In Celebration of the Human Voice - The Essential Musical Instrument

Please Come Home for Christmas

Music by Charles Brown

Originally Performed by Charles Brown

"Please Come Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song, written in 1960 and released the same year by American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown. Hitting the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1961, the tune Brown co-wrote with Gene Redd peaked at position #76. It appeared on the Christmas Singles chart for nine seasons, hitting #1 in 1972. It includes a number of characteristics of Christmas music, such as multiple references in the lyrics to the Christmas season and Christmas traditions, and the use of a Church bell type sound, created using tubular bells, at the start of the song.

Release Date: 1960

Songbooks, Arrangements and/or Media

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Various Arrangers : An R&B Christmas

"What Christmas Means to Me" - This Motown classic gets a holiday remake with the Cee Lo Green cover from his Cee Lo's Magic Moment CD. Show choirs, pop choirs - any kind of choirs! All will love the boost of rhythmic energy this tune will bring to a holiday concert! "Please Come Home for Christmas" - Cee Lo Green's Christmas album featured this R&B classic that captures all of Cee Lo's coolness for your holiday program and offers the assurance that better Christmases are ahead! "Run Rudolph Run" - Made famous by Chuck Berry and recently covered by Billy Ray Cyrus, this guitar-fueled Christmas favorite will add excitement and energy to all your holiday programs! It's perfect for choreography! "This Christmas" - Add a touch of R&B to your holiday with this soulful hit from the seventies! The fireside is blazing bright; we're caroling through the night. And this Christmas will be a very special Christmas for me.

Songlist: What Christmas Means to Me, Please Come Home for Christmas, Run, Rudolph, Run, This Christmas

Various Arrangers : An R&B Christmas

"What Christmas Means to Me" - This Motown classic gets a holiday remake with the Cee Lo Green cover from his Cee Lo's Magic Moment CD. Show choirs, pop choirs - any kind of choirs! All will love the boost of rhythmic energy this tune will bring to a holiday concert! "Please Come Home for Christmas" - Cee Lo Green's Christmas album featured this R&B classic that captures all of Cee Lo's coolness for your holiday program and offers the assurance that better Christmases are ahead! "This Christmas" - Add a touch of R&B to your holiday with this soulful hit from the seventies! The fireside is blazing bright; we're caroling through the night. And this Christmas will be a very special Christmas for me.

Songlist: What Christmas Means to Me, Please Come Home for Christmas, This Christmas

Various : Blues & Soul Christmas

22 blues and soul favorites, including: Baby, It's Cold Outside - Back Door Santa - Blue Christmas - Dig That Santa Claus - Jingle All the Way - Lonesome Christmas - Nuttin' for Christmas - Santa Baby - T'was Love - 'Zat You, Santa Claus? - and more.

Songlist: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), Please Come Home For Christmas, Jingle All The Way, Boogie Woogie Santa Claus, This Christmas, Baby, It's Cold Outside, Merry Christmas, Baby, Back Door Santa, 'Zat You, Santa Claus?, Christmas Blues, Blue Christmas, All Alone On Christmas, Gettin' In The Mood (For Christmas), Dig That Crazy Santa Claus, Gee Whiz, It's Christmas, Swingin' Them Jingle Bells, Lonesome Christmas, Soulful Christmas, T'was Love, I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, Nuttin' For Christmas, Santa Baby

Individual Folios

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Jay Althouse : Please Come Home for Christmas

In 1960, pianist and singer Charles Brown first recorded this Christmas classic. Since then, the Eagles, Kelly Clarkson, Martina McBride, and Jon Bon Jovi are among the many artists who have covered the blues-infused tune about missing ithe one you love” during the holidays. Opens with an optional solo followed by irresistible classic i60s harmonies.

Arranger: Jay Althouse

Mark Brymer : Please Come Home for Christmas

Cee Lo Green's Christmas album featured this R&B classic that captures all of Cee Lo's coolness for your holiday program and offers the assurance that better Christmases are ahead! Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Rhythm parts (syn, gtr, b, dm) available as a digital download. Duration: ca. 2:50.

Arranger: Mark Brymer Performed By: CeeLo Green