Give Me Your Love for Christmas

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Give Me Your Love for Christmas
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 13, 1969[1]
RecordedJuly 15, 1969
September 23, 1969[2]
GenreChristmas
Length30:11
LabelColumbia
ProducerJack Gold[3]
Johnny Mathis chronology
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(1969)
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(1970)
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Billboardpositive[4]

Give Me Your Love for Christmas is the third

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The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Christmas Albums sales chart in the issue dated December 6, 1969, and spent one of its four weeks there at number one.[5] It also appeared on the magazine's seasonal LP chart each year from 1970 to 1973 as well as in 1987 and 1988.[5] On December 26, 1979, it received its first award from the Recording Industry Association of America when it reached the US sales mark of 500,000 copies necessary for Gold status.[6]

On September 1, 2001, the album was released on compact disc for the first time,[7] and two months later, on November 5, it was awarded Platinum certification by the RIAA for sales of one million copies in the US.[8] The tracks from this album were also reissued as part of the 2015 Mathis compilation The Complete Christmas Collection 1958–2010, a 3-CD set on the Real Gone Music label.

Reception

Billboard felt that the "Mathis touch is warmly suited to the spirit of the season and the songs cover the Yule holiday appropriately".[4]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Jingle Bell Rock" (Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe) – 2:11
  2. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from Meet Me in St. Louis (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 3:29
  3. "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)– 2:37
  4. "Give Me Your Love for Christmas" (Jack Gold, Phyllis Stohn) – 2:37
  5. "
    J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
    ) – 2:19
  6. "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) – 2:52

Side two

  1. "
    Noel Regney
    ) – 3:21
  2. "Calypso Noel" (Gordon Krunnfusz) – 2:13
  3. "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) – 2:28
  4. "Christmas Day" from Promises, Promises (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:24
  5. "The Lord's Prayer" (Albert Hay Malotte) – 2:40

Recording dates

From the liner notes for

The Complete Christmas Collection 1958-2010:[2]

  • July 15, 1969 — "Christmas Day", "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "Give Me Your Love for Christmas", "My Favorite Things"
  • September 23, 1969 — "Calypso Noel", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Jingle Bell Rock", "The Little Drummer Boy", "The Lord's Prayer", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"

Billboard Christmas Albums chart performance

Year Peak
position[5]
1969 1
1970 3
1971 5
1972 3
1973 19
1987 19
1988 18

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b (1993) The Christmas Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records CK-57194.
  2. ^ a b c (2015) The Complete Christmas Collection 1958-2010 by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music Entertainment RGM-0400.
  3. ^ a b c d e (1969) Give Me Your Love for Christmas by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records CS 9923.
  4. ^ a b "Album Reviews". Billboard. 1969-11-15. p. 52.
  5. ^ a b c Whitburn 2004, p. 167.
  6. ^ White 1990, p. 144.
  7. ^ "Give Me Your Love for Christmas - Johnny Mathis – Release Info". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Gold & Platinum". riaa.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016. Enter "Johnny Mathis" in the Search field and press enter.

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