The Biggest Christmas Albums & CDs of All Time |
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Anthology Christmas Albums: |
| Billboard Greatest Christmas Hits 1935-1954 (1989) (on Amazon) White Christmas (Bing Crosby) Let Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Vaughn Monroe) Rudolph The Rd-Nosed Reindeer (Gene Autry) The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) (Nat ‘King’ Cole) All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) (Spike Jones I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Jimmy Boyd) Christmas Island (Andrews Sisters with Guy Lombardo) Silent Night (Bing Crosby) Here Comes Santa Clause (Down santa Claus Lane) (Gene Autry) Santa Baby (Eartha Kitt) |
| Billboard Greatest Christmas Hits 1955 – Present (1990) (on Amazon) Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms) Rockin Around The Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) The Chipmunk Song (The Chipmunks with David Seville) The Little Drummer Boy (Harry Simeone Chorale) Mary’s Boy Child (Harry Belafonte) Blue Christmas (Elvis Presley) Nuttin For Christmas (Barry Gordon) Please Come Home For Christmas (Charles Brown) White Christmas (The Drifters) Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (Elmo and Patsy) |
| Now That’s What I Call Christmas (2001) (on Amazon) The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) (Nat King Cole) White Christmas (Bing Crosby) Blue Christmas (Elvis Presley) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Frank Sinatra) Winter Wonderland (Tony Bennett) Sleigh Ride (Ella Fitzgerald) Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Dean Martin) (There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays (Perry Como) The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (Johnny Mathis) A Holly Jolly Christmas (Burl Ives) Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Gene Autry) Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer (Elmo & Patsy) Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms) Little Saint Nick (The Beach Boys) Merry Christmas Darling (The Carpenters) Christmas Collage (Kathy Mattea) Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth (Bing Crosby & David Bowie) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon & Yoko Ono) Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (Bruce Springsteen) Do They Know It’s Christmas? (Band Aid) Wonderful Christmastime (Paul McCartney) Our Love Is Like A Holiday (Michael Bolton) (It Must Have Been Ol’) Santa Claus (Harry Connick Jr.) Jingle Bells (Diana Krall) Away In The Manger (Mannheim Steamroller) Deck The Halls (Ottmar Leibert) Love On Layaway ( Gloria Estefan) Don’t Save It All For Christmas Day (Celine Dion) This Christmas (Joe) Special Gift (Isley Brothers) All We Need Is Love (Christmas In The Yard) (The Big Yard Family w/ Shaggy) My Only Wish (The Year) (Britney Spears) You Don’t Have To Be Alone (On Christmas) (‘NSYNC) O Come All Ye Faithful (Luther Vandross) Silent Night (Boyz II Men) |
| Superstar Christmas (1997) (on Amazon) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon & Yoko Ono) O Holy Night (Mariah Carey) Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (Frank Sinatra) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Michael Bolton) The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (Celine Dion) Merry Christmas Baby (Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band) Early Christmas Morning (Cyndi Lauper) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Luther Vandross) Silent Night (Boyz II Men) Winter Wonderland (Tony Bennett) You Make It Feel Like Christmas (Neil Diamond) I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Amy Grant) White Christmas (Placido Domingo) What If Jesus Comes Back Like That (Collin Raye) Christmas Through Your Eyes (Gloria Estefan) The Lord’s Prayer (Barbra Streisand) |
| Ultimate Christmas (1998) (on Amazon) Silent Night (Boyz II Men) The Christmas Song (Nat King Cole) Winter Wonderland (Aretha Franklin) White Christmas (Bing Crosby) Blue Christmas (Elvis Presley) Sleigh Ride (Johnny Mathis) Frosty The Snowman (Ella Fitzgerald) Cantique De Noel (O Holy Night) (Luciano Pavarotti) O Come All Ye Faithful (Luther Vandross) Joy To The World (Whitney Houston/Georgia Mass Choir) It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (Dionne Warwick) Silver Bells (Kenny G) Santa Baby (Eartha Kitt) The Night Before Christmas (Carly Simon) Jingle Bells (Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass) Song For A Winter’s Night (Sarah McLachlan) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland) |
