WHETHER Y'ALL DIG THE 1947, 1956 or 1960 CHARLES BROWN's" MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY" (*NO.2 on ReiterRecordRelics*) here's a 'LIVE' VERSION ! ! !

What a wonderfully receptive audience.

True to New World African American music tradition the audience sings, encourages and 'gets down' WITH MR. CHARLES BROWN.

ONLY HIS 'Please Come Home For Christmas'

could land a higher position on DJZigZag's alter-ego BILL REITER's

**BEST OF CHRISTMAS 1946 to 1986**

Here's 1-25 from from that Top 222 XMAS Favourites Chart . . .

1. "Please Come Home For Christmas" - CHARLES BROWN [King] 1960

2. "Merry Christmas Baby" - JOHNNY MOORE'S THREE BLAZERS [Charles Brown - vocals] [Exclusive] 1947

"Merry Christmas Baby" - CHARLES BROWN [Aladdin] 1956 [King] 1960

3. "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)" - NAT KING COLE [Capitol] 1946

4. "Christmas Time Pt. 1&2" - JIMMY McCRACKLIN [Art-Tone] 1961

5. "White Christmas" - THE DRIFTERS [feat. Clyde McPhatter & Bill Pinckney) [Atlantic] 1954

6. "Snow Is Falling" - RAY CHARLES TRIO [Swing Time] 1953

7. "Winter With McGriff Pt. 1&2" - JIMMY McGRIFF [Sue] 1963

8. "I Hear Jingle Bells" - FREDDY KING [Federal] 1961

9. "Snow Bound" - THE RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO [Cadet] 1964

10."The Silent Night Sermon" - ROBERT BANKS with The Golden Voices Ensemble [Verve] 1967

11."Christmas Tears" - FREDDY KING [Federal] 1961

12."Christmas In The Ghetto" - BIG DADDY RUCKER [GME] 1965

13."Christmas Time For Everyone Else But Me" - HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS

[King] 1963

14."God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" - JIMMY SMITH [Verve] 1964

15."When Was Jesus Born" - MARION WILLIAMS & THE STARS OF FAITH [Savoy] 1959

16."Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto" - JAMES BROWN [King] 1968

17."Winter Wonderland" - THE RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO [Cadet] 1966

18."This Christmas" - DONNY HATHAWAY [Atco] 1970

19."Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday" - WILLIAM BELL [Stax] 1967

20."What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" - KING CURTIS [Atco] 1968

21."Winter Moon" - ART PEPPER [Galaxy] 1980

22."Silent Night" - IMPRESSIONS [Cotillion] 1976

23."Boogie Woogie Santa Claus" - MABEL SCOTT with Les Welch & His Orch. [Exclusive] 1948

24."White Christmas" - JOHN EDWARDS [Cotillion] 1976

25."It's Christmas Time" - THE MIRACLES [Tamla] 1963

And AS FAR AS THE VIDEO (for all you young'uns edjumakashun)

it is a perfect example of an Older BLACK U.S. NIGHT CLUB AUDIENCE experience AT ITS MOST SOULFUL.

ENJOY ! !

WAGRadio Management

2nd WAGRadio - GROOVIN' BLUE CHRISTMAS SHOW IS POSTED . . . SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING BLUE, SOMETHING BORROWED FROM POP & a COUPLA' NU CHOONS 2 . .

AFTER a FEW YEARS of being lovingly/ruthlessly COPIED by Popular Music Artists (it usually takes 25 years) SOME NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC can also sound 'POPish' to the ear - as the pictured album by The Soulful Strings . . .

but IF YOU'RE WONDERIN' WHAT 'POP' was MIXED INTO 'GROOVIN' BLUE XMAS 2011 #2' . . . LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THE artistically technical RCA Recording VOCAL GROUP from THE 1970's CALLED 'LIVING VOICES' . . .

DJZigZag USED THEM AS A MELODIC MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD intro TO WILLIAM BELL's 60's 6LAB 0'6TAX 60UL . . .

"Everyday Seems Like A Holiday" (oh, those opening guitar sounds !)

THIS 2nd GROOVIN' BLUE 2011 CHRISTMAS SHOW IS GONNA SET you a-fire and put you in THE MERRIEST OF MOODS as YOU SIT reflectively . . .

watchin' your Yule log a'burnin' . . .

Ha, Ha, Ho, Ho, Ha !

MERRY CHRISTMAS, once again, FROM ALL OF US HERE AT WAGRadio

180.2 on YOUR CEREBRAL F.M. dial AND 1802 on your A.M. MIND.

WAGRadio Management

HEY ! ! IT'S a BRAND NEW REFLECTIVE GROOVIN' BLUE CHRISTMAS SHOW 2011 w/ SWEET DADDY FONK and DJZigZag and IT IS FILLED w/ N.W. African Musical CHEER

We looked in the crannies and searched the nooks and came up with a brand new WAGRadio XMAS SHOW for 2011 . . . FEATURING DJZigZag and his pal SUNNY SWEET DADDY FONK . . .

This one, as always, features the familiar NEW WORLD AFRICAN CHRISTMAS MUSIC that's brought us joy in the past . . .

PLUS some BRAND NU CHOONS from LYNDA RANDLE, MARIAH CAREY and JOHN LEGEND, DRU and GABRIEL MARK HASSELBACH to carry our MUSICAL TRADITIONS into 2011.

Cuz' XMAS 2011 IS A TIME FOR TRADITION along with A NEW POSITIVENESS ! !

AND DON'T FORGET THAT THERE ARE SIX OTHER Christmas Shows that you can access by looking in the WAGRadio ARCHIVES ! !

"GROOVIN' BLUE 2008 XMAS SHOW #1"

"GROOVIN' BLUE 2008 XMAS SHOW #2"

"GROOVIN' BLUE Retro-Radio 2001 XMAS"

"GROOVIN' BLUE Reiter Record Relic XMAS"

"GROOVIN' BLUE Christmas Show 2009"

and

"GROOVIN' BLUE Christmas Show 2010"

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE ! ! !

WAGRadio Management

DJZIGZAG & the WAGRadio staff wish everyone a Soulful and Irie Xmas 2008

May your twelve days be happy and bright!
And may all your Xmases be soulful and merry and funky and totally da bomb!! - -
From: Miss A. Roccapuccia, Buddy Chow, Harry Chow, Sunny Wong, Ron Simmonds, Ari Anas,
Mike Cvetkovich,
Al Foreman,
Jim "Kono" Conrad & DJZigZag.
- plus Production staffers -
"Capn'
Morgan" Tanner, Keith "Da Kockashun" White, Ian James Corlett, Blu Mankuma, Ted(dy Bear) Bishop, Da Spinnaker Production Boyz and everyone connected to the look / feel / future of WAGRadio 180.2 FM / 1802 AM


Caricature:
Amanda O'Connell & Ebba Reiter / Hounds Tooth Productions