The Classic Christmas Album (Andy Williams album)

The Classic Christmas Album
Compilation album by
Andy Williams
ReleasedOctober 8, 2013[1]
Recorded1963, 1965, 1974
GenreChristmas
Length43:58
LabelSony Music Entertainment
Andy Williams chronology
The Very Best of Andy Williams
(2009) 		The Classic Christmas Album
(2013) 		40 Christmas Classics
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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

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  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

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Billboard 200

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Holiday
season 		Peak
position
2013 181[2]
2017 98[3]
2018 27[4]
2019 23[5]
2020 30[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "The Classic Christmas Album – Andy Williams". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Billboard 200: The week of December 28, 2013". billboard.com. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  3. ^ "Billboard 200: The week of January 6, 2018". billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  4. ^ "Billboard 200: The week of January 5, 2019". billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "Billboard 200: The week of January 4, 2020". billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  6. ^ "Billboard 200: The week of January 2, 2021". billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
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