Legends Of Christmas Past
various artists
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The holiday adjunct of EMI's excellent "Legends
Of Rock 'n' Roll" series, Legends
Of Christmas Past (1992) is a stocking stuffed with goodies
for collectors - several of which are pretty damn rare.
Subtitled "A Rock 'n' R&B Holiday Collection,"
that describes it about as well I could - twenty tracks,
almost all of them arguably "essential," stretching
from 1949 (Amos Milburn's amiable "Let's Make Christmas
Merry Baby") to 1968 (an improbable collaboration
between Canned Heat and the Chipmunks).
Albums
- Legends Of Christmas Past (1992)
Essential Songs
- The Chipmunk Song (The Chipmunks, 1958)
- The Chipmunk Song (Canned Heat & The Chipmunks,1968)
- Christmas Blues (Canned Heat, 1968)
- Frosty The Snowman (Jan & Dean, 1962)
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Manfred Mann, 1967)
- I Want Elvis For Christmas (The Holly Twins with Eddie Cochran, 1956)
- It's Christmas (Marvin & Johnny, 1958)
- It's Christmas Time (Five Keys, 1951)
- Let's Make Christmas Merry Baby (Amos Milburn, 1949)
- Little Saint Nick (Beach Boys, 1963)
- Look Around You (It's Christmas Time) (Bobby Goldsboro, 1968)
- Merry Christmas Baby (Charles Brown, 1956)
- Not So Merry Christmas (Bobby Vee, 1962)
- Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (Bill Haley & His Comets, 1968)
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (The Ventures, 1965)
- Silent Night (Baby Washington, 1967)
- White Christmas (The Statues, 1960)
- Wintertime (The Belmonts, 1964)
Further Listening
- Rock & Roll Christmas (Dion, 1993)
- Merry Christmas From Brenda Lee (1964)
- Christmas Album (Ventures, 1965)
- Christmas Party With Eddie G (various artists, 1990)
- Reindeer Rock (various artists, 1994)
- Rhythm & Blues Christmas (various artists, 1976)