Mark Lamarr shares his vast record collection with BBC Radio 2 listeners throughout the year and here's a cool Yuletide takeaway of 25 of the greatest R&B Christmas waxings of all time performed by some of the music's biggest solo stars, vocal groups and instrumentalists all taken from that very same collection.

Track Listing

• The Moonglows - Hey Santa Claus
• Big Joe Turner - Christmate Date Boogie
• The Marshall Brothers - Mr. Santa's Boogie
• Lloyd Glenn - Sleigh Ride
• Titus Turner - Christmas Morning
• J.B. Summers - I Want A Present For Christmas
• Jimmy Witherspoon - How I Hate To See Christmas Come Around
• The Ravens - White Christmas
• Larry Darnell - Christmas Blues
• Thelma Cooper - I Want A Man
• Harry Grafton - Bring That Cadillac Back
• Lightnin' Hopkins - Happy New Year
• Felix Gross - Love For Christmas
• Louis Armstrong - Cool Yule
• Floyd Dixon - Empty Stocking Blues
• Mabel Scott - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
• Billy Ward And His Dominoes - Christmas In Heaven
• Sugar Chile Robinson - Christmas Boogie
• Sonny Boy Williamson - Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues
• Lionel Hampton - Merry Christmas Baby
• The Five Keys - It's Christmas Time
• Little Esther - Far Away Christmas Blues
• The Moonglows - Lonely Christmas
• Gatemouth Moore - Christmas Blues
• The Orioles - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: R & B

Release Date: 11/08/11

UPC: 824046521226