Miles Davis and Bob Dorough "Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)"
In 1962, the brass at Columbia Records wanted to include a selection by Miles Davis in a Jingle Bell Jazz holiday compilation album.
Miles turned to the singer, pianist, and songwriter Bob Dorough, who would later write many songs for Schoolhouse Rock.
Blue Xmas has been described as the Christmas song for everyone who hates Christmas or the excess of Christmas.
"When you're blue at Xmas time
You see through all the waste
All the sham, all the haste
And plain old bad taste
It's a time when the greedy
give a dime to the needy."
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