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Funky Soulful Christmas Songs - Little Drummer Boy, Silent Night

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Michaux TV Christmas Special - Season 1 finale is here! It’s a FUNKY & SOULFUL Christmas y’all!! New collection of super funky & sweet shimmery takes on the standards you already know and love! Jump on a joyous, WILD sleigh ride with us that’s sure to light you up like a Christmas tree! Merry Christmas everyone, see you in season 2!
We feature a really funky version of "Little Drummer Boy," a sweet, soulful, shimmery, jazzy version of "Silent Night," a proper rendition of Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas," then a fresh new take on "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts") that's really in the pocket, and finally a wild, crazy P-Funk remake of "White Christmas," aptly renamed "Funky Christmas," finishes up our wild sleigh ride!
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"This Christmas" is a COVER performed by Perry Lowe from Bastrop, Texas
The original was a Single by Donny Hathaway
B-side "Be There"
Released 1970
Format 7-inch
Recorded 1970
Genre Christmas, R&B
Length 3:51
Label Atco Records
Songwriter(s) Donny Hathaway (as "Donny Pitts") and Nadine Theresa McKinnor

"The Little Drummer Boy" is a COVER performed by Perry Lowe from Bastrop, Texas and Michaux from Austin, Texas
The original was a Single by Harry Simeone Chorale
Released 19 October 1958
Format 7-inch single
Genre Christmas pop
Length 3:03
Label 20th Fox
Songwriter(s) Harry Simeone K.K. Davis Henry Onorati

'Silent Night" is a COVER performed by Michaux from Austin, Texas
Originally Silent-Night-Chapel in Oberndorf, where the song was first performed
Native name Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Full Silent Night, Holy Night
Text Joseph Mohr
Language German
Melody Franz Xaver Gruber
Performed 24 December 1818
Published 1833

"The Christmas Song" is a COVER performed by Michaux from Austin, Texas
The original was a Single by Nat King Cole
B-side "In the Cool of Evening" (Capitol 311, 1945)
"Laguna Mood" (Capitol 15201, 1948)
"(All I Want for Christmas Is) My Two Front Teeth" (Capitol F90036, 1953; Capitol F2955, 1954)
"The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot" (Capitol 3561, 1956)
Released November 1946
November 1953
Format 10-inch, 7-inch
Recorded August 19, 1946
August 26, 1953
Genre Jazz, pop
Length 3:10 (1946 recording)
3:12 (1953 recording)
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Robert Wells, Mel Tormé

"Funky Christmas" is an original composition performed by Jimmy Blazer from Austin,Texas, Michaux from Austin Texas and Perry Lowe from Bastrop Texas
The song was written by Michaux and The Keyz Street Band
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