Star Time #239: Someday at Christmas



Here it is: Star Time's 2021 Christmas special, showered in tinsel, smelling of allspice, sounding like an angel's clarion, and feeling like a weighted blanket draped over a suffocating elf. It's just how we do things this time of year. It's also the last show before our annual 3-week sabbatical, in which I simultaneously try to forget what happened and remember how to do it again when it's time. Happy holidays, let's try to have an at least manageable new year, and we'll be back on the air the week of January 17, 2022.

ArtistSongYearLabel
Set 1   
Darlene Love(It's a) Marshmallow World1963London
The MarcelsMerry Twist-Mas1961Colpix
Clarence CarterBack Door Santa1968Atlantic
J.D. McDonaldBoogaloo Santa Claus1975New Breed Record Co.
Lou RawlsGood Time Christmas1967Capitol
Aretha FranklinKissin' By the Mistletoe1963Columbia
Rotary ConnectionShopping Bag Menagerie1968Cadet Concept
Johnny Acey & the Esquires Ltd.Christmas Keeps on Coming (Part 1)1974Smog City
Set 2   
The Soul Saints OrchestraSanta's Got a Bag of Soul1994Hotpie & Candy
The Chambers BrothersMerry Christmas, Happy New Year1969Columbia
Milly & SillyGetting Down for Xmas1973Right-On
Rose GrahamBlack Christmas1969Klondike
Brook BentonYou're All I Want for Christmas1963Mercury
Freddy KingI Hear Jingle Bells1961Federal
Detroit JuniorThis Time Last ChristmasunknownFoxy
James BrownSigns of Christmas1966King
Set 3   
Wild HoneyAngels Christmas1973Drive
The Soul StirrersChristmas Joy1965Checker
The Jimmy Castor BunchMerry Christmas1975Atlantic
The O'JaysChristmas Ain't Christmas, New Years Ain't New Years Without The One You Love1973Philadelphia Int'l
Smokey Robinson & The MiraclesDeck the Halls/Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella1970Tamla
Patti LaBelle & the BluebellesBlue Christmas1963Newtown
Boogie KingsLast Christmas Eve1965Pic 1
Joyce JonesOh Beautiful Xmas Night1962O.J.J.
Set 4/Outro   
Jackie EdwardsWhite Christmas1965Island
Blue NotesO Holy Nite1960Value
The Staple SingersWho Took the Merry Out of Christmas1970Stax
Stevie WonderSomeday at Christmas1967Tamla
The EmotionsBlack Christmas1970Volt
Prince & the RevolutionAnother Lonely Christmas1984Warner Bros.
Luther VandrossMay Christmas Bring You Happiness1976Cotillion


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