Juke In The Back #086 - Christmas Leftovers & New Year's Resolutions
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
From: Matt The Cat
Length: 00:59:00
Christmas Leftovers & New Year's Resolutions
Matt The Cat has dug up some more R&B Christmas treasures and added a few tunes about New Years for this week’s continuation of the “Juke In The Back” R&B Christmas Special. The holiday juke is jumpin’ with cool tunes by Big John Greer, Champion Jack Dupree, Lowell Fulson, The Moonglows, Marvin & Johnny and many more. The range of topics is wide, from dancing Santas to lonely Christmases to making up with your baby on New Year’s Eve. So get hungry for some Christmas leftovers and plan your New Year’s resolutions this week with Matt The Cat on the “Juke In The Back.”
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Christmas Leftovers & New Year's Resolutions
Matt The Cat has dug up some more R&B Christmas treasures and added a few tunes about New Years for this week’s continuation of the “Juke In The Back” R&B Christmas Special. The holiday juke is jumpin’ with cool tunes by Big John Greer, Champion Jack Dupree, Lowell Fulson, The Moonglows, Marvin & Johnny and many more. The range of topics is wide, from dancing Santas to lonely Christmases to making up with your baby on New Year’s Eve. So get hungry for some Christmas leftovers and plan your New Year’s resolutions this week with Matt The Cat on the “Juke In The Back.”
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Juke In The Back #086
1. Swanee River Boogie – Albert Ammons – Mercury 1947
2. Far Away Christmas Blues – Little Esther With The Johnny Otis Orch – Savoy 1950
3. It’s Christmas – Marvin & Johnny - Aladdin 1958
4. Santa Claus Blues – Champion Jack Dupree – Davis 1945
5. Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney – Ella Fitzgerald – Decca 1950
6. We Wanna To See Santa Do The Mambo – Big John Greer – Groove 1955
7. Lonesome Christmas – Lowell Fulson – Swingtime 1950
8. Just A Lonely Christmas – The Moonglows – Chance 1953
9. I’ll Miss You This Christmas – Marvin & The Chips – Virginia 1955
10. Be Bop Santa Claus – Babs Gonzales – Bruce 1954
11. Mr. Santa’s Boogie – The Marshall Brothers – Savoy 1951
12 Wonderful Christmas Night – Dan Grissom – Jewel (Unissued) 1948
13. GREAT 78 – Merry Xmas – Little Willie Littlefield – Modern 1949
14. Hello, Mr. New Year – The Coolbreezers – Bale 1958
15. Ha...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:Matt The Cat has rounded up even more R&B Christmas clssics and a few New Year's tunes as well for this week's "Juke In The Back."
OUTRO:For more information on the music you heard on today's show, drop by www.jukeintheback.org.
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