CULTURETECHLENSThis Christmas
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Combined Graph record U-00155 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0039. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Song title: 'This Christmas' Recording artist: Donny Hathaway Original version released in 1970 (early December, as a non-album single on Atco Records), per Rhino, the Warner Music label that administers the catalog Rhino states the song originated in 1967 with Nadine McKinnor's lyrics and melody, and Hathaway composed the music and arrangement in fall 1970
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Song title: 'This Christmas' Recording artist: Donny Hathaway Original version released in 1970 (early December, as a non-album single on Atco Records), per Rhino, the Warner Music label that administers the catalog Rhino states the song originated in 1967 with Nadine McKinnor's lyrics and melody, and Hathaway composed the music and arrangement in fall 1970
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- Year: 1970
- Work type: song
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- https://www.rhino.com/article/watch-lalah-and-donny-hathaway-duet-on-holiday-classic-this-christmas (verification source · master store)
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Song title: 'This Christmas' Recording artist: Donny Hathaway Original version released in 1970 (early December, as a non-album single on Atco Records), per Rhino, the Warner Music label that administers the catalog Rhino states the song originated in 1967 with Nadine McKinnor's lyrics and melody, and Hathaway composed the music and arrangement in fall 1970
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