The Christmas Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection
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| The Christmas Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection | ||||
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| Released | October 5, 1993[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1958–1986 | |||
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| Length | 42:19 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [3] |
The Christmas Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in October 1993 by Columbia Records and included selections from the four Christmas albums that he had recorded to date: Merry Christmas, Sounds of Christmas, Give Me Your Love for Christmas, and Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis.
The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's album chart in the issue dated December 18, 1993, and remained there for three weeks, peaking at number 162.[4] It received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000 copies on December 20, 2001[1] and achieved peak positions of 29 on the magazine's Christmas Albums chart and 30 on its Top Pop Catalog chart in December 2002.[5]
In his review of this release, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote, "Even though the collection spans several decades, it's remarkably consistent because Mathis's style stayed essentially the same, no matter what the current fads may have been. Also, the collection is strong simply because the compilers have selected many great performances."[2]
Track listing
- "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 3:49
- "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:32
- "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 3:14
- "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) – 2:57
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:28
- "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 4:14
- "A Marshmallow World" (Peter DeRose, Carl Sigman) – 2:40
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 3:28
- "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) – 2:26
- "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:20
- "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (Meredith Willson) – 2:14
- "The Christmas Waltz" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:36
- "We Need a Little Christmas" (Jerry Herman) – 1:54
- "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Edward Pola, George Wyle) – 2:45
