups that will tell you about the group or artist where an artist site is not available. And the titles with an asterisk are available as free or Name-Your-Price downloads. As for the music, those of you who've been here awhile know I tend to favor mood over subject matter.

A song like 'Cadaverine' by The Ruffled Feathers probably has no business being on a typical Halloween playlist. But, dear lord, I love that group.

And, hey, Stubby's has never been 'typical'. Our Halloween mixes are at least a shade or two different than the rest and that's why you love 'em, right? I'm frankly surprised I haven't used the Manhattan Transfer track before now and even more surprised to learn I hadn't used anything from the 2013 collection until this year (we didn't do a Halloween mix in '13, but i should have mined it in the years since). And I'm pretty sure I'm in love with Samantha Fish. For the skeptics out there saying, 'Say, that's a mighty healthy post for a guy who can't stay comfortable for long' --yes, I know you're out there--I've been writing this post a bit at a time since the 10th (I actually started before the mix was done). Anyway, I'm 99.9% certain there will be no Christmas mix this year ( 'So you're saying there's a chance'.

I do need to start selling some of my collections(s) on eBay, so I may pop up to announce the opening of Stubby's Stores. Have a good Christmas and please patronize our Festive Friends to the right, who will take very good care of you and introduce you to all the amazing music of the season. Now go grab yourself a hunk of horror and download 'Stubby's Halloween '17: The Black Cat Album' while it still lives. Click on any of the artwork in this post or just click here [gone now].

Go on, get outta here. You're starting to scare me. 'Songs For Noelle' is Elizabeth Chan's SIXTH Christmas set in as many years. That's why we call her The Queen of Christmas. Not that the others haven't been, but 'Songs For Noelle' is especially special.

You see, Liz became a Mom this year and Noelle is her darling daughter (The Princess of Christmas?). Nothing will put you in the true spirit of Christmas quicker than a newborn child. And, as much as Liz has always channeled her own inner child into her Christmas music, there's no substitute for the real thing. Dedicated to her daughter, 'Songs For Noelle' fully embraces the theme that Christmas is for children, featuring a mix of seasonal standards and originals.

Among the former, we get the lovely lullaby 'All Through The Night' and 'Toyland', one of the first Christmas songs I remember from my own childhood and (possibly because of that) one I've always felt was criminally under appreciated. Among the latter, we get 'Oh What Fun', a slice of pure Funk Pop joy, and 'Wake Up', the lead single. It's merely my opinion, of course, but I feel 'Wake Up' is the most perfectly beautiful and amazing thing Liz has ever done.

It's remarkably written and arranged and Liz's voice just soars. If 'Wake Up' doesn't bring tears to your eyes, you might want to check with your doctor to see if you were born with a heart two sizes too small. 'Songs For Noelle' has a release date of October 20.

And you can grab the single 'Wake Up' now, to tide you over for the next week, at and. And you can keep up with Elizabeth Chan year round through her and. Now.I did tell a little white lie up top. I said there was no video or audio from 'Songs For Noelle' I could share with you right now. But last year's 'Ghost of Christmas Past' was so well received, Liz included it on the new record, as well. So I could share. But I'm calling an audible which I hope Liz and everyone else will understand and appreciate and I'm closing with a song I think is more in keeping with the theme of 'Songs For Noelle' (And not a bad song to consider covering, either, Liz.

Just sayin'.). Here's Tommy Edwards from 1951 with 'Christmas Is For Children'. Sometimes I feel like the fourth graders in those new Go-gurt commercials. You kids, today, have it so easy. Back when I started collecting Christmas music, we didn't have the Internet. Heck, we didn't even have CDs.

And pretty much nobody was putting out collections of the odd holiday singles or 78s that had been released in decades past. No, we built our Christmas libraries the hard way.one track or single at a time.dutifully searching the track listings of every record in every record store we could find. Many is the time I'd hit a record store when they opened in the morning and not cash out until they closed that night. And that might just end up being two records for all that time. Come the late 80s, it was quite gratifying to see record labels like Rhino and Savoy putting together collections of vintage vinyl and shellac.even if I'd already collected most of it the hard way.