| Ultimate Christmas Album (WCBS FM 101.1) (on Amazon) Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms) What Christmas Means To Me (Stevie Wonder) You’re My Christmas Present (Jimmy Beaumont & The Skyliners) White Christmas (The Drifters) Merry Merry Christmas Baby (Margo Sylvia & The Tune Weavers) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Jimmy Boyd) Baby’s First Christmas (Connie Francis) Silver Bells (Diana Ross & The Supremes) It’s Christmas Once Again (Frankie Lymon) Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Gene Autry) Run Rudolph Run (Chuck Berry) Please Come Home For Christmas (Dion) The Chipmunk Song (Alvin & The Chipmunks) This Time Of Year (Brook Benton) Christmas Ain’t Christmas (Without The One You Love) (The O’Jays) The Little Drummer Boy (Harry Simeone Chorale) I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Fats Domino) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (4 Seasons) This Christmas (Donny Hathaway) Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (The Cadillacs) Christmas Serenade (Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge) Silent Night (The Temptations) Christmas Auld Lang Syne (Bobby Darin) Another Lonely New Year’s Eve (Jimmy Beaumont & The Skyliners |
| Ultimate Christmas Album II (WCBS FM 101.1) (on Amazon) Little Saint Nick (The Beach Boys) White Christmas (Diana Ross & The Supremes) Here Comes Santa Claus (Gene Autry) Sleigh Ride (Johnny Mathis) Grandma Got Runover By A Reindeer (Elmo & Patsy) A Christmas Long Ago (Jingle Jingle) (The Echelons) Merry Christmas Darling (The Carpenters) Donde Esta Santa Claus (Augie Rios) Merry Christmas Baby (Dion) Give Love On Christmas Day ( The Jackson 5) Holly Jolly Christmas (Burl Ives) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge) Frosty The Snowman (The Beach Boys) Nuttin’ For Christmas (Barry Gordon) The Christmas Song (The Duprees) Pretty Paper (Roy Orbison) It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (Bing Crosby) Merry Christmas All (Denise Montana & The Salsoul Orchestra) Dominick The Donkey (Lou Monte) Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (The Melodeers) Someday At Christmas (Stevie Wonder) The Most Wonderful Time Of Year (Andy Williams) Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Dean Martin) Happy New Year Baby (Jo Ann Campbell) After New Year’s Eve (The Heartbeats) |
| A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spector’s Christmas Album) (1963) (on Amazon) White Christmas (Darlene Love) Frosty The Snowman (The Ronettes) The Bells of St. Mary’s (Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (The Crystals) Sleigh Ride (The Ronettes) Marshmallow World (Darlene Love) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (The Ronettes) Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer (The Crystals) Winter Wonderland (Darlene Love) Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers (The Crystals) Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) (Darlene Love) Here Comes Santa Claus (Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans) Silent Night (Phil Spector & Artists) |
| A Very Special Christmas (1987) (on Amazon) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Pointer Sisters) Winter Wonderland (Eurythmics) Do You Hear What I Hear (Whitney Houston) Merry Christmas Baby (Bruce Springsteen) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (The Pretenders) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (John Cougar Mellencamp) Gabriel’s Message (Sting) Christmas In Hollis (Run D.M.C.) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (U2) Santa Baby (Madonna) The Little Drummer Boy (Bob Seger) Run Rudolph Run (Bryan Adams) Back Door Santa (Bon Jovi) The Coventry Carol (Alison Moyet) Silent Night (Stevie Nicks) |
| A Very Special Christmas 2 (1992) (on Amazon) Christmas All Over Again (Tom Petty) Jingle Bell Rock (Randy Travis) The Christmas Song (Luther Vandross) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Frank Sinatra/Cyndi Lauper) The Birth Of Christ (Boyz II Men) Please Come Home For Christmas (Jon Bon Jovi) What Christmas Means To Me ( Paul Young) O Christmas Tree (Aretha Franklin) Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (Ronnie Spector/Darlene Love) White Christmas (Michael Bolton) Christmas Is (Run D.M.C.) Christmas Time Again (Extreme) Merry Christmas Baby (Bonnie Rait & Charles Brown) O Holy Night (Tevin Campbell) Sleigh Ride (Debbie Gibson) What Child Is This? (Vanessa Williams) Blue Christmas (Ann & Nancy Wilson) Silent Night (Wilson Phillips) I Believe In You (Sinead O’Connor) |
| A Very Special Christmas 3 (1997) (on Amazon) I Saw Three Ships (Sting) Christmastime (The Smashing Pumpkins) Children Go Where I Send Thee (Natalie Merchant) Santa Baby (Rev Run & The Christmas All-Stars) Oi To The World (No Doubt) Blue Christmas (Sheryl Crow) Christmas (Blues Traveler) Oiche Chiun (Silent Night) (Enya) The Christmas Song (Hootie & The Blowfish) Ave Maria (Chris Cornell w/Eleven) Christmas In The City (Mary J. Blige feat. Angie Martinez) Santa Claus Back In Town (Jonny Lang) Christmas Song (Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds) Christmas Is Now Drawing Near At Hand (Steve Winwood) O Holy Night (Tracy Chapman) We Three Kings (Patti Smith) |
