Motown has been part of America’s holiday music canon for decades, and two songs loom large: If you’re out gift-shopping or clicking a Christmas playlist this time of year, the Temptations’ “Silent ...
From the Temptations’ “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas” to John Coltrane’s “My Favorite Things” to Oscar Peterson’s “White Christmas,” black folks have contributed ...