It was a different time. Back in the day, any Berkeley student with a half-decent fake ID could stroll down University Avenue to go check out Bob Marley and the Wailers, with maybe a hundred or so ...

We kick things off with “Merry Christmas Baby.” Who nails it? Is it bluesy Charles Brown or sexy Christina Aguilera? Charles Brown (with a little bonus) Christina Aguilera ...

Merry Christmas, baby, You sure did treat me nice In contrast ... But it was the performance of Charles Brown, the Three Blazers’ pianist and vocalist, that defined the song—and he insisted ...

“Merry Christmas, Baby” by Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers ... Etta James, Christina Aguilera, The Beach Boys, etc. Another Charles Brown recording escapes controversy although music lovers ...

Their names are “Merry Christmas Baby,” from 1947 ... songwriter and pianist named Charles Brown. A native of Texas City who passed away in January 1999, less than two months before his ...

If the song didn’t arrive freighted with the tragedy of Redding’s death in a December 1967 plane crash, his version of “Merry Christmas Baby” would be schmaltz-free. Charles Brown and ...

(Rounder). Charles Brown: “Please Come Home for Christmas,” 1960. This ballad barely edges out 1947’s “Merry Christmas, Baby” as the Texas City cocktail-blues piano man’s greatest ...

Charles Brown, born 1922 in Texas ... and “New Orleans Blues” as well as the original Christmas hit singles “Merry Christmas Baby” and “Please Come Home for Christmas” with The Three ...

Charles Brown co-wrote “Merry Christmas, Baby,” sang and played piano on the tune with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers, watched it become a hit and then – did you hear this part coming?