Some Christmas songs are so trashy that they ... “But the magic of Donny Hathaway will always make his version essential. There’s the technical ability, but then there’s the soul of a ...

One of the most enduring Christmas songs of the past 60 years is Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas.” Hathaway’s drummer once said the track was designed to resonate with Black audiences.

Donny Hathaway’s 1970 holiday classic ... Prince’s 1984 B-side “Another Lonely Christmas” is more melancholy than merry. Getty Images One of those brilliant B-sides that Prince used ...

“This Christmas” co-writer Nadine McKinnor holds a vinyl recording of the holiday classic in the early 2000s. Courtesy of the McKinnor family Share Nadine McKinnor is thousands of miles away ...