40 Christmas Classics

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40 Christmas Classics
Sony Music Entertainment
Andy Williams chronology
The Classic Christmas Album
(2013)
40 Christmas Classics
(2014)
Gold
(2020)

40 Christmas Classics is a digital

Ave Maria", which Williams recorded in honor of Senator Robert F. Kennedy just days after his funeral in 1968.[2]

The album appeared on Billboard magazine's lists of the top pop albums and top holiday albums in 2018 and 2019.

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "
    The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
    ) – 2:34
  2. "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" (Robert MacGimsey) – 3:17
  3. "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight) – 3:24
  4. "Silent Night, Holy Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 2:15
  5. "
    Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone
    ) – 2:17
  6. "Away in a Manger" (Traditional) – 2:51
  7. "Kay Thompson's Jingle Bells" (
    James Pierpont, Kay Thompson
    ) – 2:06
  8. "Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season" (Irving Berlin/Kay Thompson) – 2:38
  9. "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Edward Pola, George Wyle) – 2:33
  10. "A Song and a Christmas Tree (The Twelve Days of Christmas)" (Traditional) – 3:57
  11. "
    The First Noël
    " (Traditional) – 3:08
  12. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:29
  13. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from Meet Me in St. Louis (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 3:27
  14. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:14
  15. "Silver Bells" from The Lemon Drop Kid (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:12
  16. "Mary's Little Boy Child" (Jester Hairston) – 3:57
  17. "Some Children See Him" (Alfred Burt, Wihla Hutson) – 3:26
  18. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Gloria Shayne Baker, Noël Regney) – 2:55
  19. "Christmas Holiday" (
    Craig Vincent Smith
    ) – 1:56
  20. "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) – 2:11

Disc two

  1. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:20
  2. "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 2:29
  3. "Little Altar Boy" (Howlett Peter Smith) – 4:59
  4. "The Bells of St. Mary's" (A. Emmett Adams, Douglas Furber) – 2:38
  5. "Christmas Present" (Larry H. Brown,[3] Keats Tyler) – 2:30
  6. "
    Joy To The World" (Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts
    ) – 2:52
  7. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillip Brooks, Lewis H. Redner) – 2:32
  8. "
    Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych, Peter Wilhousky
    , Minna Louise Hohman) – 1:52
  9. ") – 3:12
  10. ") – 4:34
  11. ") – 2:35
  12. "
    Angels We Have Heard On High
    " (traditional) – 2:32
  13. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley) – 2:39
  14. "Ave Maria" (Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod) – 3:05
  15. "
    What Child Is This
    " (William Chatterton Dix) – 2:31
  16. "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (John Baptiste Calkin, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) – 2:47
  17. "The Lord's Prayer" (Albert Hay Malotte) – 2:40
  18. "
    Ave Maria" (Franz Schubert
    ) – 4:55
  19. "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) – 3:27
  20. "My Sweet Lord" (George Harrison) – 4:14

Charts

References

  1. ^ "40 Christmas Classics – Andy Williams". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  2. ^ (2003) Album notes for B Sides and Rarities by Andy Williams, [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music COL-CD-7529.
  3. ^ "BMI | Repertoire Search for song title "Christmas Present"". Archived from the original on 2004-03-25. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  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 12, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  6. ^ "Top Holiday Albums: The week of January 5, 2019". billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  7. ^ "Top Holiday Albums: The week of January 4, 2020". billboard.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.