Still, these collections would pop up here and there, now and then. You had to catch them when you could.especially in my favorite field of obscure Jazz and Blues. Document's 'Blues Blues Christmas' series might have been the most comprehensive effort, but even that was a 'grab it now or never' proposition and the collections sometimes appeared years after expected (largely due to the crash of '08). This year, the re-issue label Contrast Records is issuing a series of titles of vintage Jazz, Blues, R&B and C&W.

I don't know that much about Contrast (though likely a British label taking advantage of more favorable copyright laws) and it's taken me awhile to track down the track lists. As usual, there isn't much I don't already own. But, for all you fortunate kids who haven't filled out your holiday library as yet, these new collections offer you the chance to build your vintage holiday library in an instant. These are all anticipated for an October 20 release. And I do dig the cover art.

Let's open a few presents, shall we? Santa Claus Blues - Eva Taylor & Clarence Williams Blue Five 2. Santa Claus Blues - Louis Armstrong & Red Onion Jazz Babies 3. At The Christmas Ball -Bessie Smith 4. Christmas Eve Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson 5. Papa Ain’t No Santa Claus (Mama Ain’t No Christmas Tree) - Butterbeans & Susie 6.

Christmas In Jail (Ain’t That A Pain) - Leroy Carr 7. The Wrong Way To Celebrate Xmas - Edward W. Santa Claus Crave - Elzadie Robinson 9.

Christmas Mornin’ Blues - Victoria Spivey & Lonnie Johnson 10. Jingle Bells - Benny Goodman Orch 11. Christmas Man Blues - Bertha “Chippie” Hill 12. Lonesome Christmas Blues - Blind Blake 13.

Santa Claus, Bring My Man Back - Ozie Ware & Duke Ellington’s Hot Five 14. Christmas Mornin’ Blues - Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom 15. Santa Claus Blues - Clarence Williams’ Trio & Eva Taylor 16. Christmas, Christmas Blues - Charley Jordon 17. Christmas And No Santa Claus - Bumble Bee Slim 18. Christmas Night In Harlem - Jack Teagarden & Johnny Mercer 19. Happy New Year Blues - Mary Harris 20.

Happy New Year Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson 21. Christmas & New Year’s Blues - Tampa Red. Far Away Christmas Blues - Little Esther & Mel Walker/Johnny Otis 2.

Hey Santa Claus - The Moonglows 3. Lonesome Christmas Pt.1 - Lowell Fulson 4. Sonny Boy’s Christmas Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson 5. All I Want For Christmas - The Larks 6. Christmas Time Blues - Roy Milton 7.

Merry Xmas - Little Willie Littlefield 8. Santa’s Boogie - The Marshall Brothers 9. Hello Santa Claus - Cecil Gant 10.

No Room At The Inn - The Fairfield Four 11. Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Sonny Parker & Lionel Hampton 12. Oh Holy Night - The Orioles 13. Christmas Blues - Larry Darnell 14.

I Need A Man - Thelma Cooper 15. Gonna Have A Merry Xmas - The Nic Nacs (Robins) 16. I Want My Baby For Christmas - Jimmy Liggins 17. It’s Christmas Time - The Five Keys 18.

Christmas Celebration - Jesse Thomas 19. Empty Stocking Blues - Floyd Dixon & Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers 20. Children Go Where I Send Thee - The Victory Five 21. Merry Christmas Baby - Sonny Parker & Lionel Hampton 22. Jingle Jangle Jump - Gladys Bentley & Dexter Gordon 23.

Christmas Morning - Titus Turner 24. Christmas Boogie - Sugar Chile Robinson 25.

Merry Christmas - Lightening Hopkins 26. What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve - The Orioles. Some classic Christmas Soul, y'all, including tastes of Motown and Spector. Johnny Flamingo's 'Drive Slow' might be new to some of you and there are Holiday Greetings from Gene McDaniels you'll enjoy having. Poppa Hop's 'Merry Christmas Darling' is Must Have Texas Blues, if you don't (have). Nathaniel Mayer's 'Mr. Santa Claus' is another holiday essential.

A lot of folks overlook the Shirelles 'Blue Holiday'. The track I'm still looking for isn't here, alas ( Phil Spector's instrumental 'Winter Blues'.the original flip to Darlene Love's 'Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)' ), but this is a solid set. Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas - Carla Thomas 2. Go Tell It On The Mountain - The Swan Silvertones 3. Blue Holiday - The Shirelles 4.

