If you stop by my house this time of the year, you're bound to hear some Christmas music. I break out my collection of holiday tunes right after Thanksgiving and don't stop playing them until--well-- sometime in the first month of the new year . . . generally.
The following is a short list of some of my (non-instrumental) favorites:
1) I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (sung by Tevin Campbell on Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration) This is a beautiful song! It's also one of the few that even the hubby doesn't mind listening to over and over again.
2) What Child Is This (sung by Vanessa Williams) VW is beautiful and multi-talented. Don't you hate her? (smile)
3) What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas? (The Emotions)
4) Merry Christmas, Baby (Charles Brown) It's hard to resist a song that has lines like, "Merry Christmas, Baby, you've sho'll been good to me. Well, I haven't had a drink this morning , but I'm all lit up like a Christmas tree." Talk about some down home Blues! I can't help but think about Memphis whenever I hear this song.
5) This Christmas (sung by Donny Hathaway) Even though I don't like snow, for some reason, I always think about it when I hear this song.
6) Santa Claus, Goes Straight To the Ghetto (James Brown) Tell 'em 'bout it JB.
7) Santa Baby (Eartha Kitt)
8) Someday at Christmas (sung by the Jackson Five) The J5 Christmas album holds the honor of being the first holiday album I ever owned.
9) Another Lonely Christmas (Prince) The hubby can't stand this song. So, you know I have to play it LOUD and on REPEAT. LOL
10) Bobby O'Jay's Christmas Song (This is a Memphis radio classic, a song cut and released by WDIA's very own disc jockey Bobby O'Jay! It doesn't feel like Christmas until I hear this song.
So, what are your favorites? Or if you prefer, tell me about those Christmas songs that grate on your nerves.
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2 comments:
I like Nat King Cole's "Christmas Song" and Mariah Carey's "All I want for Christmas is you." I agree with Al about the Prince song. He sounds a hot mess!!! There also is a nice Joni Mitchell sung by Kenny Latimore called "I wish I had a river." I believe it's on a Peter White CD.
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Sharon J! Shame on you! There will be no Prince HATING up in the OS Mix. LOL. I will agree that Nat King Cole's 'Christmas Song' is a classic. But you know, Jermaine does a pretty decent cover of the song too on the J5 Christmas album . . . You're shaking your head, arent you? (smile) Lori D.
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