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It's a Blue(s) Christmas!

Cerys has an hour of Christmas blues for you, with two of the three Kings, a sick Santa calling Bo Diddley to the rescue and a sack load of festive treats besides, including Ike & Tina Turner, Jimmy Smith, Marcia Ball and more!

57 minutes

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Mon 12 Dec 202221:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe

    O Little Town Of Bethlehem

    • Gospel Train.
    • Verve Reissues.
    • 16.

  • Lead Belly

    Christmas Is A-Coming

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Good Morning Blues

    • Blues Christmas Songs.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 7.

  • Jack White

    I'm Shakin'

    • Blunderbuss.
    • THIRD MAN / XL RECORDINGS.

  • C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band

    Zydeco Christmas

  • Marcia Ball

    Christmas Fais Do Do

  • Betty James

    I'm A Little Mixed Up

    • Single.
    • Chess.
    • 1.

  • The Tractors

    Bo Diddley Santa Claus

    • The Big Night.
    • Audium Records.
    • 9.

  • Ike & Tina Turner

    Merry Christmas Baby

    • Rhino.

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Dec 202221:00
    BBC Radio 2

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