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Christmas Comes But Once a Year

B.B. King

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  1. Released on Geffen, also Sweet Child o’ Mine (Guns N’ Roses), White Christmas (V) and Welcome to the Jungle (Guns N’ Roses)

  2. Part of A Christmas Celebration of Hope, also Blue Decorations, Bringing in a Brand New Year and Christmas Celebration

  3. Written by Andy Gibson, also Good Good Lovin’ (James Brown & The Famous Flames), Come On With the "Come On" (Cab Calloway and His Orchestra) and (Do) The Hucklebuck (Coast to Coast)

  4. Written by Amos Milburn, also Chicken Shack Boogie (Amos Milburn) and Tears, Tears, Tears (Gregg Allman)

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

  • Andy Gibson first appears on fono in 1940, 61 years before this song

  • Amos Milburn first appears on fono in 1985, 16 years before this song

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Written by
Amos Milburn and Andy Gibson
Part of
A Christmas Celebration of Hope
Released on
Geffen

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  1. 1MusicBrainz Christmas Comes But Once a Year was written by Amos Milburn

    Christmas Comes But Once a Year was written by Amos Milburn

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  2. 2MusicBrainz Christmas Comes But Once a Year was written by Andy Gibson

    Christmas Comes But Once a Year was written by Andy Gibson

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  3. 3MusicBrainz Christmas Comes But Once a Year is part of the release A Christmas Celebration of Hope

    Christmas Comes But Once a Year is part of the release A Christmas Celebration of Hope

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz Geffen is the label of the song Christmas Comes But Once a Year

    Geffen is the label of the song Christmas Comes But Once a Year

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Christmas Comes But Once a Year was released on 2001-11-06

    Christmas Comes But Once a Year was released on 2001-11-06

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026