Voice Of Christmas (1998) ( )

Product Summary Label: Uni/mca UPC: 00008811184025 Release Date: 10/6/1998 Buy.com Sku: 60141333 Item#: M75NPP Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Happy Holiday ~ Bing Crosby 2. Silent Night - (previously unreleased, first version) ~ Bing Crosby 3. Adeste Fideles - (first version) ~ Bing Crosby 4. Silent Night ~ Bing Crosby 5. White Christmas ~ Bing Crosby 6. Adeste Fideles ~ Bing Crosby 7. Silent Night ~ Bing Crosby 8. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen ~ Bing Crosby 9. I'll Be Home For Christmas ~ Bing Crosby 10. Ave Maria ~ Bing Crosby 11. White Christmas ~ Bing Crosby 12. Silent Night ~ Bing Crosby 13. Christmas Song, The (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) ~ Bing Crosby 14. O Fir Tree Dark ~ Bing Crosby 15. First Noel, The ~ Bing Crosby 16. You're All I Want For Christmas ~ Bing Crosby 17. Christmas Carols: Deck The Halls / Away In A Manger / I Saw Three Ships ~ Bing Crosby 18. Christmas Carols: Good King Wenceslas / We Three Kings Of Orient Are / Angels We Have Heard On High ~ Bing Crosby 19. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer ~ Bing Crosby 20. That Christmas Feeling ~ Bing Crosby 21. Looks Like a Cold, Cold Winter ~ Bing Crosby 22. Marshmallow World, A ~ Bing Crosby Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Christmas In Killarney ~ Bing Crosby 2. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas ~ Bing Crosby 3. Sleigh Ride ~ Bing Crosby 4. Sleigh Ride Serenade ~ Bing Crosby 5. Christmas Is A-Comin' ~ Bing Crosby 6. First Snowfall, The ~ Bing Crosby 7. Is Christmas Only A Tree ~ Bing Crosby 8. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day ~ Bing Crosby 9. Jingle Bells - (with The Andrews Sisters) ~ Bing Crosby 10. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - (with The Andrews Sisters) ~ Bing Crosby 11. Twelve Days of Christmas, The - (with The Andrews Sisters) ~ Bing Crosby 12. Here Comes Santa Claus - (with The Andrews Sisters) ~ Bing Crosby 13. A Crosby Christmas (Part 1): That Christmas Feeling / I'd Like To Hitch A Ride With Santa Claus ~ Bing Crosby 14. A Crosby Christmas (Part 2): The Snowman / That Christmas Feeling / I'd Like To Hitch A Ride With Santa Claus ~ Bing Crosby 15. Poppa Santa Claus ~ Bing Crosby 16. Mele Kalikimaka ~ Bing Crosby 17. Silver Bells ~ Bing Crosby 18. Little Jack Frost, Get Lost ~ Bing Crosby 19. White Christmas - (with Danny Kaye/Peggy Lee/Truely Stevens) ~ Bing Crosby 20. Snow - (with Danny Kaye/Peggy Lee/Truely Stevens) ~ Bing Crosby 21. White Christmas - (previously unreleased, alternate take) ~ Bing Crosby 22. Let's Start The New Year Right ~ Bing Crosby (P) 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc. (C) 1998 MCA Records Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Tracks recorded from 1935 to 1956. Includes liner notes by F.B. (Wig) Wiggins. Digitally emastered by Steven Lasker. If your recollections of Crosby at Christmas are limited to "White Christmas," the official MCA/Decca re-release of THE VOICE OF CHRISTMAS is the place to turn. According to the informative and detailed liner notes provided by F.B. (Wig) Wiggins (who's the American representative of the "International Crosby Circle"), Crosby only agreed to record holiday material (which the singer thought was inappropriate for a popular singer) when Decca agreed in 1935 to donate the proceeds to charity. It will come as a surprise to learn that the recording of "White Christmas" that became a classic was actually Crosby's second version of the chestnut, made in 1947 after the original plates from the 1942 release became worn out. This pair of CDs includes both versions, plus an unreleased 1942 version and a 1954 rendition with Danny Kaye. There are also four versions of "Silent Night," and less religious material like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Jingle Bells." Producer: Steve Lasker (Compilation) Musical Guests The Andrews Sisters Danny Kaye Peggy Lee   Compilation Appearances Greatest Hits Genius Of Bix Beiderbecke Christmas Favorites Hits Of Rodgers & Hart Music Of Harry Warren Nothing Like The Sun Vol. 1-30's Complete Capitol Singles Collection Rodgers & Hammerstein Collecti Vol. 2-Songs That Got Us Through WWII Complete Gershwin Songbooks Rodgers & Hart Songbook Best Of Al Jolson-Millennium C Let The Good Times Roll 1938-1954 Priceless Jazz Male Singers-Best Of The Big B Deep In A Dream Over The Rainbow Ultimate Christmas Complete Rodgers & Hart Songbo Ultimate Collection G.I. Juke Box-Songs From World Best Of Judy Garland-Millenniu Santa's Greatest Hits Put It There Pal!