"Call Me For Christmas"/"We Wish You a Merry Christmas," Gary U.S. Bonds (self-issued)

The early rock-era star whose big hit was "Quarter to Three" still pops up from time to time, last being heard on a solo album produced by Bruce Springsteen with "This Little Girl." Over at his website you can pull down these two songs, the latter being a "Quarter to Three"-styled takeoff from the original carol that appeared in a TV show and the former, "Call Me," is a soulful ballad from an album released in 1995, Take Me Home to New Orleans, but it sounds like it was from back in the day. Both tunes sound like they could be off the Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns Christmas album.