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First up today is another great one from Smokey Robinson & The Miracles called "It's Christmas Time" from 1970.

We'll follow that one up with a very old recording. It's called "On a Christmas Day" by Lead Belly from 1942.

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A couple of instrumental holiday songs today. First up is a very smooth, jazz version of "Silver Bells" by Kevin Eubanks on acoustic guitar.






And next is another jazz artist, the Ramsey Lewis Trio, with I believe an original composition called "Christmas Blues."

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Some soulful tunes for this blog post. First up is my favorite version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Ray Charles. There is just no funkier version of this song that I know of!






And next is Ella Fitzgerald with "Good Morning Blues" from her 1960 Christmas album.

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How about some blues for Christmas? Up first today will be Elvis' version of "Merry Christmas, Baby" from 1971. His version is so good I had to share the unedited, nearly 8 minute version.






Let's get even more bluesy now with a classic by Sonny Boy Williamson called "Santa Claus" from 1966.

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Yesterday, I went with mellow. Today I'm going with some uptempo, happy songs. First up is a great song by Detroit Jr. called "Christmas Day." Not only is it a great, driving R&B number but it's also an original holiday tune!





Today's second selection is another driving song, this time Louisiana-style. It's "Louisiana Christmas Day" by Aaron Neville from 1993.