Christmas in My Heart (Connie Francis album)
1959 studio album by Connie Francis
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Christmas in My Heart is a studio album of Christmas music recorded by Connie Francis. The album features popular songs of the season on the A-side and the sacred music of Christmas on the B-side.[1] It was re-released as Connie's Christmas in 1966.
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| Released | November 1959 | |||
| Recorded | August 23, 26, and 27, 1959 | |||
| Genre | Christmas music | |||
| Length | 42:05 | |||
| Label | MGM E-3792 (mono)/SE-3792 (stereo) | |||
| Producer | Arnold Maxin | |||
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| Connie's Christmas | ||||
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| Released | October 1966 | |||
| Recorded | August 23, 26, and 27, 1959 | |||
| Genre | Christmas music | |||
| Length | 42:05 | |||
| Label | MGM E-4399 (mono)/SE-4399 (stereo) | |||
| Producer | Arnold Maxin | |||
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Background
Christmas in My Heart was recorded in August 1959 at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, then called EMI Recording Studios in London[2] under the musical direction of Geoff Love[3] and was released in November 1959.[4]
The album was repackaged with a new cover design and re-released in October 1962. The album charted for 3 weeks peaking at No. 19 on Billboard's Christmas Records album chart on December 21, 1963.[5]
Another repackaging and re-release followed in November 1966; this time the album was also retitled Connie's Christmas and received a new catalogue number: E-4399 for mono pressings and SE-4399 for stereo pressings.[6] A compact disc edition of the album was issued by Polydor Records in 1988, with "Baby's First Christmas" (the B-side to Francis' 1961 single "When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)") added as a bonus track.[7]
Track listing
Side A
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 3:24 |
| 2. | "Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard / Richard B. Smith | 2:41 |
| 3. | "The Christmas Song" | Mel Tormé / Robert Wells | 3:23 |
| 4. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Kim Gannon / Walter Kent / Buck Ram | 3:35 |
| 5. | "The Twelve Days of Christmas" | Traditional | 5:18 |
| 6. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Ralph Blane / Hugh Martin | 4:30 |
Side B
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 7. | "Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful)" | John Francis Wade | 3:06 |
| 8. | "The Lord's Prayer" | Albert Hay Malotte | 2:56 |
| 9. | "Silent Night! Holy Night!" | Franz Gruber / Joseph Mohr | 3:52 |
| 10. | "O Little Town of Bethlehem" | Phillips Brooks / Lewis Redner | 2:57 |
| 11. | "The First Noël" | Traditional | 3:10 |
| 12. | "Ave Maria" | Charles Gounod / Johann Sebastian Bach / Traditional | 2:50 |