Santa Claus Is Coming - The Midnighters 5. The Christmas Song - Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva 6.

White Christmas - Darlene Love 7. The Last Month Of The Year - The Staple Singers 8.

Merry Christmas Darling - Poppa Hop 9. Merry Christmas Darling (And A Happy New Too!) - The Uniques 10. Santa Claus (Bring Me My Baby) - Nathaniel Mayer 11. Don’t Cry For Me This Xmas – The Marcels 12. Christmas Time - Jan Bradley 13. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - The Crystals 14.

Christmas Greeting - Gene McDaniels 15. Drive Slow - Johnny Flamingo 16. The Christmas Song - The Miracles 17. I Wish You A Merry Christmas - Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva 18.

Christmas Blues - Charles Brown 19. There’s Trouble Brewin’ - Jack Scott 20. Silent Night - Patti LaBelle & The Blue Belles 21.

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love 22. Wish You A Merry Christmas - Kim Weston 23. Christmas Time For Everybody But Me – The Midnighters 24. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Carla Thomas 25. Christmas Everyday - The Miracles 26. Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes 27.

New Year Greeting - Gene McDaniels 28. I’ll Stay Home (New Years Eve) - The Jaynells. Rock & Roll Santa Claus - Huey Smith & The Clowns 2. Can This Be Christmas - Eddie Floyd & The Falcons 3. Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry 4.

Santa - Lightnin’ Hopkins 5. Christmas Time Pt.1 - Jimmy McCracklin 6. Christmas In Jail - The Youngsters 7. Go Tell It On The Mountain - Marian Williams 8. Christmas Letter - La Fets & Kitty 9.

It’s Christmas Time - Marvin & Johnny 10. Oh Holy Night –- The Blue Notes 11. Twas The Night Before Christmas - Huey Smith & The Clowns 12. Blues For Christmas - John Lee Hooker 13. Rock & Roll Santa Claus - Babs Gonzales 14. Santa Claus - Sonny Boy Williamson 15.

Great Day In December – The Swan Silvertones 16. Please Come Home For Christmas - Charles Brown 17. Christmas Celebration - B.B. White Christmas – The Golden Gate Quartet 19. Christmas Tears - Freddy King 20. The Christmas Song - Skip Jackson & The Shantons 21.

Christmas Comes But Once A Year - Amos Milburn 22. Merry Christmas Baby - Chuck Berry 23. When Was Jesus Born - Marian Williams 24. All I Want For Christmas - Huey Smith & The Clowns 25.

After New Years Eve -– The Heartbeats. In contrast to Blues, Country & Western was never my passion, so this volume of Contrast Christmas music offers at least a few tracks that I haven't previously stumbled across (I'm looking at you, Coy McDaniel & Smokey Warren ). If your 40s Country collection cupboard is a little bare, there are some real diamonds in the rough, here, like Tommy Scott's 'Santa Claus Shuffle' and the tracks from Hylo Brown, Billy Briggs, and Kitty Wells. And it's a toss-up, for me, whether Homer & Jethro or Lonzo & Oscar offer the bigger hoot (and just a little bit of nanny). Santa Is On His Way - Bob Willis & His Texas Playboys 2.

Cowboy Santa Claus – The Prairie Ramblers 3. Jingle Bells - Cowboy Copas 4.

You’re The Angel On My Christmas Tree - Faron Young 5. The Christmas Cannon Ball - Kenny Roberts 6. North Pole Boogie - Billy Briggs 7. Christmas Time’s A-Coming - Bill Monroe 8.

Reindeer Boogie - Hank Snow 9. No Place Like Home On Christmas - Jimmy Dickens 10. Santa Claus Shuffle - Tommy Scott 11. I’m Gonna Tell Santa On You - Faron Young 12. Jangle Bells - Lonzo & Oscar 13. Christmas Roses - Kenny Roberts 14. Christmas Choo Choo Train - Coy McDaniel & Smokey Warren 15.

I’ll Be Walkin' The Floor This Christmas - Ernest Tubb 16. Barefooted Little Cowboy - Jimmy Dickens 17.

We Wanna See Santa Do The Mambo - Terry Fell 18. New Baby For Christmas - George Jones 19. Santy's Movin' On - Homer & Jethro 20.

