The Classic Christmas Album (Andy Williams album)

The Classic Christmas Album is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released by Sony Music Entertainment on October 8, 2013,[1] and includes selections from his first three solo holiday LPs, The Andy Williams Christmas Album, Merry Christmas, and Christmas Present.

The Classic Christmas Album
Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 8, 2013[1]
Recorded1963, 1965, 1974
GenreChristmas
Length43:58
LabelSony Music Entertainment
Andy Williams chronology
The Very Best of Andy Williams
(2009)
The Classic Christmas Album
(2013)
40 Christmas Classics
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The album reached number 181 on Billboard magazine's album chart in December 2013 and began a series of annual re-entries there in 2017 that included a number 23 showing in 2019.

Track listing edit

  1. "Joy To The World" (Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts) – 2:52
  2. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:20
  3. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 2:34
  4. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:14
  5. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 2:15
  6. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks, Lewis H. Redner) – 2:32
  7. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from Meet Me in St. Louis (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 3:27
  8. "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) – 2:17
  9. "What Child Is This" (William Chatterton Dix) – 2:31
  10. "Silver Bells" from The Lemon Drop Kid (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:12
  11. "Kay Thompson's Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont, Kay Thompson) – 2:06
  12. "Angels We Have Heard On High" (traditional) – 2:32
  13. "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 2:29
  14. "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight) – 3:24
  15. "Ave Maria" (Franz Schubert) – 4:34
  16. "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Edward Pola, George Wyle) – 2:33

Charts edit

Billboard 200 edit

Holiday
season
Peak
position
2013 181[2]
2017 98[3]
2018 27[4]
2019 23[5]
2020 30[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "The Classic Christmas Album – Andy Williams". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Billboard 200: The week of December 28, 2013". billboard.com. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  3. ^ "Billboard 200: The week of January 6, 2018". billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  4. ^ "Billboard 200: The week of January 5, 2019". billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "Billboard 200: The week of January 4, 2020". billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  6. ^ "Billboard 200: The week of January 2, 2021". billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.