Charles Brown / Amos Miburn

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-Artist / Group: Charles Brown split single with Amos Miburn

-Mini bio: Born on Sept. 13, 1922 in Texas City, Texas. Died of heart failure on Jan. 21, 1999, age 76. R&B singer/pianist/songwriter. Joined Johnny Moore's Three Blazers in 1944. Charted 24 R&B hits between 1845-52 as a solo artist and with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an early influence.

-Charles Brown entered Billboard's Top 100 Charts twice on the King Record Label, the first 1n 1961 with his release of Please Come Home For Christmas (King 5405), Billboard # 76 and then in 1973 with Merry Christmas Baby (King 6194), Billboard # 2, for one week, which was actually first released in 1968, but went nowhere at that time.

-Charles Brown's very last single released on the King record label was Lonesome & Driftin' on King 6420 from 1973 and although an excellent R&B love ballad did not resonate with the record buying public of the time and dropped from sight shortly after its release in 1973.

-Side one: Charles Brown, Please Come Home For Christmas

-Side two: Amos Milburn, Christmas (Comes But Once A Year)

-Please Come Home For Christmas co-written by Charles Brown is a beautiful mid-tempo Christmas R&B love ballad with tinkling piano, strummed guitar, bass, light drums, Charles Brown's smooth vocals with a lovely guitar solo.

-This recording probably would have done better on the charts than it did, if it had been released a bit earlier in December than it was. Didn't actually reach the charts until Dec. 25th which was probably a bit late for a Christmas recording.

-Christmas (Comes But Once A Year) co-written by Amos Miburn is an R&B Christmas rocker with terrific vocals from Amos Milburn, loping bass, piano, drums and a hot piano solo.

-Label: King 5405

-Year released: 1961

-Billboard number: 76

-Billboard debut: Dec. 25, 1961

-American pressing