Let's Go Go Christmas

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Let's Go Go Christmas
Compilation album by
Various Artists
ReleasedDecember 12, 1995
Genre
Length42:16
LabelLiaison 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.

Track listing[edit]

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 Searchers4:55
5."Happy Holidays to You"Junk Yard Band4:50
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 Searchers5:53
9."Give Love on Christmas Day" (Berry Gordy/Dennis Lussier)Rare Essence3:55
Total length:42:16

Personnel[edit]

Adapted from AllMusic[1]

  • Matt Allen – keyboards
  • Roy Battle – keyboards, trombone
  • Greg Boyer – trombone
  • Chuck Brown – electric guitar, vocals
  • Kim Clarke – trumpet, vocals
  • Benny Cowan – trumpet
  • Double Agent Rock – primary artist
  • Glenn Ellis – bass guitar
  • Rory Felton – vocals
  • Donnell Floyd – vocals
  • Funk Innovators – primary artist
  • The Go-Go Family – primary artist
  • Milton "Go-Go Mickey" Freeman – congas, percussions
  • Ivan Goff – keyboards, vocals
  • Robert Green – congas, percussions
  • Hot, Cold Sweat – primary artist
  • James "Jas Funk" Thomas – vocals
  • Andre "Whiteboy" Johnson - electric guitar
  • William "Ju Ju" House – drums, percussion
  • Junk Yard Band – primary artist
  • Michael Muse – vocals
  • Louie Oxley – keyboards
  • The Pleasure Band – primary artist
  • Rare Essence – primary artist

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Various Artists: Let's Go Go Christmas". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Let's Go Go Christmas". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 20 December 2016.