| Nipper’s Greatest Christmas Hits (1989) (on Amazon) (There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays (Perry Como) It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (Kate Smith) Sleigh Ride (Arthur Fiedler) Pretty Paper (Willie Nelson) Silver Bells (Al Hirt) Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (The Ames Brothers) Jingle Bells (Julie Andrews) Mary’s Boy Child (Harry Belafonte) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Henry Mancini) Winter Wonderland (The Judds) Feliz Navidad (Jose Feliciano) Santa Baby (Eartha Kitt) Here Comes Santa Clause (Elvis Presley) I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Ronnie Milsap) Happy Christmas, Little friend (Dinah Shore) Christmas Is Here Again (Roger Whittaker) Christmas In Dixie (Alabama) Christmas Day (Jack Jones) We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Eugene Ormandy) White Christmas (Arthur Fielder) |
| The Edge of Christmas (1995) (on Amazon) Thank God Its Christmas (Queen) Please Come Home For Christmas (Pat Benatar) 2000 Miles (The Pretenders) December Will Be Magic Again (Kate Bush) Peace On Earth/Little Drummer boy (David Bowie and Bing Crosby) Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (The Smithereens) Run Rudolph Run (Dave Edmunds) Christmas Is Coming (The Payoloas) Fairytale of New York (The Pogues featuring Kirsty McCall) Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight) (The Ramones) |
| Billboard Presents: Family Christmas Classics (1995) (on Amazon) Christmas Time Is Here (Vince Guaradi) Welcome Christmas (Narration: Boris Karloff, Singing: Thurl Ravenscroft) We Need A Little Christmas (Angela Lansbury) |
| Christmas All-Time Greatest, Volume 01 (2011) (on Amazon) White Christmas (Bing Crosby) I’ll Be Home for Christmas (Glen Campbell) The Christmas Song (Nat “King” Cole) Winter Wonderland (Lena Horne) Little Saint Nick (Beach Boys) Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Lou Rawls) Silent Night (Ella Fitzgerald) The Star Carol (Tennessee Ernie Ford) Do You Hear What I Hear? (Bing Crosby) Silver Bells (Merle Haggard) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Dean Martin) Jingle Bells (Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters) |
| The Ultimate Relaxation Christmas Album (2002) (on Amazon) Christmas Bells (Mantovani & His Orchestra) O Holy Night (Mantovani & His Orchestra) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Ronnie Aldrich and his 2 pianos) White Christmas (Mantovani & His Orchestra) The Golden Carol (Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra) |
The Biggest Christmas Albums of The 2000s |
| Brooks and Dunn – It Won’t Be Christmas Without You (2002) (on Amazon) Winter Wonderland Hangin Round The Mistletoe It Won’t Be Christmas Without You Rockin Little Christmas Blue Christmas Santa’s Comin Over To Your House The Christmas Song Santa Claus Is Comin To Town Who says There Ain’t No Santa I’ll Be Home For Christmas White Christmas |
| The Three Tenors Christmas (2000) (on Amazon) *Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti Cantique De Noel (O Holy Night) Adeste Fideles Ave Maria, Dolce Maria Wiegenlied Oh Tannenbaum Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle Amazing Grace White Christmas Dormi, O Bambino Silent Night Pregaria Susani ~Happy Christmas/War Is Over Wiegenlied II Carol Of The Drum (Little Drummer Boy) La Virgen lava Panales I’ll Be Home For Christmas Sleigh Ride Winter Wonderland Un Nuevo Siglo Feliz Navidad |
| Charlotte Church – Dream A Dream (2000) (on Amazon) Dream A Dream (Elysium) with Billy Gilman O Come All Ye Faithful The Little Drummer Boy Mary’s Boy Child Ding Dong! Merrily On High Winter Wonderland The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasing On an Open Fire) Hark! The Herlad Angels Sing The Coventry Carol (Lully Lallay) Joy To The World When A Child Is Born What Child Is This? God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Medley: Draw Tua Bethlehem/Far Over Bethlehem Ave Maria Gabriel’s Message O Holy Night o! How A Rose E’er Blooming Silent Night |
| Micheal Buble – Christmas (2011) (on Amazon) It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Santa Claus is Coming to Town Jingle Bells (featuring the Puppini Sisters) White Christmas (duet with Shania Twain) All I Want For Christmas is You Holly Jolly Christmas Santa Baby Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Silent Night Blue Christmas Cold December Night I’ll Be Home for Christmas Ave Maria Mis Deseos/Feliz Navidad (duet with Thalia) “This Is Michael Bublé Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas” |
| Rod Stewart – Merry Christmas, Baby (2012) (on Amazon) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas ~Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Winter Wonderland White Christmas Merry Christmas, Baby Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? Blue Christmas Red-Suited Super Man When You Wish Upon A Star We Three Kings Silent Night Auld Lang Syne |
