• Highly enjoyable Christmas CD with a total of 28 great tunes, favorites of the Bear Family Records® team. • Black music from the golden age of rhythm n blues and blues, a balanced mix of well-known and obscure recordings. • Notes and biographical details from Chicagos Bill Dahl on each song in the illustrated, full-color booklet. • Carefully remastered original recordings in Bear Familys trademark brilliant sound quality. • Also available as a vinyl LP: BAF18075 Whenever it’s time for Santa Claus, tree trimming, and holiday celebrations, you can safely anticipate Bear Family assembling the perfect Yuletide soundtrack. Our 2024 holiday compilation focuses solely on vintage blues and R&B material, and it comes in two formats to please everyone. The vinyl version offers 14 festive tracks ranging from beloved classics from Clyde McPhatter’s Drifters, B.B. King and Charles Brown to obscure gems by The Jackson Trio, blues guitarist Ralph Willis and Bay Area keyboardist Lonnie Hewitt, whose You’ve Been A Bad Little Girl is a Yuletide revelation. The CD collection adds 14 more holiday gems, including both sides of The Voices’ jumping 1955 single (Santa Claus Boogie b/w Santa Claus Baby), John Greer’s jolly We Wanna See Santa Do The Mambo, and Big Maybelle’s spine-chilling rendition of the timeless Silent Night. This is the ultimate stocking stuffer that any dedicated R&B fan will be overjoyed to find under her or his Christmas tree. 1. Jingle Bell Hop 2. Hey Santa Claus 3. Merry Christmas, My Love 4. White Christmas 5. Ill Be Home For Christmas 6. Christmas Date Boogie 7. Christmas Time For Everybody But Me 8. Christmas Celebration 9. Youve Been a Bad Little Girl 10. May Every Day Be Christmas 11. I Hear Jingle Bells 12. We Wanna See Santa Do the Mambo 13. Hello Santa Claus 14. Santa Claus Baby 15. Winter Wonderland 16. Christmas Morning 17. Santa Claus is Coming 18. Merry Twist-Mas 19. Rock and Roll Santa Claus 20. Christmas In Heaven 21. Santa Claus Boogie 22. Sonny Boys Christmas Blues 23. Santa 24. Trim Your Tree 25. I Want You With Me Xmas 26. Christmas Blues 27. Please Come Home For Christmas 28. White Christmas