The Classic Christmas Album (Andy Williams album) explained

The Classic Christmas Album
Type:compilation
Artist:Andy Williams
Cover:Williams-Classic.jpg
Released:October 8, 2013[1]
Recorded:1963, 1965, 1974
Genre:Christmas
Length:43:58
Label:Sony Music Entertainment
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The Classic Christmas Album is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released by Sony Music Entertainment on October 8, 2013,[1] and includes selections from his first three solo holiday LPs, The Andy Williams Christmas Album, Merry Christmas, and Christmas Present.

The album reached number 181 on Billboard magazine's album chart in December 2013 and began a series of annual re-entries there in 2017 that included a number 23 showing in 2019.

Track listing

  1. "Joy To The World" (Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts) – 2:52
  2. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:20
  3. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 2:34
  4. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:14
  5. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 2:15
  6. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks, Lewis H. Redner) – 2:32
  7. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from Meet Me in St. Louis (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 3:27
  8. "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) – 2:17
  9. "What Child Is This" (William Chatterton Dix) – 2:31
  10. "Silver Bells" from The Lemon Drop Kid (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:12
  11. "Kay Thompson's Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont, Kay Thompson) – 2:06
  12. "Angels We Have Heard On High" (traditional) – 2:32
  13. "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 2:29
  14. "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight) – 3:24
  15. "Ave Maria" (Franz Schubert) – 4:34
  16. "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Edward Pola, George Wyle) – 2:33

Charts

Billboard 200

Holiday
season 		Peak
position
2013181[2]
201798[3]
201827[4]
201923[5]
202030[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Classic Christmas Album – Andy Williams. allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. 21 July 2017.
  2. Web site: Billboard 200: The week of December 28, 2013 . billboard.com . December 10, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211128053747/https://www.billboard.com/charts/the-billboard-200/2013-12-28/. November 28, 2021.
  3. Web site: Billboard 200: The week of January 6, 2018 . billboard.com . December 10, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211210234305/https://www.billboard.com/charts/the-billboard-200/2018-01-06/. December 10, 2021.
  4. Web site: Billboard 200: The week of January 5, 2019 . billboard.com . December 10, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211210233749/https://www.billboard.com/charts/the-billboard-200/2019-01-05/. December 10, 2021.
  5. Web site: Billboard 200: The week of January 4, 2020 . billboard.com . December 10, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211210211410/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2020-01-03/. December 10, 2021.
  6. Web site: Billboard 200: The week of January 2, 2021 . billboard.com . December 10, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211210073504/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2021-01-02/. December 10, 2021.

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