| A Very Special Christmas – 25 Years (2012) (on Amazon) Joy To The World (Train) Something In The Air (Grayson Sanders and Jono, Featuring Lauriana Mae) Angels We Have Heard On High (Jewel) |
| Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta – This Christmas (2012) (on Amazon) Baby It’s Cold Outside Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree I’ll Be Home For Christmas This Christmas Silent Night The Christmas Waltz Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Winter Wonderland White Christmas I Think You Might Like It The Christmas Song Deck The Halls Medley: Auld Lang Syne/Christmas Time Is Here |
| Colbie Caillat – Christmas In The Sand (2012) (on Amazon) Merry Christmas Baby Santa Baby Christmas In The Sand Baby It’s Cold Outside The Christmas Song Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Every Day Is Christmas Silver Bells Winter Wonderland Mistletoe Happy Christmas Auld Lang Syne |
The Biggest Christmas Albums of The 1990s |
| John Berry – O Holy Night (1995) (on Amazon) Joy To The World God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen I’ll Be Home For Christmas Away In a manger O Come All Ye Faithful Little Drummer Boy The Christmas Song Silent Night O Come Emmanuel O Holy Night |
| Micheal Bolton – This Is The Time – The Christmas Album (1996) (on Amazon) Silent Night Santa Claus Is Comin To Town Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Joy To The World Ave Maria (with Placido Domingo) The Christmas Song O Holy Night White Christmas This Is The Time (with Wynonna) Love Is The Power |
| Boyz II Men – Christmas Interpretations (1993) (on Amazon) Silent Night (intro) Let It Snow (with Brian McKnight) Share Love You’re Not Alone A Joyous Song Why Christmas Cold December Nights Do They Know Who Would Have Thought Silent Night |
| Garth Brooks – Beyond The Season (1992) (on Amazon) Go tell It On The Mountain God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen The Old Man’s Back In Town The Gift Unto You This Night White Christmas The Friendly Beasts Santa Looked a Lot Like daddy Silent Night Mary’s Dream What Child Is This |
| Jimmy Buffett – Christmas Island (1996) (on Amazon) Christmas Island Jingle Bells A Sailor’s Christmas Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Up On The Housetop Mele Kalikimaka Run Rudolph Run Ho Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum I’ll Be Home For Christmas Merry Christmas Alabama (Never Far From Home) |
| Mariah Carey – Merry Christmas (1994) (on Amazon) Silent Night All I Want For Christmas Is You O Holy Night Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Miss You Most (At Christmastime) Joy To The World ~Jesus Born On This day Santa Claus Is Comin To Town Medley: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) Jesus Oh what A Wonderful Child |
| Harry Connick Jr – When My Heart Finds Christmas (1993) (on Amazon) Sleigh Ride When My Heart Finds Christmas (It Must Have Been) Ol Santa Claus The Blessed Dawn Of Christmas Day Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! The Little Drummer Biy Ave Maria Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers What Child Is This? Christmas Dreaming I Party On Christmas Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer O Holy Night What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? |
| Celine Dion – These Are Special Times (1998) (on Amazon) O Holy Night Don’t Save It All For Christmas day Blue Christmas Another Year Has Gone By The Magic Of Christmas day (God Bless Us Everyone) Ave Maria Adeste Fideles (O Come All ye faithful) The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) The Prayer (with Andrea Bocelli) Brahms’ Lullaby Christmas Eve These Are The Special Times Happy Xmas (War Is Over) I’m Your Angel (with R. Kelly) Feliz Navidad Les Cloches Du Hameau |
| Gloria Estefan – Christmas Through Your Eyes (on Amazon) Overture: Silver Bells The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It snow This Christmas I’ll Be Home For Christmas White Christmas Silent Night Christmas Through Your Eyes Arbolito De Navidad Christmas Auld Lang Syne |
| Vince Gill – Let There Be Peace On Earth (1993) (on Amazon) Do You Hear What I Hear Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas One Bright Star What Child Is This Santa Claus Is Comin To Town I’ll Be Home For Christmas Let There Be Peace On Earth White Christmas Til The Season Comes Round Again It Won’t Be The Same This Year |
| Amy Grant – Home For Christmas (1992) (on Amazon) Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Medley: Joy To The World/For Unto Us A Child Is Born Breath Of Heaven (Mary’s Song) O Come All Ye Faithful Grown-Up Christmas List Rockin Around The Christmas Tree Winter Wonderland I’ll Be Home For Christmas The Night Before Christmas Emmanuel, God With Us Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring |
