Christmas in My Heart | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
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 | |||
Connie Francis chronology | ||||
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Connie's Christmas | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
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 | |||
Connie Francis chronology | ||||
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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.
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 #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]
# | Title | Songwriter | 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 |
# | Title | Songwriter | Length |
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1. | " Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful)" | John Francis Wade | 3.06 |
2. | " The Lord's Prayer" | Albert Hay Malotte | 2.56 |
3. | " Silent Night! Holy Night!" | Franz Gruber; Joseph Mohr | 3.52 |
4. | " O Little Town of Bethlehem" | Phillips Brooks; Lewis Redner | 2.57 |
5. | " The First Noël" | traditional | 3.10 |
6. | "Ave Maria" | traditional, Charles Gounod, Johann Sebastian Bach | 2.50 |