Saturday, December 29, 2018

Album Eight





The Great Songs of Christmas - Album Eight
Columbia Special Products CSS 888
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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