-Salute To Th Vol. 2-You're Sensational Cole 1945-Night With The Stars-Comm Songs From The Girl Singer-A M Pepe Best Of Andrews Sisters-Millen Something To Remember Me By Xmas Tapestry They're Playing Our Song Birth Of The Blues S'wonderful-Music Of Gershwin 1930's Recordings Toast To Broadway Yule B' Swingin' Too! Merry Christmas With Bing Cros In Hollywood Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy-Greatest Hits LOVE SONGS Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas Now That's What I Call Christmas! Best Of Les Paul-Millennium Co Gi Favorites/song That Won/memories War Years-G.i. Favorites War Years-Songs That Won The War Hits Of The War Years Somewhere Over The Rainbow Hits Of 1930 Original Recordings Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas: Holiday Memories Stardust Collection (Limited Edition) Classic Duets Golden Age Of The Andrews Sisters Forty #1 Hits Of The Forties Treasury Of Christmas Def American Songbook Vol.1 Cool December American Nostalgia Highlights Incredible Christmas Album Darling Diva Golden Greats Great American Songwriter Ultimate Christmas Cocktails Kings Of Komedy (box) Thanks For The Memory: Best Of Bob Hope (ltd) Christmas Classics Broadway: The American Musical The Polar Express Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection Las Vegas Legends The Aviator My Devotion: Jukebox Memories Evening Cocktails You're The Top: Jukebox Memories Love In The Afternoon Mr Paree Himself 20 1 Hits Of The 20s 30 1 Hits Of The 30s Broadway's Gone Hawaii Bewitched Vol 11:vintage Christmas Christmas Remixed, Vol. 2 Santa's Greatest Hits0905 Sentimental Gentleman Of Swing:centen Martha Stewart Living Music: The Holiday Collection Christmas Cocktails Part 3 Martha Stewart Living Music: Traditional Songs for the Holidays Golden Age Of Song Winter Wonderland Holiday Collection Santa's Top 10 Favorites Swinging Jazz Club All Time Crooners Music Lessons With Merry Mixmas ESSENTIAL COLE PORTER (ENG) Definitive Collection Music Lessons With The Andrews Sister HOLIDAY INN & WHITE XMAS - O.S.T. (GER)(Bonus Tracks) De-Lovely Cole Porter Easy Listening Box Set Cole Porter:legendary Songs Treasury Of Christmas: The Greatest Holiday Duets Gold(2cd) 906 Now That's What I Call Christmas Vol 3 Unforgettable World War Ii Love Songs Pennies From Heaven Lullabies For Jazzkids Of All Ages Pop Parade:hits Of The 40 50s 60s The War: A Ken Burns Film The War: A Ken Burns Film (Deluxe Edition) Christmas Number 1's Thomas Kinkade:home For The Holidays Christmas Crooners America's Sweethearts 50 Greatest Songs Of Hawai'i Legendary Performers Sing The Songs O Christmas Hits Duos 50S Love Songs Elvis:collector's Box Hollywood Christmas When Radio Was King:vocalists Four Christmases (Ost) Ballads Blues Songs Hits Jazz 1949-58 Woody Allen:songs That Made His Movie Songs To Celebrate 25 Days Of Christm Love Jazz X'mas   Associated Artists and Works Andrews Sisters (The) Andrews Sisters (The) Armstrong, Louis Havin' Fun ~ Armstrong, Louis Bing & Satchmo ~ Armstrong, Louis Beiderbecke, Bix Boone, Pat Bowie, David Durante, Jimmy Garland, Judy Garland, Judy Goulet, Robert Hope, Bob Hope, Bob Louie Armstrong Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack Presley, Elvis Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Whiteman, Paul   Technical Info Release Date : 10/06/1998 Original Release Date : 1998 Catalog ID : 11840 Label : Decca (USA) Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00008811184025    Product Image