This day (December 25, 2008), in Weston, Connecticut, died Eartha Kitt, an American singer, actress and cabaret star, best known for her version of "C'est Si Bon" and her Christmas song "Santa Baby".

Eartha Kitt's 'That Bad Eartha' is her debut 12 vinyl studio album released in December 1953 by Rca Victor.

Robert Palmer, Basia, Mötley Crüe, ABBA, Hurrah!, Eurythmics, Olivia Newton John, Teena Marie, Eartha Kitt, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Belinda Carlisle, The Kinks

Wham!, Billy Joel, Eartha Kitt, Bon Jovi, Kim Wilde, Big Country, Prince, Eurythmics, Duran Duran, Foreigner, Tina Turner, Bonnie Raitt

Rufus Thomas, Bobby Womack, Otis Redding, D'Angelo, Gladys Knight, Sam Cooke, Donna Summer, Eartha Kitt, Bettye LaVette, Roberta Flack, Peabo Bryson, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross, Nancy Wilson

Julie London, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan, Betty Carter, Judy Garland, Eartha Kitt, Ketty Lester, Doris Day, Anita O'Day, Astrud Gilberto, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield

Five Star, Junior, Trio, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Michael Jackson, Amazulu, Maze, The Pointer Sisters, Mel & Kim, Eartha Kitt & Bronski Beat, Prince, The B 52's

Swing Out Sister, Regina Belle, The Kane Gang, Princess, Eartha Kitt, Freddie Jackson, The Real Thing, Orange Juice , The S.O.S. Band, Natalie Cole, Johnny Hates Jazz, Jackie Wilson

Natalie Cole, Eartha Kitt, Sarah Vaughan, Barbra Streisand, Beth Gibbons, Melody Gardot, Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Toni Braxton, Janet Jackson, Donna Summer, China Forbes

Marcus Miller's 'Silver Rain' is his seventh album released on March 8, 2005 by Koch.

This day (October 29, 1945), in New York City, New York, is born Beatrice Melba Smith a.k.a Melba Moore, an American disco, R&B singer and actress who began her performing career in 1967 as Dionne in the original cast of the musical Hair along with Ronnie Dyson and Diane Keaton.

From 'Thats What I Want For Christmas' to 'Give Me That Slow Knowing Smile' , we have mixed 17 'Ladies Song' tunes around the theme of 'Her Christmas List'. It has Randy Crawford, Barb Jungr, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Miss Platnum and many more.

From 'Made You Love Paris' to 'Florence Sur Les Champs-Elysees' , we have mixed 20 'Pure Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'American Jazzmen in (and about) Paris'. It has Mary Lou Williams, Duke Ellington, The Ray Draper Quintet, Cal Tjader and many more.

From 'Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow' to 'Winter Weather' , we have mixed 20 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Winter (Cold Side)'. It has George Benson, Pauline London, Stan Getz, Wayne Newton and many more.

From 'Love for sale' to 'My heart belongs to daddy' , we have mixed 20 'Jazz Classics' tunes written or co-written by 'Cole Porter's Hits'. It has Helen Merrill, Jane Powell, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald and many more.

From 'Dinah' to 'Dinah' , we have mixed 18 'linked together by a clue' tunes around the theme of 'Akst, Lewis and Young'. It has Otis Redding, Louis Prima, Fats Waller, Betty Roché and many more.

From 'Bye bye baby' to 'Baby C'est Vous', we have mixed 18 'Cool Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Women and their "Babies"'. It has Nancy Sinatra, Helen Merrill, Helen Reddy, Marilyn Monroe and many more.

From 'Never On Sunday' to 'Nunca en Domingo', we have mixed 19 'Jazz with Some Latin Music and a Bit of Pop' tunes around the theme of 'Week Days'. It has Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster , Elis Regina, Sonny Criss, Keny Burrell and many more.

From 'Candy Girl' to 'There Are Two Sides to Every Girl', we have mixed 16 'Strictly Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Girls'. It has Herbie Hancock, Don Byas, Stanley Turrentine, Billy May and many more.