“This Christmas” - Donny Hathaway (1970) #11 (1972 Christmas chart re-issue)

The late Hathaway co-wrote the song (it is credited to Nadine McKinnor and “Donny Pitts,” the stage name Hathaway used as a young gospel singer.) Since Hathaway’s original version, it has become something of a modern holiday standard, covered by a wide range of artists, most notably by Chris Brown, who performed it in the movie he starred in last year…also called This Christmas. In 1991, Atco/Atlantic Records re-released the 1968 Christmas R&B compilation album Soul Christmas, and they included eleven more tracks on it…including “This Christmas” (which was originally released in 1970.)

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