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I Still Believe in Santa Claus is a Christmas album by American pop singer
Andy Williams that was released by
Curb Records in 1990. It was his fourth solo album of Christmas music, following
The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963),
Merry Christmas (1965) and
Christmas Present (1974). As with the 1965 LP, this album focuses exclusively on 20th-century compositions, including two new songs: "Christmas Needs Love to Be Christmas" and "My Christmas Vow (This Is My Promise)", the latter of which Williams describes in the liner notes as "a new lyric set to an old Hawaiian melody".
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Track listing
"
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town " (
J. Fred Coots ,
Haven Gillespie ) – 3:21
"Christmas Needs Love to Be Christmas" (Tim James,
Steven McClintock ) – 3:05
"
Blue Christmas " (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 3:09
"
The Christmas Waltz " (
Sammy Cahn ,
Jule Styne ) – 2:26
"My Christmas Vow (This Is My Promise)" (
Mack David , Charles E. King) – 2:18
"
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus " (
Tommie Connor ) – 3:14
"
I'll Be Home for Christmas " (
Kim Gannon ,
Walter Kent ,
Buck Ram ) – 3:02
"
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? " (
Frank Loesser ) – 3:42
Medley – 3:58 a. "
When You Wish upon a Star " from
Pinocchio (
Leigh Harline ,
Ned Washington ) b. "Toyland" from
Babes in Toyland (
Victor Herbert ,
Glen MacDonough )
"
Happy Christmas (War Is Over) " (
John Lennon ,
Yoko Ono ) – 4:14
Song information
"Toyland" originated in the 1903
operetta
Babes in Toyland .
[3] "
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town " by
George Hall & the Hotel Taft Orchestra with
Sonny Schuyler on vocal is the only recording of the song to have charted in conjunction with its publication in 1934, reaching number 12.
[4] "
When You Wish upon a Star " won the
Academy Award for Best Original Song for its inclusion in the 1940 film
Pinocchio
[5] and had separate renditions make the charts that same year by
Cliff Edwards ,
Horace Heidt ,
Guy Lombardo , and
Glenn Miller ,
[6] and
Bing Crosby 's recording of "
I'll Be Home for Christmas " spent two weeks at number three upon its first release in 1943.
[7]
In 1949, recordings of "
Blue Christmas " by
Russ Morgan ,
Ernest Tubb , and
Hugo Winterhalter made the
Billboard charts.
[8] That same year marked the first charting of "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?", thanks to
The Orioles .
[9] 1952 saw the release of "
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus ", with versions by
Molly Bee ,
Jimmy Boyd , and
Spike Jones all making the charts that holiday season.
[10]
Frank Sinatra 's recording of "The Christmas Waltz" was released in 1954,
[11] and
John Lennon and
Yoko Ono 's "
Happy Christmas (War Is Over) " first made
Billboard ' s Christmas Singles chart in 1971.
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Personnel
Adapted from the album credits.
[2]
Dennis Belfield - bass
Stuart Blumberg - trumpet
Ernie Carlson - trombone
Dan Higgins - sax, clarinet and flute
John Hobbs - piano
Molly Jacman - background vocals
Angie Jaree - background vocals
Joey Johnson - background vocals
Laurence Juber - guitar
Peter Kent - string direction
Paul Leim - drums
Gail Levant - harp
Michael Lloyd - percussion and synths
Robert Martin - percussion and synths
Cassie Miller - background vocals
Amanda Williams - background vocals
Andy Williams - vocals, background vocals
Jason Williams - background vocals
Richard B. Williams - background vocals
Production
Michael Lloyd - producer, mixer
Ken Thorne - arranger
Dan Nebenzal - engineer, mixer
John Valentino - assistant engineer
Darryl Dobson - assistant mixer
Craig Johnson - assistant mixer
Don Griffin/West LA Music - recording musical instruments
Debbie Lytton - production coordinator
J. Katz Photography - photography
Neuman, Walker & Associates - art direction/design
References
Bibliography
Whitburn, Joel (1986),
Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories, 1890-1954 , Record Research Inc.,
ISBN
0-89820-083-0
Whitburn, Joel (2004), Christmas in the Charts (1920-2004) , Record Research Inc.,
ISBN
0-89820-161-6
Wiley, Mason; Bona, Damien (1996), Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards , Ballantine Books,
ISBN
0-345-40053-4
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