"A Christmas Celebration Of Hope"

B.B. King
Audio CD: FDO 2001-11-06
Label: MCA Records
"After nearly five decades of making music, B.B. King ducked into the studio with his touring band to come up with his very first holiday album, A Christmas Celebration Of Hope. Despite bringing in The Nashville String Machine, co-producer King used them in a way that enhanced his rich singing on lush versions of Billy Ward's "Christmas In Heaven" and a pair of Charles Brown perennials--"Please Come Home For Christmas" and "Merry Christmas Baby." Other artists getting the royal treatment are Clarence Carter (a funky "Back Door Santa") and Amos Milburn (the brass-soaked "Christmas Comes But Once A Year"). The only originals the King Of The Blues trots out are his resurrected 1960 shuffle "Christmas Celebration" and the more recent slow blues instrumental "Christmas Love." King even squeezes in a tribute to the New Year with a rollicking take on Brown's "Bringing In A Brand New Year" and an equally swinging instrumental interpretation of "Auld Lang Syne." In true holiday spirit, a portion of the proceeds from the sale of A Christmas Celebration Of Hope will fund innovative research and compassionate patient care programs at the California-based City of Hope, a world-renowned comprehensive cancer center. Enjoy!......at 320.0 kb/sec!"

Track Listings

01. Please Come Home For Christmas

02. Lonesome Christmas

03. Back Door Santa

04. Christmas In Heaven

05. I'll Be Home For Christmas

06. To Someone That I Love

07. Christmas Celebration

08. Merry Christmas Baby

09. Christmas Love

10. Blue Decorations

11. Christmas Comes But Once A Year

12. Bringing In A Brand New Year

13. Auld Lang Syne

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