Christmas Doll - Jim Eanes & The Shenandoah Valley Boy 21. Christmas In The Hills - Hylo Brown 22. Blue Christmas - Hank Snow 23. Christmas Time Is Near – The Stanley Brothers 24. They Shined Up Rudolph’s Nose - Johnny Horton 25.

Old Fashioned Christmas - Jimmy Martin 26. Christmas Time Is Near - Nelson Young 27. Christmas Ain't Like Christmas Anymore - Kitty Wells 28. Christmas Doll - Reno & Smiley 29. Santa Claus Is From The South - Benny Martin.

Merry Christmas, Baby - Charles Brown & Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers 2. Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Mabel Scott 3. Christmas Time Blues - John Lee Hooker 4. Santa Claus Blues - Champion Jack Dupree 5. Christmas Blues - Gatemouth Moore & Tiny Grimes 6.

The Holy Baby - The Dixie Humming Birds 7. Xmas Blues - Harmon Ray 8. My Christmas Baby - Smokey Hogg 9. Bring That Cadillac Back - Harry Crafton 10. How I Hate To See Christmas Come Around - Jimmy Witherspoon 11. Jingle Bells - Leo Watson 12.

(It’s Gonna Be A) Lonely Christmas – The Orioles 13. Christmas Date Boogie - Joe Turner 14. Christmas Time Blues - Boll Weevil 15. Christmas Spirits - Julia Lee 16.

When Was Jesus Born - Sons Of Heaven (Selah Jubilee Singers) 17. White Christmas - The Ravens 18. Christmas Blues - Washboard Pete 19. Love For Christmas - Felix Gross 20. Christmas Time - Little T-Bone (Goree Carter) 21. I Want A Present For Christmas - J.B.

Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby - Amos Milburn 23. New Year’s Eve Blues - Smokey Hogg 24. Happy New Year, Baby - Johnny Otis 25. Happy New Year Darling - Lonnie Johnson 26. New Year’s Resolution - Roy Milton.

A much better collection of holiday Blues than is 'Blues For Christmas', not only were some of these more difficult to hunt down back in the day, a few only entered my collection in the last 15 years or so (which makes them fresher than 30). You might still be unaware of Little T-Bone or Harry Crafton. And, if nothing else, 'Boogie Woogie Santa Claus' contains my 2 favorite Christmas Blues of all time-- Charles Brown's original version of 'Merry Christmas Baby' and Amos Milburn's smooth as silk 'Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby'. A handy collection with most of the 'musts', but it is hard to imagine listening to an album with THREE versions of 'Greensleeves' and FOUR versions of 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town'. I don't think you need TWO from Lockjaw Davis, either. Why no Carmen McRae? And Lionel Hampton had other holiday tracks that wouldn't require repeating 'White Christmas'.

I also prefer Count Basie's 'Jingle Bells' to Ellington's. Still.most of these are Jazz tracks you need in a well rounded Christmas collection.

White Christmas (live) – Charlie Parker Quintet 2. Sleigh Ride - Herb Geller Quartet 3. Winter Wonderland - Chet Baker Quartet 4. The Christmas Song - Charlie Ferguson Orch. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Paul Bley Trio 6.

Greensleeves - Coleman Hawkins 7. We Free Kings - Roland Kirk Quartet 8. Winter Wonderland - Red Garland Trio 9. Greensleeves - John Coltrane 10.

The Christmas Song - Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis 11. Here Comes Santa Claus - Ramsey Lewis Trio 12.

Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town - Dave Brubeck Quartet 13. Jingle Bells - Duke Ellington 14. Greensleeves - Bill Smith Quartet 15. White Christmas - Lionel Hampton 16. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis 17. Blue Christmas (To Whom It May Concern) - Miles Davis 18. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Pony Poindexter 19.

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bill Evans. Dig That Crazy Santa Claus - Oscar McLollie 2. Christmas In Heaven - Jackie Wilson & The Dominoes 3. Chincy Old Scrooge - Phil Moore 4. We Wanna See Santa Do The Mambo - Big John Greer 5. Just A Lonely Christmas - The Moonglows 6. Santa Claus Baby - The Voices 7.

