Christmas with the Everly Brothers and the Boys Town Choir explained

Christmas with the Everly Brothers and the Boystown Choir
Type:	studio album
Artist:	The Everly Brothers
Cover:	ChristmaswiththeEverlyBrothers.jpg
Caption:	Cover of original album; painting by Jim Jonson
Released:	1962
Recorded:	August 1962
Genre:	Christmas
Label:	Warner Bros.
Prev Title:	Instant Party!
Prev Year:	1962
Next Title:	The Everly Brothers Sing Great Country Hits
Next Year:	1963

Christmas with the Everly Brothers and the Boystown Choir is an album by The Everly Brothers, originally released in 1962. This Christmas album includes the 33-member Boys Town Choir and the Boys Town organ in Omaha, Nebraska.

Two songs, "Away in a Manger" and "Angels from the Realms of Glory," are sung entirely by the choir. Don Everly performs "What Child Is This?" solo and Phil "O Little Town of Bethlehem."

The album was re-released on CD by Rhino Flashback in 2005 with a bonus track, "The First Noel".^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)" (Traditional) – 2:16
2. "Away in a Manger" (Traditional) – 2:05
3. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Traditional) – 1:30
4. "What Child Is This?" (William Chatterton Dix, Traditional) – 2:21
5. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr, Traditional) – 3:01

Side two

6. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Traditional) – 2:12
7. "Angels, From the Realms of Glory" (Traditional) – 3:28
8. "Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly" (Traditional) – 1:35
9. "Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella" (Traditional) – 1:30
10. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Traditional) – 2:17
11. "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (Traditional) – 1:22

Notes and References

1. Allmusic entry for re-issue.