Jingle Blues (1998)

About this title: House of Blues' Jingle Blues is a thoroughly entertaining collection of Christmas blues tunes. Instead of concentrating on a particular era or style, such as Chicago blues or contemporary blues-rock, the compilers chose to sample from the vast array of recorded blues styles, from Bessie Smith through Lightnin' Hopkins, Charles Brown and Louis Jordan to B.B. King and Anson Funderburgh. Occasionally, this means that the collection isn't quite cohesive, since the segues are a little jarring, but in general, it makes for a very entertaining collection. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:

1. Boogie Woogie Santa Claus [Rene/Rene]
2. Santa's Messin' with the Kid [Campbell]
3. Santa Claus, Santa Claus [Edwards]
4. Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' [Rice]
5. Santa [Hopkins/Lewis]
6. Empty Stocking Blues [Hurley/Moore]
7. Santa, Don't Let Me Down [King]
8. Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby [Haywood/Tucker]
9. Christmas Celebration [Glenn/Thomas]
10. Blues for Christmas [Campbell]
11. I Wanna Spend Christmas With You [Fulson]
12. Sam's Christmas Blues [Myers]
13. At the Christmas Ball [Longshaw]
14. How I Hate to See Christmas Come Around [York]
15. Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues [Williamson]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.