The Best of B.B. King: 20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection

~ Release by B.B. King (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Please Come Home for Christmas
cover recording of:
Please Come Home for Christmas
writer:
Charles Brown (blues musician) and Gene Redd (Senior; vibraphonist & trumpeter, bandleader and A&R man)
publisher:
BMG Platinum Songs US, Lark Music Inc., C. Mose Music (in 1960), Fort Knox Music Inc. (in 1960) and Trio Music Company (in 1960)
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
4:51
2Lonesome Christmas3:04
3Back Door Santa
producer:
B.B. King
bass:
Michael Doster (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
drums (drum set):
Calep Emphrey (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
guitar:
B.B. King (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08) and Leon Warren (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
keyboard:
James Toney (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
percussion:
Tony Coleman (drummer) (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
saxophone:
Melvin Jackson (US jazz trumpeter + saxophonist) (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
trumpet:
James Bolden (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08) and Stanley Abernathy (Trumpet player) (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
vocals:
B.B. King (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Geffen Records (in 2001)
recorded at:
Dockside Studios in Maurice, Louisiana, United States (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
cover recording of:
Back Door Santa (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Carter and Marcus Daniel
recording of:
Back Door Santa
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Carter and Marcus Daniel
3:25
4Christmas in Heaven
cover recording of:
Christmas in Heaven
lyricist and composer:
Billy Ward (US r&b/soul vocalist)
4:48
5I'll Be Home for Christmas
instrumental cover recording of:
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
lyricist:
Kim Gannon
additional writer:
Buck Ram
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Gannon and Kent Music Co. and Piedmont Music Company
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
3:46
6To Someone That I Love
cover recording of:
To Someone That I Love
lyricist and composer:
Charles Brown (blues musician)
5:01
7Christmas Celebration
recording of:
Christmas Celebration
writer:
Lloyd Glenn and Jesse “Babyface” Thomas (male Texas blues guitarist & singer)
3:37
8Merry Christmas Baby3:56
9Christmas Love
recording of:
Christmas Love
composer:
B.B. King
2:55
10Blue Decorations
cover recording of:
Blue Decorations
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Gillespie (songwriter)
3:27
11Christmas Comes but Once a Year4:14
12Bringing in a Brand New Year
cover recording of:
Bringing in a Brand New Year
lyricist and composer:
Billy Ward (US r&b/soul vocalist)
2:40
13Auld Lang Syne
arranger:
B.B. King
recording of:
Auld Lang Syne (original Scots version, lyrics by Robert Burns)
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist) (in 1788)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6294)
translated version of:
Auld Lang Syne (tr. Sbait)
2:21