| The Irish Tenors – Home For Christmas (1999) (on Amazon) *The tenors are: John McDermott, Anthony Kearns and Ronan Tynan Joy To The World Ave Maria The Wexford Carol Suo Gan Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) Sweet Little Jesus Boy Medley” Good King Wenceslas/Angels We have Heard On High/Ding Dong Merrily On High While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks Away In a Manger It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Ave Maria What Child Is This? O Holy Night The Holy City The First Noel Silent Night Amazing Grace |
| Luthor Vandross – This Is Christmas (1995) (on Amazon) With a Christmas Heart This Is Christmas The Mistletoe Jam (Everybody Kiss Somebody) Every Year, Every Christmas My Favorite Things Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas I Listen To The Bells (with Darlene Love) Please Come Home For Christmas A Kiss For Christmas O Come All Ye Faithful |
| NSYNC – Home For Christmas (1998) (on Amazon) Home For Christmas Under My Tree I Never Knew The Meaning Of Christmas Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays The Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting On An Open Fire) I Guess it’s Christmas Time All I Want Is You This Christmas The First Noel In Love On Christmas It’s Christmas O Holy Night Love’s In Our Hearts On Christmas Day The Only Gift Kiss Me At Midnight |
| Glenn Miller Orchestra – In The Christmas Mood (1991) (on Amazon) Sleigh Ride White Christmas Home For The Holidays Winter Wonderland Medley: O Holy Night/Joy To The World/Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem/Deck The Halls Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Silver Bells Jingle Bells Frosty the Snowman The Christmas song Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It snow Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Medley: Oh Christmas Tree/It Came Upon A Midnight Clear/We Three Kings/What Child Is This? I’ll Be Home For Christmas Silent Night In The Christmas Mood |
| Martina McBride – White Christmas (1998) (on Amazon) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) O Holy Night Silver Bells Away In a Manger White Christmas What Child Is This I’ll Be Home For Christmas Silent Night |
| Mannheim Steamroller Christmas In The Aire (1995) (on Amazon) Joy To The World ~Joseph Dear Oh Joseph Mine Rudolph The REd-Nosed Reindeer Herbei, oh ihr Glauigan (O Come All Ye Faithful) Pat a pan O Little Town of Bethlehem Angels We have Heard On high Gagliarda Los Peces en el rio Christmas Lullaby Kling, Glockchen Jingle Bells |
| Kenny G – Miracles The Holiday Album (1994) (on Amazon) Winter Wonderland White Christmas Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Silent Night Greensleeves Miracles Little Drummer boy The Chanukah Song Silver Bells Away In a Manger Brahma Lullaby |
| Alan Jackson – Honky Tonk Christmas (1993) (on Amazon) Honky Tonk Christmas The Angels Cried (with Alison Krauss) If We make It Through December If You Don;t Wanna See Santa Claus Cry I Only Want You For Christmas Merry Christmas To Me A Holly Jolly Christmas There’s a New Kid In town (with Keith Whitley) Santa’s Gonna Come In a Pickup Truck (with The Chipmunks) Please daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas) |
| Barry Manilow – Because It’s Christmas (1990) (on Amazon) The Christmas Song Jingle Bells (with Expose) Medley: Silent Night/I Guess there Ain’t No Santa Claus Medley: The First Noel/When The Meadow Was Bloomin Medley” Handel’s Messiah Excerpt/Because It’s Christmas (For The Children) Baby It’s Cold Outside (with K.T. Oslin) |
The Biggest Christmas Albums of The 1980s |
| Alabama – Christmas (1985) (on Amazon) Santa Claus (I Still Believe In You) Joseph and Mary’s Boy Happy Holidays Christmas Memories Tonight Is Christmas Thistlehair The Christmas Bear Tennessee Christmas A Candle In The Window Homecoming Christmas Christmas In Dixie |
| Elmo & Patsy – Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (1984) (on Amazon) *Grandma was originally a single in 1979 Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer |
| George Winston – December (1982) (on Amazon) Thanksgiving Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head Joy Prelude Carol of the Bells Night Medley: Snow/Midnight/Minstrels Variations On The Kanon by Johan Pachelbel The Holly and the Ivy Some Children See Him Peace |
| Temptations – Give Love At Christmas (1983) (on Amazon) * Originally released in 1980 Give Love On Christmas Day The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire Love Comes With Christmas Little Drummer Boy This Christmas Everything For Christmas Christmas Everyday Silent Night |
| George Strait – Merry Christmas Strait To You! (1986) (on Amazon) White Christmas There’s a New Kid In Town Winter Wonderland Marry Christmas Strait To You Away In a Manger For Christ’s sake, it’s Christmas Frosty The Snowman When It’s Christmas Time In Texas Santa Clause Is Comin To Town What A Merry Christmas This Could Be |
| Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton (1984) (on Amazon) I Believe In Santa Claus Medley: Winter Wonderland/Sleigh Ride Christmas Without You The Christmas Song A Christmas To Remember With Bells On Silent Night The Greatest Gift Of All White Christmas Once Upon A Christmas |
| Anne Murray – Christmas Wishes (1981) (on Amazon) Winter Wonderland Silver Bells The Little Drummer Boy I’ll Be Home For Christmas Christmas wishes Joy To The world Away In a Manger O Holy Night Go Tell It On The Mountain Silent Night |
| Reba McEntire – Merry Christmas To You (1987) (on Amazon) Away In a Manger On This Day (with Vince Gill) O Holy Night The Christmas Guest Silent Night Happy Birthday Jesus (I’ll Open One Just For You) White Christmas I’ll Be Home For Christmas A Christmas Letter The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire) |
| Mannheim Steamroller Christmas (1984) (on Amazon) Deck The Halls We Three Kings Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella Coventry Carol Good King Wenceslas Wassil Carol Of The Birds I Saw Three Ships God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Stille Nacht (Silent Night) |
| Mannheim Steamroller – A Fresh Aire Christmas (1988) (on Amazon) Hark! The Herald Trumpets Sing Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Veni Veni (O Come O Come Emanuel The Holly and the Ivy Little Drummer Boy Still Still Still Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming In Dulci Jubilo Greensleeves Carol of the Bells Traditions of Christmas Cantique De Noel (O Holy Night) |
| The Judds, Christmas Time With (1987) (on Amazon) Winter Wonderland Beautiful Star of Bethlehem Who Is This Babe Santa Claus Is Comin To Town Silver Bells What Child Is This Away In a Manger Oh Holy Night Silent Night |
The Biggest Christmas Albums of The 1970s |
| The Carpenters – Christmas Portrait (1978) (on Amazon) O Come, O Come Immanuel Instrumental Overture: Deck The Hall/I Saw Three Ships/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Away In a Manger/What Child Is This/Carol Of The Bells/O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) Christmas Waltz Sleigh Ride Medley: It’s Christmas Time/Sleep well Little Children Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Santa Claus Is Comin to town Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On a Open Fire) Silent Night Jingle Bells Medley: First Snowfall/Let It Snow Carol Of The Bells Marry Christmas Darling I’ll Be Home For Christmas Christ Is Born Medley: Winter Wonderland/Silver Bells/White Christmas Ave Maria |
| John Denver – Rocky Mountain Christmas (1975) (on Amazon) Aspenglow The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire) Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Silver Bells Please daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas) Christmas For Cowboys Away in a Manger What Child Is This Coventry carol Oh Holy Night Silent Night, Holy Night A Baby Just Like You |
| John Denver and The Muppets – A Christmas Together (1979) (on Amazon) Twelve days Of Christmas Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas The Peace Carol Christmas Is Coming (Round) A Baby Just Like You Deck The Halls When The River Meets The Sea Little saint Nick Noel, Christmas Eve, 1913 The Christmas Wish Medley: Alfie The Christmas Tree/Carol For A Christmas Tree/It’s In Everyone Of Us Silent Night, Holy Night We Wish You a Merry Christmas |
| Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970) (on Amazon) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) Up On The Housetop Frosty The Snowman The Little Drummer Boy Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Christmas Won’t Be The Same This Year Give Love On Christmas Day Someday at Christmas I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus |
The Biggest Christmas Albums of The 1960s |
| Herb Alpert – Christmas Album (1968) (on Amazon) Winter Wonderland Jingle Bells My Favorite Things The Christmas Song Las Mananitas Sleigh Ride The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow Jingle Bell Rock Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring |
| Christmas With Chet Atkins (1961) (on Amazon) Jingle Bell Rock Winter Wonderland Jolly Old St. Nicholas White Christmas Blue Christmas Jing Bells Silver Bells Little Drummer Boy Medley: Coventry Carole/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen The First Noel Hark! The Herald Angels Sing O Come All Ye Faithful Deck The Halls Silent Night |
| Joan Baez – Noel (1966) (on Amazon) O Come, o Come Emmanuel Medley: Coventry Carol/Good King Wenceslas The Little Drummer boy Medley: I Wonder as I Wander/Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella Down Yon Forest Carol Of the Bells Angels We Have Heard On High Ave Maria Medley: Mary’s Wandering/Deck The Halls Medley: away In a Manger/Adeste Fidelis Cantique De Noel What Child Is This Silent Night |
