The Very Best of Burl Ives Christmas

• Artist: Burl Ives
• Rating:
• Release Date: October 05, 1999
• Type: Compilation (best of), Christmas
• Genre: Folk

Review

The Very Best of Burl Ives Christmas delivers exactly what the title promises -- some of the best holiday songs from a performer well-known for his Christmas albums. Ives' charming takes on "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Silent Night," "Winter Wonderland," "Silver and Gold," and, of course, "Holly Jolly Christmas" make these songs perennial Christmas presents. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Overture and a Holly Jolly Christmas	Johnny Marks	Burl Ives	(2:26)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	Johnny Marks	Burl Ives	(2:10)
White Christmas (Lyrics)	Irving Berlin	Burl Ives	(2:10)
O Little Town of Bethlehem	Phillip Brooks, Lewis H. Redner	Burl Ives	(2:04)
Silver Bells (Lyrics)	Ray Evans, Jay Livingston	Burl Ives	(2:14)
The Twelve Days of Christmas	Traditional	Burl Ives	(4:08)
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie	Burl Ives	(2:10)
The Little Drummer Boy	Harry Simeone, Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati	Burl Ives	(3:17)
What Child Is This?	Traditional, William Chatterton Dix	Burl Ives	(3:08)
Silver and Gold	Johnny Marks	Burl Ives	(1:45)
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear	Richard Storrs Willis, Edmund Hamilton Sears, Richard Willis	Burl Ives	(2:09)
Winter Wonderland (Lyrics)	Felix Bernard, Dick Smith	Burl Ives	(2:17)
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day	Johnny Marks	Burl Ives	(2:14)
Silent Night	Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr	Burl Ives	(2:33)
A Holly Jolly Christmas	Johnny Marks	Burl Ives	(2:13)

Credits

Herbert Rehbein (Conductor), Joseph F. Laredo (Liner Notes), Beth Stempel (Production Coordination), Milt Gabler (Producer), Laura Graven (Producer), Andy McKaie (Producer), Laura Graven (Compilation), Rose Smith (Design)