"It's Christmas Once Again," Ronnie Spector (Bad Girl Sounds)

This track has been knocking around unreleased for years, but it finally turned up as a graft onto the first domestic release of Ronnie's Last of the Rock Stars album, originally out in 2006 overseas and just available in 2009 stateside. The song originated with Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, and Ronnie gives it a vintage reading that would have been a strong rock ballad 50 years ago but today to most ears sounds just middle of the road. Nevertheless, Ronnie did a nice job on it, and she ought to chase down the folks who helped Darlene Love do her 2007 Christmas album and let them work their magic on a full Christmas disc by her. UPDATE: Martin Johns takes issue with "originated" in regard to the Frankie Lymon version; Frankie recorded the song in 1957, while Tommy Edwards recorded it in 1953. Thanks, Martin, don't be a stranger!