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So all bets were open by 1953, when RCA Victor Records was trying to capitalize on the nightclub success of a sultry young thing named Eartha Kitt. It didn't hurt, either, that by the time "Santa Baby" was recorded in the late summer of 1953, RCA had already introduced Kitt to the radio public with a non-Christmas song that fit her style perfectly: "C'est Si Bon," which sounded wildly exotic when purred in French. Whatever the strategies, "Santa Baby" was a big hit by Christmas record standards, cracking the top five of the Billboard charts and staying there more than a month. It also became an evergreen, returning each year even after her 1954 sequel, "This Year's Santa Baby," went nowhere.

This ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM includes EXCLUSIVE performances from the award-wimming Christmas special PLUS four bonus tracks.
Take the stellar talents of PATTI LABELLE, EARTHA KITT, GREGORY HINES and VANESSA WILLIAMS, add the Christmas magic of RANKIN/BASS (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman), toss in a lively score of jazz, pop and hip-hop, and you?ve got the recipe for SANTA, BABY! When a little girl uses her wish from a Christmas partridge to help her dad over his song-writing slump, he finds his inspiration and even gives the real Santa Claus a helping hand!
The story of NOEL DAVIS (Gregory Hines) a successful song composer with a bad case of writer's block. Reduced to writing clunkers, he considers quitting music. Even worse, he's grown distant from his adoring eight year-old daughter DAKOTA (Kiana Underwood) and his lovely wife ALICIA (Vanessa Williams). Note even Dakota's cat EMERALD (Eartha Kit) can get through to him. But when MELODY SONGBIRD (Patti Labelle) enters their lives magical things begin to happen.