| The Beach Boy’s Christmas Album (1965) (on Amazon) Little Saint Nick The man With All The Tous Santa’s Beard Merry Christmas, Baby Christmas day Frosty The Snowman We Three Kings Of Orient Are Blue Christmas Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town White Christmas Auld Lang Syne |
| Snowfall/ The Tony Bennett Christmas Album (1968) (on Amazon) * I’ll Be Home For Christmas was added in 1994 Snowfall My favorite Things The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) Santa Claus Is Comin To Town Medley: We Wish You A Merry Christmas/Silent Night, Holy Night/O Come All Ye Faithful/Jingle Bells/Where Is Love Christmasland Medley: I Love The Winter Weather/I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm White Christmas Winter Wonderland Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas |
| Leonard Bernstein – The Joy Of Christmas (1963) * With The New York Philharmonic, Mormon Tabernacle Choir O Come All Ye Faithful The Twelfth Night Song Away In a Manger Carol of the Bells The Animal Carol The Twelve Days of Christmas O Little Town Of Bethlehem Patapan Joy To The World Lullay My Liking God Rst Ye Merry Gentlemen La Virgen Lava Panales Dech The Hall With Boughs Of Holly ~Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine Once In Royal David’s City Silent Night, Holy Night |
| Christmas With The Chipmunks (1962) (on Amazon) Here Comes Santa Claus Up On The Housetop Silver Bells Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Jingle Bells Over The River and Through The Woods Santa Claus Is Comin To Town It’s Beginning To Look at Lot Like Christmas Frosty The Snowman White Christmas The Chipmunk Song We Wish You a Merry Christmas |
| Nat ‘King” Cole – The Christmas Song (1963) (on Amazon) * Much of this album was included in 1960’s The Magic Of Christmas The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas Too You) Deck The Halls Adeste Fideles O Tannenbaum O Little Town Of Bethlehem I Saw Three Ships O Holy Night Hark! The Herald Angels Sing A Cradle In Bethlehem Away In A Manger Joy To The World The First Noel Caroling, Caroling Silent Night |
| Season’s Greetings From Perry Como (1960) (on Amazon) Home For The Holidays Winter Wonderland Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer The Christmas Song Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town White Christmas Medley: O Little Town of Bethlehem/Come, Come, Come To The Manger/The First Noel/O Come All Ye Faithful/We Three Kings Of Orient Are/Silent Night |
| Ray Conniff Singers – We Wish You A Merry Christmas (1962) (on Amazon) Medley: Jolly Old St. Nicholas/The Little Drummer Boy Medley: O Holy Night/We Three Kings Of Orient Are/Deck The Halls With Boughs of Holly Ring Christmas Bells Medley” Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow/Count Your Blessings (Instaed Of Sheep)/We Wish You A Merry Christmas The Twelve Days Of Christmas Medley: The First Noel/Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithful/We Wish You a Merry Christmas |
| Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) (on Amazon) O Tannenbaum What Child Is This My Little Drum Linus and Lucy Christmas Time Is Here (instrumental) Christmas Time Is Here Skating Hark, The Herald Angels Sing Christmas Is Coming For Elise Christmas Song |
| Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Soundtrack (1966) (on Amazon) * The special first came out in 1964, the album came out in 1966; often credited with Burl Ives, although he only sang three songs. ** There may be variations of this album! Overture/Holly Jolly Christmas Jingle Jingle Jingle We Are Santa’s Elves ~There’s Always Tomorrow We’re A Couple Of Misfits Silver and Gold The Most Wonderful Day Of The Year A Holly Jolly Christmas Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (finale) Medley: The Night Before Christmas Song/A Merry Merry Christmas/When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter/Rockin Around The Christmas Tree I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day |
| Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963) (on Amazon) White Christmas Medley: Happy Holiday/Holiday Season The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year A Song and a Christmas Tree (The Twelve Days of Christmas) Kay Thompson’s Jingle Bells ~The First Noel O Holy Night Away In a Manger Sweet Little Jesus Boy The Little Drummer boy Silent Night, Holy Night |
| Barbra Streisand – A Christmas Album (1967) (on Amazon) Jingle Bells? Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) White Christmas My Favoriite Things The Best Gift Sleep In heavenly Peace (Silent Night) Ave Maria (Gounod) O Little Town of Bethlehem I Wonder as i Wander The Lord’s Prayer |
| Philadelphia Orchestra (Conducted by Eugene Ormandy) -The Glorious Sound of Christmas (1962) (on Amazon) * With the Temple University Concert Choir Hark! The Herald Angels Sing O Little Town of Bethlehem Joy To The World O Holy Night (Cantique De Noel) O Come, O Come, Emanuel God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Ave Maria O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) The First Noel Deck The Hall With Boughs of Holly O Sanctissima (O Du Frohliche) The Worship Of God O Come, Little Children Silent Night, Holy Night |
