Menu
Lovingly culled from the golden age of mid-century Rhythm & Blues including songs never before available on LP, 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 expressive—hear 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 Fuqua—and red hot, with stomping workouts like Big Bud’s “Rock Around the Christmas Tree,” The Hepsters’ “Rockin’ & Rollin’ with Santa Claus” and Jimmy Butler’s “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.
Tracklist:
| A | Dig That Crazy Santa Claus | OSCAR OCLOLLIE |
| A | Christmas In Heaven | BILLY WARD, THE DOMINOES & JACKIE WILSON |
| A | Chincy Old Scrooge | PHIL MOORE |
| A | We Wanna See Santa Do The Mambo | BIG JOHN GREER |
| A | Just A Lonely Christmas | THE MOONGLOWS |
| A | Santa Claus Baby | THE VOICES (THE HOLLYWOOD FLAMES) |
| A | I’ll Be Home For Christmas | THE PILGRIM TRAVELLERS |
| B | Be Bop Santa Claus | BABS GONZALES |
| B | White Christmas | CLYDE MCPHATTER & THE DRIFTERS |
| B | Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer | THE CADILLACS |
| B | It’s Christmas Time | THE CASTELLES |
| B | Cowboy Santa Claus | BILL LACEY & LIL ARMSTRONG |
| B | Trim Your Tree | JIMMY BUTLER |
| C | A Christmas Prayer | THE PENGUINS |
| C | Rockin’ & Rollin’ With Santa Claus | THE HEPSTERS |
| C | Rock Around The Christmas Tree | BIG BUD |
| C | Blink Before Christmas | PHIL MOORE |
| C | A Cool, Cool Christmas | THE SABERS |
| C | No Room In The Hotel | LOU RAWLS & THE CHOSEN GOSPEL SINGERS |
| C | Christmas Prayer | THE VALENTINES |
| D | Santa Claus Boogie | THE VOICES (THE HOLLYWOOD FLAMES) |
| D | I Want You With Me Christmas | JESSE BELVIN |
| D | Wait ‘Til After Christmas | BIG JOHN GREER |
| D | Happy New Year | LIGHTENING HOPKINS |
| D | Watch Them Resolutions | BABS GONZALES |
| D | (Did You Have A Ball) On New Year’s Eve | THE HEARTBEATS |
Release Date: 23.10.2026
SECOND RECORDS is a label of I-DI GmbH