'Tis the season to be funky! We'll light our menorah with Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, hear Christmas classics from Mahalia Jackson, Run-DMC and Cheech & Chong, and wrap up with a set of Latin holiday classics from Los Danzolos, El Trio San Juan, and... William Shatner.
UpFront Soul #2019.51 Playlist
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the vagaries of Spinitron, these songs are listed in reverse order. (i.e., Joan Armatrading Back to the Night is song 1, hour 1
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "God Rest Ye Merry Gents" from It's a Holiday Soul Party
Los Danzolos "Santa Claus Llego a la Ciudad" from 321 Das en Michigan
El Trio San Juan "La Dieta de Santa Claus" from La Dieta de Santa Claus
William Shatner, Dani Bander "Feliz Navidad" from Shatner Claus
Louis Armstrong "His Father Wore Long Hair" from Louis Armstrong & Friends on Blackbird
Mahalia Jackson "Silent Night" from Gospel Christmas/Silent Night
Pastor T.L. Barrett & the Youth for Christ Choir "Jingle Bells, Parts 1 & 2" from Like a Ship
The Marquees "Santa Done Got Hip" from Hipsters' Holiday: Vocal Jazz & R&B Classics
Kermit Ruffins "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" from Have a Crazy Cool Christmas on Basin St. Records
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross "Deck Us All With Boston Charlie" from Hipsters' Holiday: Vocal Jazz & R&B Classics
Miles Davis "Blue Christmas (To Whom it May Concern)" from Jingle Bell Jazz
Soulful Strings with Dorothy Ashby "Merry Christmas Baby" from The Magic of Christmas on Cadet
Rose Graham "Black Christmas" from Have a Simply Grand Christmas: Sounds of Memphis, Vol. 1
The Ronettes "Sleigh Ride" from A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
The Staple Singers "Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas?" from Bummed Out Christmas
Joe Tex "I'll Make Everyday Christmas (For My Woman)[Bonus Tracks]" from Live and Lively
Soul Rebels "What Christmas Means" from Christmas Soul
The Christmas Jug Band "Santa Lost a Ho" from Uncorked
Louis Armstrong "Twas the Night Before Christmas"
The Midnighters "Christmastime for Everybody But Me" from Gonna Have a Really Soulful Christmas: 40 R&B and Soul Gems (An Alternative Yuletide Celebration!)
Johnny & Jon "Christmas in Vietnam" from Bummed Out Christmas
Ron Holden "Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus?" from Bummed Out Christmas
Aaron Myers "Hanukkah Light" from Snowing In Vegas
Hip Hop Hoodios "Ocho Kandelikas" from Carne Masada
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "Eight Days of Hanukkah" from It's a Holiday Soul Party
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects" from It's a Holiday Soul Party
The Jive Turkeys "Funky Jesus"
James Brown "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto" from James Brown's Funky Christmas
Cheech & Chong "Santa Claus & His Old Lady"
Detroit Junior "Christmas Day" from Gonna Have a Really Soulful Christmas: 40 R&B and Soul Gems (An Alternative Yuletide Celebration!)
Run DMC "Christmas in Hollis" from Greatest Hits
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M
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