Let's Go Go Christmas

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Let's Go Go Christmas
LetsGoGoChristmas album.png
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released December 12, 1995
Genre
Length42:16
Label Liaison Records
Producer
  • Reo Edwards
  • Ivan Goff
  • Chuck Brown
  • Chris Biondo
  • Roy Battle

Let's Go Go Christmas is a compilation album released on December 12, 1995. [1] The album consist go-go renditions of traditional Christmas carols performed by prominent Washington, D.C.-based go-go bands, [1] [2] including the songs "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" performed by The Pleasure Band, and "Merry Christmas Baby" performed by Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers.

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Contents

Track listing

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."This Christmas" (Donny Hathaway/Nadine McKinnor)The Go-Go Family6:38
2."Up on the House Top" (Benjamin Hanby)Hot-Cold Sweat3:56
3."Jingle Bells"Funk Innovators3:43
4."Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter/Johnny Moore) Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers 4:55
5."Happy Holidays to You" Junk Yard Band 4:50
6."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Haven Gillespie)The Pleasure Band3:53
7."The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Kennicott Davis)Double Agent Rock4:33
8."The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé/Robert Wells) Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers 5:53
9."Give Love on Christmas Day" (Berry Gordy/Dennis Lussier) Rare Essence 3:55
Total length:42:16

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Various Artists: Let's Go Go Christmas". AllMusic . Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Let's Go Go Christmas". ARTISTdirect . Retrieved 20 December 2016.
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