''Let's Go Go Christmas'' is a

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released on December 12, 1995. The album consist go-go renditions of traditional Christmas carols performed by prominent Washington, D.C.-based go-go bands, 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 Charles Louis Brown (August 22, 1936 – May 16, 2012) was an American guitarist, bandleader and singer known as "The Godfather of Go-Go". Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed around the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in the mid-197 ...

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic *Matt Allen –

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*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 –

conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). ...

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*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 –

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, percussion *

Junk Yard Band The Junk Yard Band is a Washington, D.C based go-go band, founded in the early 1980s by children playing on improvised instruments. They are best known for their songs- "Sardines" and "The Word." Biography The band was formed in 1980 by children ...

– primary artist *Michael Muse – vocals *Louie Oxley – keyboards *The Pleasure Band – primary artist * Rare Essence – primary artist

References

{{Rare Essence 1995 compilation albums 1995 Christmas albums All-star recordings Christmas albums by American artists Go-go albums