Merry Christmas Baby [King]

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: 1988
• Total Time: 40:06
• Type: Collection (various artists), Christmas
• Genre: Blues

Review

The original issue of this classic was subtitled Intimate Christmas Music for Lovers, and with five of the dozen tracks featuring the smoothest of the smooth vocalists, Charles Brown, that subtitle is appropriate. Other King artists represented here are bluesmen Lowell Fulson and Jimmy Witherspoon and Lloyd Glenn on "Sleighride" doing a swinging piano workout. Mabel Scott's original jumping "Boogie-Woogie Santa Claus" can be found here. ~ Dennis MacDonald, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Merry Christmas, Baby	Johnny Moore, Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore	Charles Brown	(2:39)
Christmas Everyday		Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	(2:15)
Boogie Woogie Santa Claus	Henri René, Leon René	Mabel Scott	(2:16)
Christmas Eve Baby		Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	(2:22)
Christmas in Heaven	Billy Ward	Billy Ward & the Dominoes	(2:44)
Christmas Tears	Sam Thompson	Freddie King	(2:46)
Jingle Bell Hop		The Jackson Trio	(2:30)
Christmas Dreams		Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	(2:13)
Lonesome Christmas, Pt. 1	Lloyd Glenn	Lowell Fulson	(2:25)
I'll Be Home for Christmas	Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent	Bull Moose Jackson	(2:32)
Sleigh Ride	Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish	Lloyd Glenn	(2:39)
I Hear Jingle Bells		Freddie King	(2:36)
Christmas Letter		Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	(2:07)
Love for Christmas		The Jackson Trio	(2:55)
Christmas Blues	Gatemouth Moore	Jimmy Witherspoon	(2:58)
Lonesome Christmas, Pt. 2	Lloyd Glenn	Lowell Fulson	(2:09)

Credits

Jimmy Witherspoon (Performer), Billy Ward & the Dominoes (Performer), Freddie King (Performer), Lloyd Glenn (Performer), Bull Moose Jackson (Performer), Billy Ward (Performer), Mabel Scott (Performer), Charles Brown (Performer), Lowell Fulson (Performer)