15-Santa Claus Is A Black Man
Time for another great collection of Christmas singles, all recorded from the original 7" 45 RPM records. Today it's a great collection of African American artists with a special emphasis on a small handful of singles that emphasize the Christmas experiences of Black people in America. These songs include Santa Claus Is A Black Man, Black Santa Claus and Christmas Confessions. I'm sure there are more, but those were the only ones I had in my collection for sharing. You get a huge variety of music here, from gospel through soul to country, rap and Motown. This one will keep you busy for a while, I promise.
1. The Soul Stirrers-Christmas Joy
2. Jimmy McGriff-Christmas With McGriff Part 1
3. Akim & The Teddy Van Production Comp-Santa Claus Is A Black Man
4. Alexander O'Neal-My Gift To You
5. Bill Withers-The Gift Of Giving
6. Brook Benton-Arranged And Conducted By Belford Hendricks-This Time Of The Year
7. Carla Thomas-Gee Whiz, It's Christmas (Atlantic Version)
8. C-Bank Orchestra Featuring Geminis-Last Christmas
9. Charles Bevel-Black Santa Claus
10. Charles Brown-My Most Miserable Christmas
11. Charley Pride-Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
12. Chocolate Williams With Casino All-Stars-Put The Merry Back In Christmas
13. Clatisal (Mighty Dougla)-Chacoma Chorus-Trinidad & Tobago Regiment Band-Merry Merry Christmas
14. Dizzy 'H'-Christmas Rapping
15. Earl Grant With Chorus And Orchestra Directed By Charles Bud Dant-Swingin' Christmas
16. Eartha Kitt With Henri René And His Orchestra-Santa Baby
17. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters-Christmas Time For Everybody But Me
18. Jimmy McCracklin-Christmas Time Pt. 1
19. Kurtis Blow-Christmas Rappin'
20. Little Milton-Lonesome Christmas
21. Lloyd Price-Merry Christmas Mama
22. Lou Rawls-Little Drummer Boy
23. Louis Armstrong-Arranged & Conducted By Oliver Nelson-Here Is My Heart For Christmas
24. Mahalia Jackson-Silent Night
25. Nancy Wilson-That's What I Want For Christmas
26. Roberta Flack-25th Of Last December-Long Version
27. The Consolers-Merry Christmas
28. The Impressions-I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Stereo)
29. The Jackson 5-Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
30. The Supremes-Children's Christmas Song
31. Booker T. & The M.G.'s-Silver Bells
32. Comfort And Joy-It's X-Mas
33. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis-Christmas Song
34. Errol Brown-Family Christmas Time
35. Freddy King-Christmas Tears
36. Gladys Knight And The Pips-Do You Hear What I Hear
37. Ink Spots-Caroling
38. John Greer-Wait Till After Christmas
39. King Coleman-The Holiday Season
40. Larry Farrow-You Know It's Christmas
41. Mills Brothers-My Christmas Song For You
42. Ramsey Lewis Trio-Jingle Bells
43. Reggie Lamb-Christmas Confession-Rap
44. Sam Cooke-Christmas Greetings
45. The Mariners-Bring A Torch
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Thank you once again Ernie!!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure. Hope you enjoyed it!
DeleteThis is an amazing collection! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and leaving a comment! Now I know that someone saw it. :)
DeleteDid not know that Lloyd Price wrote and recorded a Christmas tune! Pretty good from what I have listened to thus far. And I also have an original 45 of "Santa Baby" in my collection as well; it was given to me by a friend of mine as part of a large Christmas present in 2016. And I forgot about the Satchmo Christmas tune included here; I believe it was included as a bonus cut on the recent CD reissue of Louis Armstrong and His Friends. Great Earl Grant Christmas tune: don't think it was on his Christmas album. Lots of good ones here! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteChock full of goodies, I think. :) Flip side of the Lloyd Price is coming up, it's a New Year's song. Satchmo unfortunately isn't very good, especially considering the other Christmas stuff he did. And yes, the Earl Grant is a non-album single. Both sides are excellent, but this is the better of the two. Same writer on both sides, too.
DeleteGreat Christmas compilation Ernie! Love the Lloyd Price tune "Merry Christmas Mama". And Kurtis Blow gives us a gem. Great variety and depth of songs so far in this one!
ReplyDelete-Steve in PA
I think bill Cosby recorded a song called Merry Christmas Mama, I should check to see if it's the same song. And I think the Kurtis Blow is better in the 12" format, but that's not what we're celebrating this season. :)
DeleteThank you Ernie for the nice collection.
ReplyDeleteRich
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!
DeleteHello Ernie,
ReplyDeleteHere's a cheery wave from one of your fans in England to say thank you once again for making my Christmas lurch into life with your fascinating and generous posts. I wish you and your loved ones a Happy Christmas, and bags of fun and good health for the year ahead.
Pete X
I think there's a collection of all English Christmas music coming up, so stay tuned for that! Cheers!
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