Charles Brown.jpgFor Christmas 2013, we decided to count down from Dec. 1 to Christmas morning with two versions of 25 favorite Christmas carols. And, for sport, we’ve matched old-fashioned or ...

Charles Brown’s Christmas album features the highly popular and frequently covered “Please Come Home for Christmas,” which peaked at #76 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1962 and ...

When it comes to having the blues at Christmas, the plaintive cry of Charles Brown’s “Please Come Home for Christmas” is difficult to beat. The Texas-based blues singer recorded in the song ...

And then there are the late Charles Brown’s contributions to the Christmas canon. The Texas City native’s “Merry Christmas, Baby” and “Please Come Home for Christmas” continue to be in ...

When “A Charlie Brown Christmas” aired in December 1965, it subverted expectations in many ways, including by omitting the standard “laugh track” which was popular in television at the ...