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Charles Brown (September 13, 1922 – January 21, 1999), born in Texas City, Texas was an American blues singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced blues-club style influenced the development of blues performance during the 1940s and 1950s. He had several hit recordings, including "Driftin' Blues" and "Merry Christmas Baby".
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Charles Brown: My Christmas [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Christmas Song | 3:09 |
| Merry Christmas Baby | 3:20 |
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 2:53 |
Cryin' and Driftin' [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Driftin' Blues | 3:20 |
| Again | 3:10 |
| How High the Moon | 2:18 |
| It's a Sin to Tell a Lie | 2:36 |
The Cool Cool Sounds of Charles Brown: All-Time Classic Hits and R&B Chart Hits 1945-1961 [2012]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Driftin' Blues | |
| Merry Christmas Baby | |
| More Than You Know | |
| Trouble Blues | |
| Again | |
| How High the Moon | |
| Please Come Home For Christmas (Christmas Finds Me Oh So Sad) | |
| Please Come Home for Christmas |
Bob Dylan Radio Radio: Theme Time Radio, Vol. 5 [2011]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 2:48 |
The Genius in Person: Journey Through the Early Albums 1957-1960 [2011]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| You Won't Let Me Go | 3:22 |
ABC of the Blues: The Ultimate Collection from the Delta to the Big Cities [2010]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Driftin' Blues | 3:15 |
| Trouble Blues | 2:23 |
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 2:53 |
An Introduction to Charles Brown [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| When Did You Leave Heaven | 3:13 |
| Driftin' Blues | 4:01 |
| Trouble Blues | 2:36 |
| Merry Christmas Baby | 3:40 |
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 2:32 |
Groovy [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Bobby Sox Blues | 2:47 |
| It's a Sin to Tell a Lie | 2:32 |
| There Is No Greater Love | 2:13 |
An Easy Christmas [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Please Come Home for Christmas (Christmas Finds Me Oh So Sad) | 3:17 |
Christmas with the Jazz Legends, Vol. 2 [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 2:55 |
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 2:42 |
Cryin' Mercy [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Drifting Blues | 3:13 |
| How High the Moon | 2:14 |
| Trouble Blues | 2:20 |
| It's a Sin to Tell a Lie | 2:33 |
Greatest Christmas Hits [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 2:31 |
| Merry Christmas Baby | 3:40 |
Merry Christmas Baby [Fuel 2000] [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 2:31 |
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 3:40 |
Merry Christmas Baby [Fuel] [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 2:31 |
| Merry Christmas Baby | 3:40 |
| Christmas Present Blues | 2:31 |
Alone at the Piano [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) | 5:27 |
| Black Nite | 2:27 |
| Cottage For Sale | 3:06 |
| Drifting Blues | 2:59 |
Blowing the Fuse: 27 R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox in 1949 [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Trouble Blues | 2:22 |
The Very Best of Charles Brown Featuring Shuggie Otis [Stardust] [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Driftin' Blues | 4:04 |
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 3:04 |
The Very Best of Charles Brown [Collectables] [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 2:52 |
| Merry Christmas Baby | 3:19 |
20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: Blue Christmas [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 3:19 |
A Life in the Blues [2003]
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Driftin' Blues | 3:14 |
| Drifting Blues | 3:13 |
Six Degrees Collection: Christmas Remixed-Holiday [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Merry Christmas, Baby [MNO Remix] | 4:57 |
The Classic Earliest Recordings [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| There Is No Greater Love | 2:59 |
| Driftin' Blues | 3:15 |
| It's the Talk of the Town | 3:15 |
| How Deep Is the Ocean? | 3:03 |
| You Won't Let Me Go | 3:08 |
| It Had to Be You | 2:49 |
| More Than You Know | 2:51 |
| St. Louis Blues | 2:39 |
| I Surrender Dear | 2:46 |
| I Cried for You | 3:05 |
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 2:46 |
| If I Had You | 2:46 |
| How High the Moon | 2:16 |
| Trouble Blues | 2:23 |
| Again | 3:09 |
Merry Blue Christmas [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 2:30 |
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 3:39 |
| Christmas Present Blues | 2:30 |
Driftin' & Dreamin' [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| It's the Talk of the Town | 3:16 |
| How Deep Is the Ocean? | 3:05 |
| You Won't Let Me Go | 3:10 |
| It Had to Be You | 2:49 |
| More Than You Know | 2:52 |
