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My favourite version of 'Merry Christmas Baby' is probably Elvis' from 1971. Recorded completely off-the-cuff and with such a slow boil of a groove, it's probably one of his most spontaneous, unguarded performances. Redding's version is up there too, of course!

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Merry Christmas to you and your family, Kevin and thank you for all you do for the community of Substack music writers.

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