Twelve Songs of Christmas

Twelve Songs Of Christmas
Studio album by Jim Reeves
Released 1963 (1963)
Recorded October 19 and 25, 1962
July 5, 1963
Genre Country, Christmas
Length 31:30
Label RCA Victor
Producer Chet Atkins
Jim Reeves chronology
Good 'n' Country
(1963)Good 'n' Country1963		 Twelve Songs of Christmas
(1963)		 Kimberley Jim
(1964)Kimberley Jim1964
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Twelve Songs of Christmas is an album by Jim Reeves released in the US in 1963. It was Reeves' first and only Christmas-themed release. The album was released by RCA Victor in stereo (LSP-2758) and mono (LPM-2758) respectively. The album was first released in South Africa as Merry Christmas from Jim Reeves as an eleven-track album.[2] "Silver Bells" was recorded in July 1963 to create the twelve track US album released in 1963.[3]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 1:46
  2. "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson) – 3:00
  3. "Señor Santa Claus" (Lawton Williams) – 2:27
  4. "An Old Christmas Card" (Vaughn Horton) – 2:32
  5. "The Merry Christmas Polka" (Willie Phelps) – 2:25
  6. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:27

Side two

  1. "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 2:00
  2. "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S" (Eddy Arnold, Jenny Lou Carson) – 1:51
  3. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner) – 3:29
  4. "Mary's Boy Child" (Jester Hairston) – 2:42
  5. "Oh Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)" (Traditional) – 2:34
  6. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 2:34

2001 Reissue

Twelve Songs of Christmas was released on CD in 2001 on the BMG Special Products label.

Charts

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.