Christmas Through The Years

6LP Set
Released 1985
Cat No.: RDS10341-6  (RDC91461-4)
RD Code: XTY 169

A UK adaption of a US collection released on CD a year previously.

1        ALL-TIME CHRISTMAS FAVOURITES

1 - Sleigh Ride - Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra

2 - Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - Nat King Cole

3 - Happy Holiday - Andy Williams

4 - Carol of the Bells - Johnny Mathis

5 - Here We Come a Caroling - Ray Conniff Singers

6 - Rudolph the Red - Nosed - Johnny Mathis

7 - Jingle Bells - Barbra Streisand

8 - Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale

9 - White Christmas - Barbra Streisand

10 - Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte

11 - I Saw Three Ships - Nat King Cole

12 - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Doris Day

13 - Go Tell It on a Mountain - Ray Conniff Singers

2        CHRISTMAS IN THE 50S

1 - Little Donkey - Beverley Sisters

2 - Santo Natale - David Whitfield

3 - First Noel - Connie Francis

4 - Santa Clause Is Coming to Town - Pat Boone

5 - (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Perry Como

6 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Beverley Sisters

7 - Where Did My Snowman Go? - Pattie Page

8 - Winter Wonderland - Johnny Mathis

9 - Jingle Bell rock - Max Bygraves

10 - Christmas Alphabet - Dickie Valentine

11 - Here Comes Santa Claus - Ray Conniff Singers

12 - A Marshmallow World - Bing Crosby

13 - Christmas in Killarney - Ruby Murray

14 - That Christmas Feeling - Perry Como

3        CHRISTMAS IN THE 60S

1 - Deck the Halls - Nat King Cole

2 - O Tannernbaum - Ray Conniff Singers

3 - O Little Town of Bethlehem - Barbra Streisand

4 - Very First Christmas Of All - Ronnie Hilton

5 - Snowfall - Doris Day

6 - An Old Christmas Card - Jim Reeves

7 - That's What I'd Like for Christmas (form 'Pickwick') - Harry Secombe

8 - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams

9 - Christmas Waltz - Doris Day

10 - Toyland - Perry Como

11 - Real Meaning of Christmas - Ray Conniff Singers

12 - Must Be Santa - Alma Cogan

13 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree -  Brenda Lee

14 - Bambino - Springfields

4        CHRISTMAS IN THE 70S AND 80S

1 - Twelve Days of Christmas - Roger Whittaker

2 - Silver Bells - Richard Clayderman

3 - Secret of Christmas - Julie Andrews

4 - Christmas Present - Andy Williams

5 - A Christmas Wish (From Me to You) -  Vera Lynn

6 - Christmas Is - Jack Jones

7 - What Child Is This? - Johnny Mathis

8 - Joy to the World - Andy Williams

9 - Do You Hear What I Hear? -  Vera Lynn

10 - Past Three O'Clock - Roger Whittaker

11 - When a Child is Born - Johnny Mathis

12 - Rocking - Julie Andrews

13 - On Christmas Night the Lights Are Burning - Richard Clayderman

14 - A Chistmas Dream - Perry Como

5        CHRISTMAS SOUVENIRS

1 - Silent Night - Bing Crosby

3 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (from 'Meet Me in St Louis') - Judy Garland

3 - Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot -  Vera Lynn

4 - It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas - Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters

5 - Christmas Island - Andrews Sisters

6 – C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S. - Perry Como

7 - Jolly Old St Nicholas - Ames Brothers

8 - Blue Christmas - Russ Morgan, his Chorus and Orchestra

9 - You're All I Want For Christmas - Frankie Laine

10 - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - Ames Brothers

11 - I'll be Home For Christmas - Bing Crosby

12 - Merry Christmas Polka - Andrews Sisters

13 - Frosty the Snowman - Nat King Cole

14 - Toy Drum - Beverley Sisters

6        THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS

1 - Joy (Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring) - Henry Mancini and his Orchestra

2 - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - Harry Secombe

3 - Ave Maria - Richard Clayderman

4 - O Holy Night - Placido Domingo

5 - Holly and the Ivy - Mantovani with the Mike Sammes Chorus and Singers

6 - Away in a Manger - Roger Whittaker

7 - See Amid the Winter Snow - Julie Andrews

8 - Once in Royal David's City - Mantovani with the Mike Sammes Chorus and Singers

9 - O Come, All Ye Faithful - Julie Andrews

10 - I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day - Placido Domingo

11 - Christmas Concerto - Richard Clayderman

12 – Christ-Child's Lullaby - Moira Anderson

13 - Good King Wenceslas - Harry Secombe

14 - Hark! The Hearald Angles Sing - Roger Whittaker