12 Songs of Christmas

12 Songs of Christmas

General information

Artist

Frank Sinatra (feat. Bing Crosby)

Arranger

Release date(s)

August, 1964

Recorded

June 16-19, 1964

Record Label

Reprise

Producer

Sonny Burke

Product code

Track information

Discs

1

Total tracks

12

Length

Singles

"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
"The Little Drummer Boy"
"We Wish You the Merriest"
"Go Tell It On the Mountain"

Reception

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12 Songs of Christmas is a 1964 holiday-themed studio album by Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. It is Sinatra's forty-third studio album.

Along with Bing Crosby, Sinatra performed the songs with Fred Waring with his orchestra.

Track listing

1. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin)
2. "It's Christmas Time Again" (Sonny Burke, Jim Harwood, Jack D. Elliot, John M. Elliott, James K. Harwood, Francis Burke)
3. "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (Traditional, John Wesley Work III)
4. "An Old-Fashioned Christmas" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
5. "Where Angels Sang of Peace" (Traditional)
6. "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Bates)
7. "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Johnny Marks)
8. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne Baker)
9. "The Secret of Christmas" (Cahn, Van Heusen)
10. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (Traditional)
11. "Christmas Candles" (Dean Kay, Vincent O'Dea, Jay Clinton)
12. "We Wish You the Merriest" (Les Brown)

Singles

There were two different A/B singles released for 12 Songs of Christmas. The first of which featured the songs "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" and "The Little Drummer Boy," whereas the second featured "We Wish You the Merriest" and "Go Tell It On the Mountain."

Reception

12 Songs of Christmas peaked at #9 on the Billboard 200 charts in 1964.

Personnel

Personnel
Bing Crosby	Vocals
Fred Warring and his Pennsylvanians	Vocals
Frank Sinatra	Vocals