Jingle Bell Rock: An Oldies Rock and Roll Christmas [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 2:40 |
The Very Best of Charles Brown [Stardust] [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Driftin' Blues | 4:04 |
| Trouble Blues | 2:41 |
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 3:04 |
Trouble Blues [Catfish] [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Driftin' Blues | 3:14 |
| You Won't Let Me Go | 3:07 |
| More Than You Know | 2:50 |
| Trouble Blues | 2:21 |
Blue Over You: The Ace Recordings [1999]
1946 [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| It's the Talk of the Town | 3:15 |
| How Deep Is the Ocean? | 3:04 |
| You Won't Let Me Go | 3:09 |
| More Than You Know | 2:51 |
| It Had to Be You | 2:48 |
Johnny Otis Presents the Best of Rhythm & Blues: One Hour Past Midnight [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 3:00 |
Sing My Blues Tonight: Ace Blues Masters, Vol. 1 [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Trouble Blues | |
| Merry Christmas, Baby |
Honey Dripper [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| When Did You Leave Heaven? | 5:12 |
| There Is No Greater Love | 3:25 |
| If I Had You | 3:54 |
| The Very Thought of You | 5:07 |
| You Won't Let Me Go | 4:55 |
| The Honeydripper | 4:27 |
| They All Say I'm the Biggest Fool | 4:23 |
| Precious Lord | 3:32 |
Merry Christmas Baby [Ronn] [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 3:42 |
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 2:33 |
Bullseye Blues Christmas [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Merry Christmas, Baby/Please Come Home for Christmas [#] | 5:45 |
| Christmas Comes But Once a Year | 4:19 |
Driftin' Blues: The Best of Charles Brown [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Driftin' Blues | 3:15 |
| Trouble Blues | 2:23 |
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 2:53 |
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Guest Charles Brown [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Conversation | 4:45 |
| Driftin' Blues | 2:57 |
| There Is No Greater Love | 3:47 |
| 'Round Midnight | 1:13 |
These Blues [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Honey | 3:46 |
| I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) | 5:24 |
| A Hundred Years from Today | 5:23 |
Cool Christmas Blues [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Merry Christmas Baby | 4:48 |
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 4:46 |
| Silent Night | 4:55 |
| Christmas Comes But Once a Year | 4:19 |
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 3:18 |
| Stay with Me | 4:46 |
The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Charles Brown [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Driftin' Blues [Alternate Take] | 3:13 |
| Driftin' Blues | 3:12 |
| How High the Moon | 2:13 |
| Trouble Blues | 2:20 |
| Again | 3:07 |
| One Never Knows, Does One? | 3:02 |
| Goodnight My Love | 3:06 |
| It's a Sin to Tell a Lie | 2:31 |
| There Is No Greater Love | 2:13 |
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 2:53 |
Johnny Otis Presents the Best of R&B by the Original Artists [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Trouble Blues | 2:43 |
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 3:03 |
Rock Is Dead But It Won't Lie Down: 24 Greatest Hits of All Time, Vol. 2 [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 2:56 |
Legends of Christmas Past: A Rock n' R&B Holiday Collection [1992]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 2:53 |
Merry Christmas, Baby [Paula] [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 2:40 |
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 3:37 |
Billboard Greatest Christmas Hits: 1955-Present [1989]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 2:42 |
Christmas Classics [Rhino] [1989]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Merry Christmas, Baby | 2:56 |
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 2:44 |
Driftin' Blues [1963]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Drifting Blues | |
| Go Away Little Girl | |
| Trouble Blues | |
| Merry Christmas, Baby |
The Boss of the Blues [1963]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Driftin' Blues | 3:57 |
| Cottage For Sale | 3:16 |
| A Cottage for Sale | 3:16 |
Charles Brown Sings Christmas Songs [1961]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Please Come Home for Christmas | |
| Merry Christmas, Baby |
Blues and Other Love Songs
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Mint Julep [Instrumental] | 9:34 |
| 'Round Midnight [Instrumental] | 3:37 |
Charles Brown's Cool Christmas Blues
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Merry Christmas Baby | 4:46 |
| Silent Night | 4:55 |
| Please Come Home for Christmas | 3:18 |
Hard Times & Cool Blues
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Driftin' Blues | |
| Merry Christmas, Baby | |
| Again | |
| How High the Moon | |
| Trouble Blues | |
| Goodnight My Love |
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