[78-L] Merry Christmas

[DAVID BURNHAM]

<< ... there are no Santa songs of note around except those which appeared in the late 40s and early 50s from Bing and Gene etc. >>
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1. Run Rudolph Run, by Chuck Berry
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2. Little Saint Nick, by the Beach Boys
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3. I'm Your Santa, by?Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials
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4. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, by Jimmy Boyd, the Ronettes et al
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5. I'm Your Santa, by B.B. King
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6. Christmas Everyday, by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
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7. Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin', by Albert King, Tinsley Ellis et al
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8. Santa's Messin With the Kid, by Eddie Campbell
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9. This Time of the Year, by Brook Benton
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10. Mary's Boy Child, by Harry ("I was responsible for the election of John F. Kennedy because I introduced him to Martin Luther King, without whose support he would have lost") Belafonte
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And I haven't even gotten to the vast archive of culturally rich material contributed by James Brown -- you know, like Santa Claus, Go Straight to the Ghetto; Santa Claus, Santa Claus; or the rap and hip hop archive of Santa songs, like Run DMC's Christmas in Hollis.
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See what Bing and Gene started?? ;)

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I listen to a lot of Christmas music and the only one on this list I'm familiar with is "I Saw Mommy ...." and as far as I know it came out in the early 50s.  

I even remember the "Pumpkinhead" song and I don't run into anyone who knows that!

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