Decca Presents An Album of Christmas Music | |
Type: | compilation |
Artist: | Bing Crosby, Kenny Baker, Men About Town, Eddie Dunstedter |
Cover: | A-159 Christmas Music.jpg |
Released: | Original 78 album: 1940 |
Recorded: | 1934, 1935, 1938 |
Genre: | Christmas |
Label: | Decca Records |
Chronology: | Bing Crosby |
Prev Title: | Favorite Hawaiian Songs |
Prev Year: | 1940 |
Next Title: | Star Dust |
Next Year: | 1940 |
Christmas Music is a compilation album of phonograph records put together for the Christmas season by Decca Records in late 1940. The album features the most popular artists recording for Decca such as: Bing Crosby, Kenny Baker, Men About Town and Eddie Dunstedter. It features Bing Crosby's first commercial release of "Silent Night", the 1942 version of which went on to sell 30 million copies.
The 1940 album issue Decca Album No. 159 consisted of these previously issued 78 rpm records:[1] [2]
Disc 1: (304)[3]
Disc 2: (621)[4]
Disc 3: (2189)[5]
Disc 4: (2190)[5]