Christmas Songs by Sinatra


Christmas Songs by Sinatra is the third studio album by the American singer Frank Sinatra. It was released on October 4, 1948, as a 78 rpm album set of four 78 rpm records in an actual album and as a 10" LP record featuring a collection of eight holiday songs. It included four songs previously released as singles, one recorded four years earlier in 1944, and four songs not released as singles, one recorded July 3, 1947 and three recorded on December 28, 1947, for the album.
Columbia reissued the album several times in later years with alternate track listings and different artwork. 1957 saw the first 12" release as Christmas Dreaming with the addition of "Christmas Dreaming " and "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", though the latter was dropped from later releases when the album was reissued and retitled as Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas in October 1966. This version peaked at No. 42 on Billboard's Best Bets For Christmas album chart on December 21, 1968.
A compilation album was released in 1994 including the eight songs released on the 1948 album along with the two other Christmas songs he recorded at Columbia. It also includes an introduction by a general and four recording from rehearsals or broadcasts of songs performed on radio shows and issued only as V-Discs to American military during WW II.
A stylized paper craft version of the LP album with its original 1948 Christmas tree cover art is prominently featured in the official music video for Sinatra's "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!". However, the 1948 version of the album did not contain the track.

Track listing

1948 78rpm 4-disc

Source:
Disc 1
  • A. "Silent Night"
  • B. "Adeste Fideles" ""
Disc 2
Disc 3
  • A. "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
  • B. "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
Disc 4
  • A. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
  • B. "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"

1948 10" LP record (Columbia)

Side A
  1. "White Christmas"
  2. "Jingle Bells"
  3. "Silent Night"
  4. "Adeste Fideles"
Side B
  1. "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
  2. "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
  3. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
  4. "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"

1994 compilation album: CD / Track listing

  1. "White Christmas" – 3:29+
  2. "Silent Night" – 3:16+
  3. "Adeste Fideles " – 2:36
  4. "Jingle Bells" – 2:35+
  5. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" – 2:33
  6. "Christmas Dreaming " – 2:57
  7. "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" – 3:31+
  8. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" – 3:03
  9. "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" – 2:33+
  10. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" – 2:35
  11. Introduction by General Reynolds, Chief of Special Services – 0:59
  12. Medley: "O, Little Town of Bethlehem"/"Joy to the World"/"White Christmas" // – 5:15
  13. "Ave Maria" – 3:28^
  14. "Winter Wonderland" – 2:03^
  15. "The Lord's Prayer" – 3:34^
+ previously unreleased alternate take
^ previously unreleased