| "Please Come Home for Christmas" |
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| B-side | "Christmas (Comes but Once a Year)" by Amos Milburn |
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| Released | 1960 |
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| Recorded | September 21, 1960 |
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| Length | 2:50 |
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| Label | King 45-5405 |
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"Please Come Home for Christmas"
(1960) |
"Angel Baby (Charles Brown & Group)"
(1961) |
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"Please Come Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song, written in 1960 and released the same year by American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown. Hitting the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1961, the tune, which Brown co-wrote with Gene Redd, peaked at position number 76. It appeared on the Christmas Singles chart for nine seasons, hitting number 1 in 1972. It includes a number of characteristics of Christmas music, such as multiple references in the lyrics to the Christmas season and Christmas traditions, and the use of a church bell type sound, created using tubular bells, at the start of the song. The song has been covered by many artists, including by Eagles, Etta James, U2 and Cher.