Coffeetime, December 15, 2017, Angelynn Grant
set 1
Hank Mobley / Soul Station / This I Dig of You / Blue Note / 2.7.60
Clark Terry / Serenade to a Bus Seat / Boomerang / Riverside / 4.27.57
Bernie Cummins & his Orchestra / I Told Santa Claus to Bring Me You / Vocalion / 12.12.37 / vocal = Walter Cummins
Frankie Laine / Christmas Favorites / You’re All I Want For Christmas / Mercury / 1950
Jesse Thomas / Christmas Celebration / Swing Time / LA 1951
Sparky / I Don’t Want a Lot for Christmas / Capitol / Hollywood 1952 / with music by Billy May https://youtu.be/48a4l3sNb1k
Jo Stafford / Ski Trails / By the Fireside / Columbia / 1955 / with The Starlighters
set 2
Ike Quebec / I’ve Got a Crush on You / Blue Note [unissued] / 1.20.62
Jimmy Hamilton / Can’t Help Swinging / Dancing on the Ceiling / Prestige Swingville / 4.4.61
Bing Crosby / I’d Like to Hitch a Ride with Santa Claus / radio broadcast, Philco Radio Time / Hollywood 5.14.47 / duet with Lindsey Crosby; with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra and Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires
Andrew Sisters / I’d Like to Hitch a Ride with Santa Claus / Decca / Hollywood 9.20.50
Eddy Duchin & his Orchestra / When Winter Comes / Brunswick / 5.16.39 / vocal = Johnny MacAfee
Bob Keeshan / Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas from Captain Kangaroo / Crackerjack Christmas / Golden Records / 1958 / with Jimmy Carroll & Orchestra and Mr. Green Jeans aka Lumpy Brannum
Danny Kaye / The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing / soundtrack to White Christmas / Hollywood 1953 / dialogue with Vera-Ellen (ends, “I don’t weigh very much.”)
Billie Mae Richards & Paul Soles / soundtrack to TV show Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / We’re a Couple of Misfits / Decca / 1964
set 3
Coleman Hawkins / Soul / Greensleeves / Prestige / 11.7.58
Bill Harris / The Harris Touch / Yesterdays / EmArcy / 5.2.57
Lowell Fulson / Christmas Party Shuffle / Swing Time / LA 1950
Frankie Carle & his Orchestra / Little Jack Frost Get Lost / Columbia / 1947 / vocal = Marjorie Hughes
Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee / Little Jack Frost Get Lost / radio broadcast, Philco Radio Time / Hollywood 1.11.50 / with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra and Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires
The Rhythm Kings / Christmas Is Coming at Last / Apollo / 1950
Wardell Gray / Jingle Jangle Jump / Swing Time / LA 6.9.52 / vocal = Gladys Bentley
Dean Martin / Christmas Blues / Capitol / Hollywood 10.5.53
Allen Keller / A New Look at the World / Christmas Road / Charlie Parker Records / early 1960s
set 4
Stephane Grappelli / I Want to Be Happy / Barclay / Paris 4.10.56
Oscar Moore / The Christmas Song / Horizon / Burbank 4.65
Richard Himber & his Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra / Winter Wonderland / Bluebird / 10.23.34 / vocal = Joey Nash
The Starlighters / I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm / Capitol / Hollywood 1948
Jimmy Witherspoon / How I Hate to See Christmas Come Around / Swing Time / LA 1951
June Hutton / Song of the Sleigh Bells / Capitol / Hollywood 11.26.52 / with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra
Mabel Mercer / At Town Hall / Season’s Greetings / Atlantic / 5.19.68
Alphabetical Four / Go Where I Send Thee / Decca / 8.16.38
last soulful song
The Fascinations / Just Another Reason / Mayfield / 1968