| Dean Martin Christmas Album (1966) (on Amazon) White Christmas Jingle Bells I’ll Be Home For Christmas Blue Christmas Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Marshmellow World Silver Bells Winter Wonderland The Things We Did Last Summer Silent Night |
| Ramsey Lewis Trio – Sound of Christmas (1962) (on Amazon) Merry Christmas Baby Winter Wonderland Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Christmas Blues Here Comes Santa Claus ~The Sound of Christmas The Christmas Song God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Sleigh Ride What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve |
| Brenda Lee, Merry Christmas From (1964) (on Amazon) Rockin Around The Christmas Tree This Time Of The Year Jingle Bell Rock Strawberry Snow Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town Silver Bells Winter Wonderland Blue Christmas A Marshmallow World Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely day Frosty The Snowman The Angel and the Little Blue Bell |
The Biggest Christmas Albums of The 1950s |
| Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music (1957) (on Amazon) * Many songs were on an EP, and a 45s collection of the same name 1946-1957 That Christmas Feeling Winter Wonderland I’ll Be Home For Christmas Santa Claus Is Comin To Town Silent Night White Christmas O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) Jingle Bells Twas The Night Before Christmas The Twelve Days of Christmas God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S Joy To The World Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Frosty The Snowman The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) |
| Bing Crosby – Merry Christmas (1957) (on Amazon) * Most song appeared on ealier ELPs in 1945-1954 ** There are several variations of the content on this album! Silent Night, Holy Night |
| Harry Belafonte – To Wish You a Merry Christmas (1958) (on Amazon) * Mary’s Boy Child was added in 1962 A Star In The East The Gifts They gave The Son Of Mary The Twelve Days Of Christmas Where The Little Jesus Sleeps Medley: The Joys Of christmas/ O Little Town Of Bethlehem/Deck The Halls/The First Noel ~Mary’s Boy Child Silent Night Christmas Is Coming Mary, mary Jehovah The Lord Will Provide Medley” We Wish You A Merry Christmas/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/O Come, All Ye Faithful/Joy To The World I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day |
| Tennessee Ernie Ford – The Star Carol (on Amazon) Joy To The World O Little Town Of Bethlehem O Holy Night The Star Carol Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Some Children See Him God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen O Hearken Ye Adeste Fideles The First Noel Sleep My Little Lord Jese We Three Kings It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Silent Night |
| Jackie Gleason – Merry Christmas (1956) (on Amazon) I’ll Be Home For Christmas (If Only In My Dreams) Christmas In Paris Jingle Bells White Christmas Santa Claus Is Comin To Town Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm Snowfall By The Fireside Home Happy Holiday Winter Wonderland The Story Of a Starry Night |
| A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957) (on Amazon) Jingle Bells The Christmas song Mistletoe and Holly I’ll Be Home For Christmas (If Only In My Dreams) The Christmas Waltz Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas The First Noel Hark! The Herald Angels Sing O Little Town Of Bethlehem Adeste Fideles It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Silent Night |
| Johnny Mathis – Merry Christmas (1958) (on Amazon) * with the Percy faith Orchestra Winter Wonderland The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) Sleigh Ride Blue Christmas I’ll Be Home For Christmas White Christmas O Holy Night What Child Is This (Greensleeves) The First Noel Silver Bells It Came Upon The Midnight Clear Silent Night, Holy Night |
| Mitch Miller – Christmas Sing-along With Mitch (1958) (on Amazon) Joy To The World Hark! The Herald Angels Sing What Child Is This We Three Kings Of Orient Are It came Upon a Midnight Clear Silent Night, Holy Night Deck The Halls With Boughs of Holly God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) The First Noel The Coventry Carol Away In a Manger O Little Town Of Bethlehem |
| Elvis’ Christmas Album (1957) (on Amazon) Santa Claus Is Back In Town White Christmas Here Comes Santa Clause(Right Down Santa Claus Lane) I’ll Be Home For Christmas Blue Christmas Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem Silent Night (There’ll Be) Peace in the Valey (For Me) I Believe Take My Hand, Precious Lord It Is No Secret (What God Can Do) |