I’ll Be Home For Christmas - The Pilgrim Travelers 8. Be Bop Santa Claus - Babs Gonzales 9. White Christmas - Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters 10. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer – The Cadillacs 11. It’s Christmas Time - The Castelles 12. Cowboy Santa Claus - Bill Lacey & Lil Armstrong 13.

Trim Your Tree - Jimmy Butler 14. A Christmas Prayer - The Penguins 15. Rockin’ & Rollin With Santa Claus - The Hepsters 16. Rock Around The Christmas Tree - Big Bud 17. Blink Before Christmas - Phil Moore 18. A Cool, Cool Christmas - The Sabers 19.

No Room In The Hotel - Lou Rawls & The Chosen Gospel Singers 20. Christmas Prayer - The Valentines 21. Santa Claus Boogie - The Voices 22. I Want You With Me Christmas - Jesse Belvin 23. Wait ‘Til After Christmas - Big John Greer 24.

Happy New Year - Lightening Hopkins 25. Watch Them Resolutions - Babs Gonzales 26. On New Year’s Eve - The Heartbeats.

R&B diva Chante Moore was likely at her peak popularity in the 90s, when she was scoring hits like 'Love's Taken Over', 'Old School Lovin', and 'Chante's Got A Man', but the Grammy nominated artist has never drifted too far from center stage, even spending 3 years with TV One's 'R&B Divas: Los Angeles' from 2013 - 2015. ​Chante has TWO albums coming out this fall.the long awaited and the unexpected gift 'Christmas Back To You'. The latter, Chante's first holiday full-length, is scheduled to drop November 3 and looks to contain a nice mix of seasonal favorites and newly written material. The lead single is 'Cover Me In Snow' and Chante shared clips of the video shoot for that smooth soul ballad on social media.

Although 'Christmas Back To You' is Chante's first Christmas album, she has previously released a pair of holiday singles. Most recently, she handled vocals on Boney James' rendition of. Yeah, you're not gonna win me over with 'Santa Baby'. But I really do like her late 90s single,. Officially, it's been a mere rumor but, unofficially, we all knew it was coming. Today, Gwen Stefani made the official announcement that her pending Christmas album, 'You Make It Feel Like Christmas', will be released October 6 (a vinyl version is tentatively scheduled to arrive October 20). Gwen made the announcement via Instagram (re-posted to her page).

Pre-orders begin tonight (she didn't say where, but let's go with her ) and come with an instant download of the lead and title single featuring boyfriend Blake Shelton. The Instagram posting features a 13 second clip of the song, which is a very upbeat Pop tune. Prodigy Discography Torrent Download Kickass more. Judging from the cool cover art, the album appears to be half original and half familiar standards. There's a cover of 'Last Christmas' and (to my personal dismay) 'Santa Baby', but at least she said 'no' to 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' and Mariah's overdone anthem.

About the Movie Two movie-obsessed cousins from Israel, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus arrived in America and set about creating an independent studio that would be able to compete with the majors and no one could have anticipated just how close these two outsiders would get in nearly taking over both Hollywood and the UK film industry.From 1979 to 1989 Golan and Globus produced more than 120 films through their American based production entity, Cannon Films. They ruthlessly and enthusiastically pursued their American Dream of turning a renegade independent outfit into the seventh Hollywood major with an aggressive pre-sales policy and an insanely prolific schedule for cheap mass production, centering on genre fare.Thanks to a revolutionary financing plan Cannon found itself in the position of having to keep making films to keep their ever expanding company alive - always hoping the next production would be that elusive $100 million blockbuster.

Their filmography literally explodes with high-concept titles such as: Breakin' 1 & 2, The Delta Force, Invasion U.S.A., Missing In Action, American Ninja, Deathwish 2,3,4 & 5, Cobra, Over The Top, Bloodsport and Masters of the Universe. The successful partnership championed macho action movie stars such as Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Charles Bronson, Michael Dudikoff, Sho Kosugi and even Sylvester Stallone.Featuring illuminating interviews and electrifying movie excerpts, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films! Is not just a story about a unique filmmaking legacy, but of two cousins whose passion for cinema changed the way movies were made and marketed, and how ultimately this passion would come between them and the company they built together. This is a one-of-a-kind story about two-of-a-kind men who changed film forever.