The Andy Williams Christmas Album

by Andy Williams

The Andy Williams Christmas Album cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 October 1963
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 33:36
  • Community rating: 2.91/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Defined by its lush orchestration and incredibly warm, welcoming vocal tone, this holiday release became an absolute cornerstone of mid-century American seasonal media. Introducing widely recognized standards, the record heavily utilizes sweeping choirs and nostalgic, easy-listening arrangements. The project definitively cemented the vocalist's lifelong association with commercial Christmas celebrations.

Genres

Descriptors: Christmas, christmas, christian, melodic

Tracklist

  1. White Christmas (2:30)
  2. Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season (2:41)
  3. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire) (2:33)
  4. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2:32)
  5. A Song and a Christmas Tree (The Twelve Days of Christmas) (3:57)
  6. Kay Thompson's Jingle Bells (2:06)
  7. The First No毛l (3:08)
  8. O Holy Night (3:23)
  9. Away in a Manger (2:52)
  10. Sweet Little Jesus Boy (3:18)
  11. The Little Drummer Boy (2:16)
  12. Silent Night, Holy Night (2:13)

Credits

  • Andy Williams - primary artist
  • Robert Mersey - arranged by
  • Irving Berlin - written-by
  • Marty Paich - arranged by
  • Kay Thompson - written-by
  • Mel Torm茅 - written-by
  • Robert Wells - written-by
  • Johnny Mandel - arranged by
  • Eddie Pola - Written-By
  • George Wyle - Written-By, Arranged By
  • Adolphe C. Adam - Written-By
  • Robert MacGimsey - Written-By
  • Harry Simeone - Written-By
  • Henry Onorati - Written-By
  • Katherine K. Davis - Written-By

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