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"MERRY XMAS BABY", "PLEASE COME HOME FOR XMAS", CHARLES BROWN

12/18/2014

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“MERRY XMAS BABY”, “PLEASE COME HOME FOR XMAS”, CHARLES BROWN (Part of a series on Xmas-rock songs) By Alan l. Chrisman

Charles Brown, a R&B piano player and singer in the 1950’s had Xmas hits with, “ “Merry Xmas Baby” and his own composition, ”Please come Home For Xmas.”  Brown’s laid-back jazzy-blues style piano playing had a big influence on, especially Ray Charles., who himself did a cover of “Merry Xmas Baby”.  It’s also been recorded by Otis Redding, Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Springsteen, Etta James, and Rod Stewart and Cee Lo Green.

Elvis would have his own Xmas hit with it, off his second Xmas album, Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas in 1971. It’s a great rendition of the song with  blues-guitar work by the legendary James Burton (see previous blog: “Rick Nelson: More Than a Teen Idol” & James Burton”).   Many people too did covers over the years, of Brown’s, “ Please Come Home For Christmas”, including James Brown, Willie Nelson, Bon Jovi, Lady Antebellam, Grace Potter, etc. But The Eagles’ version in 1997 is probably the next most well-known.  It’s sometimes called, “The Bells Are Ringing” because that’s its beginning words.

Elvis singing a bluesy version of “Merry Xmas Baby” from his 2nd Christmas album, 1971:

http://youtu.be/rJcJbVBwREc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJcJbVBwREc

The Eagles doing Charles Brown’s “Please Come Home For Xmas”, 1997:

 http://youtu.be/XeShHAZk3to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeShHAZk3to

 

 

 


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    Alan Chrisman went to Purdue U. and U. of Ill.(International Relations), came to Canada, was influenced by The Beatles, and became involved in many aspects of music and writing.

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