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Now meet the rest of the JazzWax Vintage Holiday Album Hall of Fame family, in order of their induction and linked to Amazon...

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2015—Two albums with the same name: Bobby Timmons' Holiday Soul and Don Patterson's Holiday Soul. Both trio albums were recorded for Prestige in Nov. 1964—the former on the 24th and the latter on the 25th.

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2014—Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass: Christmas Album (1968).

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2013—Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme's That Holiday Feeling! (1964).

Here are albums that have already been inducted into the JazzWax Holiday Album Hall of Fame.

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2012—Duke Pearson: Merry Ole Soul (1969).

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2011—Urbie Green: A Cool Yule Tide (1954). Way out of print, I'm afraid.

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2010—Eddie Higgins: Christmas Songs (2004).

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2009—June Christy: This Time of Year (1961).

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2008—Jo Stafford's Happy Holidays: I Love the Winter Weather (1950s).

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Bonus: Here's one of my favorite all-time holiday tracks—Jo Stafford's By the Fireside, from her Ski Trails (1956) album with the Starlighters, arranged by husband Paul Weston...

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