Album Nine

The Great Songs of Christmas - Album Nine
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1969

This was the second release (and only one of two) that did not list the performers on the front cover
The cover and inner photos are from the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris

The Happiest Christmas - Petula Clark

The Secret of Christmas - Bing Crosby

The Twelve Days of Christmas - Joan Sutherland

The First Noel - Connie Francis

O Come All Ye Faithful/God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - Richard Kiley

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/Good King Wenceslas/It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Lawrence Welk

In Dulci Jublio - London Symphony Orchestra/Erich Leinsdorf/The Roger Wagner Chorale

O Holy Night - Mantovani and His Orchestra

Silent Night - Petula Clark

Winter Wonderland - Lena Horne

Skater's Waltz - Mantovani and His Orchestra

O Little Town of Bethlehem - Connie Francis

Panis Angelicus - Richard Kiley

Jingle Bells - Lena Horne

O Sanctissima - London Symphony Orchestra/Erich Leinsdorf/The Roger Wagner Chorale

A Christmas Tale for Children - Vladimir Horowitz

Ave Maria - Joan Sutherland

Album Eight

The Great Songs of Christmas - Album Eight
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1968

This was the first release (and only one of two) that did not list the performers on the front cover
It was also the first release (and one of only two) that split the "sacred" and "secular" songs into separate sides

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams

The Christmas Waltz - Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence

Here Comes Santa Claus - The Ray Conniff Singers

I Love the Winter Weather /
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Tony Bennett

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Percy Faith

A Marshmallow World - Johnny Mathis

The Little Drummer Boy - Percy Faith

Sleigh Ride - The New Christy Minstrels

O Little Town of Bethlehem - Barbara Streisand

On Christmas Night All Christians Sing - Anthony Newley

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Sally Ann Howes

March of the Kings; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Robert Merrill

Little Jesus Sweetly Sleep - Anthony Newley

Ave Maria - Anna Moffo

Mary's Little Boy Child - The Brothers Four

What Child is This? - Tony Bennett

Joy to the World - Anna Moffo

Silent Night - Barbara Streisand


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