4. Santa’s Got A Brand New Bag or Santa goes strait to the Ghetto – James Brown
The Godfather of Soul who died on Christmas day contributed a great deal of Christmas music to the soul archives. Brand new Bag is a bouncy parady on his smash hit “papa’s got a brand new bag”. Straight to the ghetto is a soulful ballad that share the Godfathers love of his people in Augusta.
3. The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
Oh how this song harken a time when Christmas was so elegant and people still had their priorities in place just happy to be together “chestnuts roasting”. This timeless classic is what makes the holidays
2. This Christmas Donny Hathaway
This upbeat classic has remained a favorite since it was
1. White Christmas – Otis Redding
This version is genius! This is the quintessential definition of Soul as Otis takes this song and makes it all his own. It dos’nt get more soulful than thisreleased in 1945.