關於 the staple singers ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

【送給大家的聖誕禮物】

如果你需要在家中搞聖誕派對或者希望令聖誕氣氛更濃厚，但又不知道應該放甚麼音樂，我為大家做了一個我的百大聖誕專輯列表！ 為了做這個列表，我用上了整整一個月（加上多年的收集與聆聽聖誕音樂的經驗）的時間！注意這個list沒有EP或者群星精選碟，而是集中於個人或音樂拍檔的專輯（就算是back catalog的碟，也是因為原裝的專輯已經絕版了），而如果是群星碟，也不是精選碟而是新歌為主的碟。所以一些經典精選碟如"Soul Christmas"就不會出現在這個列表當中了。

你知排名這回事其實可以隨時間變來變去，但我個人認為這列表應該頗接近我的最終列表。雖然這是一個個人的列表，亦不是甚麼權威性音樂雜誌的選舉，但我有信心它不會被Rolling Stone的四十大聖誕專輯比下去，而少至我有一百張，足足多過Rolling Stone六十張！

好了好了，希望大家喜歡我送出的這份聖誕禮物，好好享受這些美好的聖誕音樂！聖誕快樂！

我的百大聖誕專輯:
1. A Charlie Brown Christmas – Vince Guaraldi
2. Elvis’ Christmas Album – Elvis Presley
3. Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas – Ella Fitzgerald
4. The Andy Williams Christmas Album – Andy Williams
5. Pops Christmas Party – Arthur Fiedler / The Boston Pops Orchestra
6. Christmas for Kids – Nat King Cole
7. The Gift of Christmas – Andrae Crouch
8. The Nutcracker Suite (from Three Suites) – Duke Ellington
9. A Timeless Christmas – Israel & the New Breed
10. The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings – Gene Autry
11. Sound of Christmas – Ramsey Lewis
12. Christmas Songs – Diana Krall
13. Christmas Portrait – Carpenters
14. The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album – The Beach Boys
15. Christmas ’64 – Jimmy Smith
16. Six String Santa – Joe Pass
17. Christmas Album – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
18. Christmas Carousel – Peggy Lee
19. A Merry Christmas with Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters - Bing Crosby / The Andrews Sisters
20. Merry Christmas Ho! Ho! Ho! – Lou Rawls
21. A Winter Romance – Dean Martin
22. White Christmas – Bing Crosby
23. Play Tchaikovsky (aka Christmas) – Classical Jazz Quartet
24. The 25th Day of December – The Staple Singers
25. Christmas Spirituals – Odetta
26. Christmas – Alabama
27. A Merry Mancini Christmas – Henry Mancini
28. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee
29. An Oscar Peterson Christmas – Oscar Peterson
30. Yule Struttin’: A Blue Note Christmas – Various Artists
31. O Come All Ye Faithful: Christmas Carols at King's College, Cambridge – King’s College Choir of Cambridge
32. The Christmas Song – Nat King Cole
33. A Christmas Together – John Denver / The Muppets
34. Home Alone [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] – John Williams
35. Christmas with Chet Atkins – Chet Atkins
36. A Swingin’ Christmas – Tony Bennett
37. Big Band Holidays – Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra / Wynton Marsalis
38. Big Band Holidays II – Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra / Wynton Marsalis
39. Warner Brothers Jazz Christmas Party – Various Artists
40. Merry Christmas – Andy Williams
41. A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector – Phil Spector / Various Artists
42. The Christmas Album – David Foster / Various Artists
43. December – George Winston
44. Christmas with Patti Page – Patti Page
45. Holly & Ivy – Natalie Cole
46. Jazz for Joy: A Verve Christmas Album – Various Artists
47. The Spirit of Christmas – Ray Charles
48. Funky Christmas – Various Artists
49. Snowfall – Tony Bennett
50. The Christmas Album – The Manhattan Transfer
51. Christmas Songs with Ray Brown – Ray Brown
52. Please Come Home for Christmas – Charles Brown
53. Joy to the World – John Williams
54. A Sesame Street Christmas – Sesame Street
55. Christmas Songs – Mel Torme
56. James Taylor at Christmas – James Taylor
57. Complete RCA Christmas Collection – Perry Como
58. The Pianoman at Christmas – Jamie Cullum
59. Noel! Noel! Noel! - Michel Legrand / Various Artists
60. The Ventures’ Christmas Album – The Ventures
61. Funky Christmas – James Brown
62. Merry Christmas – Johnny Mathis
63. A Christmas Treasure – Julie Andrews
64. Songs of Joy & Peace – Yo Yo Ma / Various Artists
65. A Very Swingin’ Basie Christmas! – Scotty Barnhart / Count Basie Orchestra
66. Jazz to the World – Various Artists
67. A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra – Frank Sinatra
68. Playboy’s Latin Jazz Christmas: A Not So Silent Night – Various Artists
69. Once Upon a Christmas – Kenny Rogers / Dolly Parton
70. Let’s Share Christmas – John Pizzarelli
71. Light on the Stable – Emmylou Harris
72. Sweet Little Jesus Boy – Mahalia Jackson
73. Silent Night: Songs for Christmas – Mahalia Jackson
74. It’s Christmas Time Again [Stax] – Various Artists
75. Merry Christmas – Mariah Carey
76. White Christmas – Rosemary Clooney
77. Happy Holidays: I Love the Winter Weather – Jo Stafford
78. Music of Christmas – Percy Faith & His Orchestra
79. The Magic of Christmas – Natalie Cole
80. Christmas – Michael Buble
81. A Holiday Celebration – Peter, Paul and Mary
82. A Dave Brubeck Christmas – Dave Brubeck
83. First Christmas – BeBe & CeCe Winans
84. The Four Seasons Greetings – The Four Seasons
85. The Bells of Dublin – The Chieftains
86. Twelve Songs of Christmas – Jim Reeves
87. Rocky Mountain Christmas – John Denver
88. Snowbound – Fourplay
89. A GRP Christmas Collection – Various Artists
90. GRP Christmas Collection, Vol.2 – Various Artists
91. Christmas with George Sharing Quintet – George Shearing
92. To Wish You a Merry Christmas – Harry Belafonte
93. Christmas Card – The Temptations
94. Handel’s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration – Various Artists
95. Christmas Songs – Eddie Higgins
96. Christmas with Patti Page (1965) – Patti Page
97. The Christmas Album – The Jackson 5
98. Broadway Christmas – Various Artists
99. Holiday Pops – Keith Lockhart / The Boston Pops Orchestra
100. The Christmas Collection – Johnny Cash

