A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra
A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra | ||||
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Studio album by Frank Sinatra | ||||
Released | September 21, 1957 (LP) November 11, 1987 (CD) | |||
Recorded | May 1 – July 10, 1957 | |||
Studio | Capitol Studio A, Hollywood, California | |||
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Length | 38:17 | |||
Label | Capitol SM-894 | |||
Producer | Voyle Gilmore | |||
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A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra is a Christmas album by American singer Frank Sinatra, originally released by Capitol Records in 1957.
This was Sinatra's first full-length Christmas album.[citation needed] It features the Ralph Brewster Singers along with an orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins.
Capitol reissued the album in 1965 with different cover art and a new title, The Sinatra Christmas Album, both of which also featured on the album's initial 1987 compact disc pressing. The original title and cover were eventually restored for subsequent CD pressings in 1990 and 1999. In 2001, the album art was altered from its 1957 version. The CD bonus tracks were originally issued on a 1954 Capitol 45 rpm single, arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.
In 2007 the album was reissued yet again, with a "50th Anniversary" banner placed atop the 2001 cover art and an additional bonus track (a vintage radio PSA that Sinatra did for the American Lung Association's "Christmas Seals" campaign) added.
In 2010, the album was reissued on vinyl for the first time since the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab reissue, #1-135, c. 1986 (separate from the 1983 16-LP box), exclusively to independent record stores.[citation needed]
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Jingle Bells" | James Pierpont | 2:00 |
2. | "The Christmas Song" | Mel Tormé, Robert Wells | 3:28 |
3. | "Mistletoe and Holly" | Dok Stanford, Hank Sanicola, Frank Sinatra | 2:18 |
4. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram | 3:11 |
5. | "The Christmas Waltz" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 3:03 |
6. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane | 3:29 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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7. | "The First Noel" | Traditional, arranged by Gordon Jenkins | 2:44 |
8. | "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" | Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley | 2:24 |
9. | "O Little Town of Bethlehem" | Lewis H. Redner, Phillips Brooks | 2:06 |
10. | "Adeste Fideles" | John Francis Wade | 2:34 |
11. | "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" | Edmund Sears, Richard Storrs Willis | 2:51 |
12. | "Silent Night" | Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr | 2:31 |
Total length: | 32:39 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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13. | "White Christmas (1954 single version)" | Irving Berlin | 2:37 |
14. | "The Christmas Waltz (1954 single version)" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 3:01 |
Total length: | 38:17 |
Personnel[]
- Frank Sinatra – lead vocals
- The Ralph Brewster Singers – background vocals
- Gordon Jenkins – arranger, conductor
- Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor (CD bonus tracks)
Charts[]
Chart (2015–2021) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] | 49 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] | 83 |
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[5] | 37 |
Irish Albums (OCC)[6] | 35 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] | 48 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8] | 22 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] | 22 |
US Billboard 200[10] | 23 |
Certifications[]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[11] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Also released as a limited edition green 180 gram coloured vinyl in the United Kingdom for £14.99.
References[]
- ^ Balke, Jeff (November 28, 2019). "10 Old School Christmas Albums Worth a Listen". Houston Press. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra at AllMusic
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Frank Sinatra – A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Frank Sinatra – A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 51, 2020". Hitlisten. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Frank Sinatra – A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Frank Sinatra – A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 52". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "Frank Sinatra Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "American album certifications – Frank Sinatra – A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra". Recording Industry Association of America.
- 1957 Christmas albums
- Frank Sinatra albums
- Christmas albums by American artists
- Albums arranged by Gordon Jenkins
- Capitol Records Christmas albums
- Covers albums
- Albums conducted by Gordon Jenkins
- Albums arranged by Nelson Riddle
- Albums conducted by Nelson Riddle
- Albums recorded at Capitol Studios
- Pop Christmas albums
- Jazz Christmas albums