Dig That Crazy Santa Claus - Classic R&B / Blues Christmas Cuts, 1953-56

Lovingly culled from the golden age of mid-century Rhythm & Blue including songs never before available on CD, this 26-track set collection of good-timing Christmas-centric numbers will have everyone raising a cup of cheer. The music runs the full spectrum and is, by turns, exquisitely expressivehear the chilling Christmas in Heaven, by Billy Ward & his Dominoes with R&B idol Jackie Wilson and Just a Lonely Christmas by the Moonglows & Harvey Fuquaand red hot, with stomping workouts like Big Buds Rock Around the Christmas Tree, The Hepsters Rockin' & Rollin with Santa Claus and Jimmy Butlers Trim Your Tree. It also goes way, way off the beaten track with Babs Gonzales frosty, hepwise proto-rap charmers Be Bop Santa Claus, Watch Them Resolutions and unforgettably brings the reason for the season with stunning spiritual No Room in the Hotel, by the Chosen Gospel Singers, featuring youthful powerhouse Lou Rawls. Marvelous stuff.