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It’s hard to go anywhere this time of year without hearing the same few Christmas songs. But Leonard celebrates today, with some lesser-known sounds of the season—some of his favorite recordings from the Golden Age of Gospel to the Present.

Playlist:

Marion Williams, "When Was Jesus Born?"
O Holy Night is available for purchase at amazon.com
Mahalia Jackson, "Go Tell It On the Mountain"
Silent Night is available for purchase at amazon.com
Mahalia Jackson, "Silent Night, Holy Night"
Silent Night, Holy Night is available for purchase at amazon.com
Brother Joe May, "Silent Night" from Nashboro Nativity
The Chosen Gospel Singers, "No Room at the Hotel"
The Lifeboat is available for purchase at amazon.com
Edna Gallmon Cooke, "Have You Got Room?" from Springfield Baptist Church, Washington, DC
Swan Silvertones, "Great Day in December"
Saviour Pass Me Not is available for purchase at amazon.com
Marion Williams, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" Through Many Dangers is available for purchase at amazon.com
Mattie Williams, "Poor Little Jesus Boy" from Black Nativity
Mahalia Jackson, "The Holy Babe" Mahalia Sings Songs of Christmas is available for purchase at amazon.com
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, "White Christmas"
The Complete Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Vol. 3: 1947-1951 is available for purchase at amazon.com
Shirley Caesar, "What You Gonna Name Your Baby?"
Christmas with Shirley Caesar is available for purchase at amazon.com
Yolanda Adams, "Carol of the Bells/What Child is this?"
Christmas with Yolanda Adams is available for purchase at amazon.com
Mahalia Jackson, "No Room at the Inn"
Mahalia Sings Songs of Christmas is available for purchase at amazon.com
Marion Williams, "No Room at the Inn"
O Holy Night is available for purchase at amazon.com
The Consolers, "No Room at the Inn" from Nashboro Nativity
Mahalia Jackson, "O Come All Ye Faithful"
Mahalia Sings Songs of Christmas is available for purchase at amazon.com
Marion Williams, "Joy to the World"
If We Ever Needed the Lord Before is available for purchase at amazon.com