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"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
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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 The Alley Cats : A Christmas Long Ago Our favorite Doo-Wopping Cats, who cut their a cappella teeth with Disney (like Sweeps winners Toxic Audio) and won the So. Cal. Harmony Sweeps, celebrate their 18th year together by finally saying yes to the many fans who have asked for a Christmas album. The upbeat, nostalgic original "A Christmas Long Ago," a wonderfully Doo-Woppy "Let It Snow," a bluesy "Please Come Home for Christmas" to slow dance to, a finger-snapping, Bing-imitating "White Christmas," some yummy falsetto on the Beach Boys' "Little St. Nick," a silly, manic "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer," a very funny "Blue Christmas" (Yes, Royce "Elvis" Reynolds is back!), a rhythmic, joyous "Feliz Navidad," a sweet baritone lead on "Sleigh Ride" and closing with the bluesy-jazz harmonies of "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve;" it's all good. Yummy deep-bass harmonies, lots of the Cats' trademark humor, great arrangements by the group and in collaboration with original Cat Todd Dixon--"Long Ago," the group's 5th winner, is a stone joy, and you should also check them out live in concert in their hot DVD! Songlist: Intro, A Christmas Long Ago, Let It Snow, Please Come Home For Christmas, White Christmas, Little St. Nick, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Blue Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Sleigh Ride, What Are You Doing New Year's Eve, Outro The Drifters : Winter Wonderland We have always loved recordings by the Drifters, and have enjoyed their live performances even more. "Winter Wonderland" is an all-accompanied collection of 10 soulful Doo-Wop Christmas tunes: "Christmas Just Ain't Christmas," "Winter Wonderland," The Beach Boys' wonderful "Little Saint Nick," "I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," "Please Come Home for Christmas," "The Christmas Song," "Silent Night," "O Holy Night" and "Auld Lang Syne." No frills, no extensive liner notes, just some great fun, romantic tunes to dance to, enjoy and brighten up your holiday season! Songlist: Christmas Just Ain't Christmas, Winter Wonderland, Little Saint Nick, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Please Come Home for Christmas, The Christmas Song, Silent Night, O Holy Night, Auld LangSyne Inner Voices : Greetings Of The Season Los Angeles-based four-woman, one man vocal jazz quintet brings us their long-awaited second Christmas album after their critically-acclaimed "Christmas In My Dreams" and "Prairie Jazz." The one man would be Morgan Ames, the group's producer, arranger and alto, and he is masterful at what he does, as are sopranos Shelby and Julie, tenor Sheri and baritone Michael. "Greetings" is a delicious, refreshing collection of 15 tunes, and some of our favorites include originals written by group members, such as Shelby Flint's lovely "State of Grace" and "Greetings Of The Season" and Morgan's romantic "Merry Christmas, Sweetheart." Also very fine are the bluesy "Silent Night," the slightly scary "Zat You, Santa Claus?," Sammy Cahn's "Christmas Waltz," Chas. Brown & Gene Redd's plaintive "Please Come Home for Christmas," John Wallowitch & G. Shocker's lyrical, nostalgic "A Christmas Journey," a jazzy, salsa-flavored "Jingle Bell Rock," Joe Van Winkle & R. Sherman's joyous "Christmas Time In New Orleans" and the moody "Carol Of The Wildwood," with additional lyrics by Morgan. Every Christmas season Inner Voices holds their sold-out, acclaimed Christmas show in LA, and given the great material we've heard on "Greetings of the Season," this year's will be particularly wonderful. There is some light accompaniment here, but we loved every cut on the album, so don't miss this one! Songlist: Silent Night, State of Grace, We Need A Little Christmas, Zat You, Santa Claus, Carol of the Bells, Merry Christmas Sweetheart, Greetings of the Season, Christmas Waltz, Please Come Home For Christmas, I'll Be Home For Christmas, Jingle Bell Rock, A Christmas Journey, Christmas Time In New Orleans, Christmas Time Is Here, Carol of the Wildwood Rockapella : Comfort And Joy From the first notes of "Little Mary Snowflake," as the Rockapella sound washes over our eager ears, we notice a subtle change that becomes much more obvious in the next cut, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." There's a new member of the group, George Baldi (replacing Barry Carl) who sings a growly-mean deep bass on a tight scat-percussion solo. Next comes a couple of new songs, the sweet, romantic "Merry Christmas Darling" and "Love and the Lights." George sings a delicious Crosby-esque lead on the classic "I'll Be Home For Christmas." Then another fresh new Christmas song with some soaring Rockapella blends, "This Christmas Day." One of our favorites, "There's No Place Like Home For the Holidays," is sung as a jazzy, doo-woppy thing with a vocal Salvation Army band solo. "Please Come Home For Christmas," a soulful bluesy lament, features George's hilarious Elvis "romantic mumbling" parody. An upbeat, moving "Rock Around The Christmas Tree" has some surprising harmonic whistling. A driving "Snow Star," another sweet new song, "Peace on Earth," and finally "It's A Small World" is Rockapellized, with sampling, vocal percussion and that sublime, soaring trademark harmony. We loved Rockapella's first Christmas CD, and we love "Comfort!" Songlist: Little Mary Snowflake, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Merry Christmas, Darling, Love & The Lights, I'll Be Home For Christmas, This Christmas Day, Home For the Holidays, Please Come Home For Christmas, Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree, Snowstar, Peace On Earth, It's A Small World After All Straight No Chaser : Social Christmasing 2020 holiday release. Straight No Chaser is an all-male a Capella group from Indiana. The group formed during their college years at Indiana University in 1996 and have been together ever since. In 2008, Atlantic Records noticed a video for their 12 Days Of Christmas and signed the group immediately. SNC has been releasing music on Atlantic ever since and has found success covering Top 40 songs as well as recording Christmas songs. Songlist: Silver Bells, The First Noel, I'm Your Snowman, Frosty the Snowman, A Holly Jolly Christmas, The Cold Don't Bother Me, Please Come Home for Christmas, What Christmas Means, A Long December, Away in a Manger, What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?, Office Party Blues, Snow Globe, Holiday Season Medley, Come O Come Emmanuel, O Come All Ye Faithful093624887355 Various Artists : Christmas in Harmony From the vaults of the late legendary doo wop producer Ronnis I comes this great collection of classic Christmas songs sung by some of the top vintage harmony of the era. Twenty two carols from the well known groups such as The Sheps, The Swallows, Choice, BQE, and the Jaguars to talent but lesser-knowns such as The Stotytellers, Keystoners and the Crosstones. A real Christmas treat for doo wop fans. Songlist: Merry Christmas Time, Christmas Time, At Christmas Time, Happy Holiday, Under the Mistletoe, All I Want For Christmas, You're All I Want For Christmas, Don't Cry For Me This Christmas, Just a Lonely Christmas, Ride on Santa, Please Come Home For Christmas, I Want You For Christmas, Christmas to New Year, My Grandmother's Christmas, Merry Christmas to My Heart, Johnny, Merry Christmas, Darling, White Christmas, Christmas Time is Coming, I'll Be Home For Christmas, Winter Wonderland, Mary Had A Baby |
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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
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
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