Star Time #191: Purple Snowflakes
We're making this year's Star Time Christmas special publicly available a little earlier in the week than normal. Partly because it's going to be a busy week, partly because it's sabbatical time, and partly because we'd dearly love to exit this year as soon as possible. Not all those factors are under our control, but we do what we can. Thank you for another year of your kind patronage, have a restful holiday, and we'll be back the week of January 18, 2021. To the future. -- Love, P
| Artist | Song | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | |||
| Eartha Kitt | Santa Baby | 1953 | RCA Victor |
| Huey Piano Smith & the Clowns | All I Want for Christmas | 1962 | Ace |
| Baby Jane & the Blenders | You Trimmed My Christmas Tree | 1962 | Witch |
| Playboys | The Night Before Christmas | 1963 | Legato |
| Detroit Junior | Christmas Day | 1961 | Foxy |
| Smokey Robinson & the Miracles | Christmas Everyday | 1963 | Tamla |
| Jimmy Liggins & his Drops of Joy | I Want My Baby for Christmas | unknown | Specialty |
| Nancy Wilson | The Christmas Waltz | unknown | Capitol |
| Set 2 | |||
| Horace Williams, Choker Campbell & his Magic City Orchestra | I'm Going Christmas Shopping | 1966 | Magic City |
| Diana Ross & the Supremes | Little Bright Star | 1965 | Motown |
| Bobby Hollaway | Funky Little Drummer Boy | 1967 | Smash |
| Gene Anderson | Santa Claus Doing the Jerk | unknown | Ambassador |
| Private Charles Bowens & the Gentlemen from Tigerland | Christmas in Vietnam | 1966 | Rojac |
| Marvin Gaye | Purple Snowflakes | unknown | Motown |
| Otis Redding | Merry Christmas Baby | 1967 | ATCO |
| Excaliburs | Peace on Earth (Goodwill to All Mankind) | unknown | Trent Town |
| The C-Quents | All I Want for Christmas Is You | 1968 | Captown |
| Stevie Wonder | Bedtime for Toys | 1967 | Tamla |
| Set 3 | |||
| The Flirtations | Christmas Time Is Here Again | 1968 | Deram |
| Dee Irwin & Mamie Galore | All I Want for Christmas Is Your Love | 1968 | Imperial |
| The Temptations | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | 1968 | Gordy |
| Mack Rice | Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' | unknown | Stax |
| Isaac Hayes | Winter Snow | 1969 | Enterprise |
| Rose Graham | Black Christmas | 1969 | Klondike |
| Kissi Jacobs | Let It Be Him | unknown | Blackjack |
| Donna Hightower | Say Merry Christmas for Me | 1972 | Decca |
| Set 4/Outro | |||
| Margie Joseph | Christmas Girl | 1976 | Cotillion |
| Chocolate Snow | Let Me Be Your Christmas Toy | 1973 | Solo |
| Rufus Thomas | I'll Be Your Santa Baby | 1973 | Stax |
| Tina Roberts | Snow (Like the Snow) | 1966 | Security |
| The Four Tops | Twas the Night Before Christmas | 1995 | Motown |
| Lou Rawls | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | 1993 | Manhattan |
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