Merry christmas, baby.

I am playing a Charles Brown Christmas tune on BSB this week, just not the really famous one which gives us our title. On this special show, I'll be featuring the great anthology Where Will You Be Christmas Day? (2004) collated by Dick Spottswood for Atlanta's Dust-to-Digital label.

BSB Intro
"Yield Not to Temptation"-Phantom Blues Band, Out of the Shadows
"Peace in The Valley"-Elvis Presley, Elvis' Christmas Album
"Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year"-James Brown, Santa's Got A Brand New Bag

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"The Last Month of the Year"-Vera Ward Hall, Where Were You On Christmas Day?
"Christ Was Born On Christmas Day"-Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified SingersWhere Were You On Christmas Day?
"Christmas Is A-Coming"-Leadbelly, Where Were You On Christmas Day?
"Christmas is a Joyful Day"-Lord Executor, Where Were You On Christmas Day?

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"Décimas De Nascimiento"-Los Jibaros, Where Were You On Christmas Day?
"Sherburne"-Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, Where Were You On Christmas Day?
"He Was Born in a Manger"-Rev. J. M. Gates, Where Were You On Christmas Day?
"The Wrong Way To Celebrate Christmas"-Rev. Edrward W. Clayborn (The Guitar Evangelist), Where Were You On Christmas Day?
"At The Christmas Ball"-Bessie Smith, Where Were You On Christmas Day?

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"Santa Claus"-Davis Walters, Where Were You On Christmas Day?
"Papa Ain't No Santa Claus (And MAma Ain't No Christmas Tree)"-Butterbeans and Susie, Where Were You On Christmas Day?
"Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto"-James Brown, Snata's Got A Brand New Bag

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"Through The Morning, Through The Night"-Robert Plant & Alison Kraus, Raising Sand
"Christmas Morning Blues"-Kansas City Kitty, Where Were You On Christmas Day?
"Christmas Morning The Rum Had Me Yawning"-Lord Beginner, Where Were You On Christmas Day?
"Christmas In Jail—Ain't That A Pain"-Leroy Carr, Where Were You On Christmas Day?

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"Breaking Up Christmas"-Norman Edmonds, Where Were You On Christmas Day?
"Lonesome Christmas"-Son Seals, The Alligator Records Christmas Collection
Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'"-Tinsley Ellis, The Alligator Records Christmas Collection

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"Silent Night"-Charley Musselwhite, The Alligator Records Christmas Collection
"Zydeco Christmas"-C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band, Genuine Houserockin' Christmas
"Santa Claus Do You Ever Get The Blues?"-Roomful of Blues, Genuine Houserockin' Christmas
"Christmas Time Again (Spend, Spend, Spend")-Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Genuine Houserockin' Christmas

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"Grady And Santa Is Coming To Town"-Grady Gaines & The Texas Upsetters, Blues Mistletoe & Santa's Little Helper
"Santa Don't Let Me Down"-Earl King, Blues Mistletoe & Santa's Little Helper
"Santa Bring Back My Baby"-Elvis Presley, Elvis's Christmas Album
"Blues Christmas"-Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff And The Well-Hung Ornaments, Blues Mistletoe & Santa's Little Helper

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"Young Girls Drive Me Wild (At Christmas)"-Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets Feat.Sam Myers, Blues Mistletoe & Santa's Little Helper
"I'll Be Home for Christmas"-Various Artists, Blue Xmas
"Boogie Woogie Christmas"-Charles Brown- The Alligator Records Christmas Collection

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"We Wish You A Merry Christmas"-Various Artists, Blue Xmas
"Kings of Orient"-The Odds, A Lump of Coal
"The First Noel"-Crash Test Dummies, A Lump of Coal
"'Twas The Night Before Christmas"-Henry Rollins, A Lump of Coal

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"I Saw Three Ships"-King's College Choir, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, In The Bleak Mid-Winter: The Soft Sounds Of Christmas
"King Jesus Hath A Garden"-King's College Choir, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, In The Bleak Mid-Winter: The Soft Sounds Of Christmas
"Wexford Carol"-The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/John Rutter, In The Bleak Mid-Winter: The Soft Sounds Of Christmas
"The Holly And The Ivy"-King's College Choir, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, In The Bleak Mid-Winter: The Soft Sounds Of Christmas
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"Happy New Year Blues"-Mary Harris, Where Were You On Christmas Day?
"Happy New Year"-LIghtnin' Hopkins, Where Were You On Christmas Day?