| Christmas in My Heart | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | Connie Francis |
| Cover: | Christmas in My Heart (Connie Francis album).jpg |
| Released: | November 1959 |
| Recorded: | August 23, 26, and 27, 1959 |
| Genre: | Christmas music |
| Length: | 42:05 |
| Label: | MGM E-3792 (mono)/SE-3792 (stereo) |
| Producer: | Arnold Maxin |
| Prev Title: | Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites |
| Prev Year: | 1959 |
| Next Title: | Connie's Greatest Hits |
| Next Year: | 1959 |
| Connie's Christmas | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Connie Francis |
| Released: | October 1966 |
| Recorded: | August 23, 26, and 27, 1959 |
| Genre: | Christmas music |
| Length: | 42:05 |
| Label: | MGM E-4399 (mono)/SE-4399 (stereo) |
| Producer: | Arnold Maxin |
| Prev Title: | Movie Greats Of The 60s |
| Prev Year: | 1966 |
| Next Title: | Connie Francis live at The Sahara in Las Vegas |
| Next Year: | 1966 |
Christmas in My Heart is a studio album of Christmas music recorded by Connie Francis. The album features popular songs of the season on the A-side and the sacred music of Christmas on the B-side.[1] It was re-released as Connie's Christmas in 1966.
Christmas in My Heart was recorded in August 1959 at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, then called EMI Recording Studios in London[2] under the musical direction of Geoff Love[3] and was released in November 1959.[4]
The album was repackaged with a new cover design and re-released in October 1962. The album charted for 3 weeks peaking at #19 on Billboards Christmas Records album chart on December 21, 1963.[5]
Another repackaging and re-release followed in November 1966; this time the album was also retitled Connie's Christmas and received a new catalogue number: E-4399 for mono pressings and SE-4399 for stereo pressings.[6] A compact disc edition of the album was issued by Polydor Records in 1988, with "Baby's First Christmas" (the B-side to Francis' 1961 single "When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)") added as a bonus track.[7]
| Title | Songwriter | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "White Christmas" | 3.24 | ||
| 2. | "Winter Wonderland" | 2.41 | ||
| 3. | "The Christmas Song" | 3.23 | ||
| 4. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | 3.35 | ||
| 5. | "The Twelve Days of Christmas" | traditional | 5.18 | |
| 6. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | 4.30 |
| Title | Songwriter | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful)" | 3.06 | ||
| 2. | "The Lord's Prayer" | 2.56 | ||
| 3. | "Silent Night! Holy Night!" | Franz Gruber | 3.52 | |
| 4. | "O Little Town of Bethlehem" | Phillips Brooks | 2.57 | |
| 5. | "The First Noël" | traditional | 3.10 | |
| 6. | 2.50 |