Original Christmas Classics

• Artist: Various Artists
• Rating:
• Release Date: August 04, 1998
• Type: Collection (various artists), Christmas, Enhanced CD-ROM
• Genre: Vocal Music

Review

From the Golden Age of Easy Listening comes this pleasant holiday compilation. All the requisite heavy hitters of light sounds are here: crooners like Nat King Cole, Andy Williams, Perry Como and Johnny Mathis; pop-country heroes like Gene Autry and Burl Ives; and orchestras like Arthur Fiedler's Boston Pops. The disc is most effective because it serves as a bit of a time-capsule of the Eisenhower era pop scene, full of unabashed optimism and holiday cheer. ~ Tim Sheridan, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
The First Noel	William Sandys	Andy Williams	(3:07)
The Christmas Song	Mel Tormé, Robert Wells	Nat King Cole	(3:11)
Here Comes Santa Claus	Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman	Doris Day	(2:38)
Joy to the World	Isaac Watts, Lowell Mason	Perry Como	(2:39)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	Johnny Marks	Gene Autry, Pinafores	(3:08)
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Coda)	Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	Philadelphia Orchestra	(3:37)
Winter Wonderland	Felix Bernard, Dick Smith	The Andrews Sisters	(2:42)
A Holly Jolly Christmas	Johnny Marks	Burl Ives	(2:14)
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!	Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne	Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra	(3:07)
Here We Come A-Caroling (Wassail Song) /O Vhristmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)	Traditional	Boston Pops Orchestra	(5:06)
Silent Night	Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr	Johnny Mathis	(3:50)
Mary's Boy Child	J. Harrison	Harry Belafonte	(4:22)

Credits

Gene Autry (Performer), Arthur Fiedler (Conductor), Arthur Fiedler (Performer), Burl Ives (Performer), The Andrews Sisters (Performer), Harry Belafonte (Performer), Perry Como (Performer), Doris Day (Performer), Johnny Mathis (Performer), Vaughn Monroe (Performer), Andy Williams (Performer), Philadelphia Orchestra (Performer), Eugene Ormandy (Performer), Boston Pops Orchestra (Performer), Nat King Cole (Performer), Bill Stegmeyer (Arranger), Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra (Performer), Marcia Button (Art Direction)