【ROUND 2 - 影響我音樂最深的另100位音樂人 My Next Top 100 Musical Influences】

繼上一次分享了影響我音樂最深的100位音樂人後，發現有很多還沒算上去，但他們對我音樂的影響也非常大，所以我決定來個ROUND 2的影響我音樂最深的另100位音樂人！湊埋上回的100個，真的可以做牆紙喔！這裡的都是在我人生不同時期當中對我的歌唱技巧、作曲風格、演繹表達、音樂審美、製作編排等畫下了深刻烙印的音樂人。大家認到誰又喜歡誰呢？

"Center Row 1": Count Basie, Duke Ellington, John Kander, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

"Center Row 2": Conrad Salinger, Carl Stalling, Billy Strayhorn, Phil Ramone

"Row 1": ABBA, Louis Armstrong, Kenny Barron, John Barry, Ludwig van Beethoven, Elmer Bernstein, William Bradbury, Clifford Brown, Hoagy Carmichael, Ron Carter, Johnny Cash, Ted Lo/Jezrael Lucero/Billy Chan, Chen Gexin, Frederic Chopin

"Row 2": Eric Clapton, Cy Coleman, Sam Cooke, Bing Crosby, Daft Punk, Blossom Dearie, Claude Debussy, Alexandre Desplat, Fats Domino, Harry Sweets Edison, Danny Elfman, Fleetwood Mac, Renee Fleming, Charles H Gabriel

"Row 3": Gaither Homecoming, Melody Gardot, Judy Garland, Red Garland, Marvin Gaye, Astrud Gilberto, Norman Granz, Dave Grusin, Johnny Hartman, Coleman Hawkins, Isaac Hayes, Bernard Hermann, Jerry Hey, Holland, Dozier & Holland

"Row 4": Buddy Holly, Whitney Houston
"Row 5": Jack Johnson, Alicia Keys
"Row 6": BB King, Alison Krauss
"Row 7": Richard Lam, Jacques Loussier

"Row 8": Yo Yo Ma, Arif Mardin, Johnny Mercer, Mills Brothers, Joni Mitchell, Wes Montgomery, Lee Morgan, My Little Airport, Gaby Pahinui, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, Anrdre Previn, Louis Prima, Sergei Rachaninoff

"Row 9": David Raksin, Teddy Robin, Smokey Robinson, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Cecile McLorint Salvant, Erik Satie, Franz Schubert, Hazel Scott, George Shearing, Wayne Shorter, Lalo Schifrin, Nina Simone, Jimmy Smith, The Staple Singers

"Row 10": Max Steiner, Cat Stevens, Sting, David Tao, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, McCoy Tyner, Antonio Vivaldi, T Bone Walker, Fats Waller, Dinah Washington, Barry White, Hank Williams, Joe Williams, Yao Min

以下是一些簡單統計：

By 風格 (Genre)：
Jazz: 49
R&B/Soul/Blues: 17
Soundtrack: 14
Classical: 13
Traditional Pop: 8
Rock: 7
Musical: 7
Gospel: 5
Contemporary Pop: 3
Cantopop: 3
C-Pop: 3
Folk: 3
Country: 2
Hawaiian: 1
Electronica: 1

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