We're dreaming of a . . . soulful Christmas - and our dreams are made real by these artists, who have been making great holiday music right from the get-go. Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters weigh in from …

Here's where you'll find a host of virtuoso vocalists who could easily be mistaken for angels . . . just check out the tone and emotive crackle in Aaron Neville's version of "Ave Maria" - sung, as it w …

When the great men and women of jazz sink their teeth into the time-honored tunes that make up the Christmas songbook, the results are sometimes surprising, but always swinging and satisfying. So if yo …

Jazz's leading ladies past and present step up to have their say about the holiday, with blissful results. Peggy Lee slips on some high-heeled snowshoes and sashays through "Winter Wonderland" with eno …

"Do You Hear What I Hear?" belts national treasure Mahalia Jackson, and, yes, Mahalia, we hear it! It's the sound of a Crooner Christmas, our swingin', singin' playlist of holiday tracks for all your v …

How is your favorite crooner going to spend the holidays? Doris Day's all about a romantic slow dance, with her swirling, sultry "The Christmas Waltz." Johnny Mathis is shooting for the heavens, with h …

The presents start piling up under the tree, and your neighborhood is covered with red and green lights everywhere you look. You don't want to trot out the same old seasonal standards again - you need  …

If you're ready to roll with a different kind of Christmas, hark to some herald angels whose halos may be a little bit bent, as they offer up their own brand of quirky carols. Rock 'n' roll pioneers th …

The moody vocals of Diana Krall reveal new shadings in the ubiquitous Antonio Carlos Jobim gem "Quiet Nights." Sergio Mendes' energetic and rosy version of Burt Bacharach's "The Look of Love" is a b …