Christmas in My Heart (Connie Francis album)
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Christmas in My Heart is a studio album of Christmas music recorded by U. S. Entertainer 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]
Christmas In My Heart was recorded between in August 1959 at EMI's famous Abbey Road 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. 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.[5]
Track listing
Side A
# | 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 |
Side B
# | 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 |
References
- ^ Liner notes by Connie Francis on the cover of the original vinyl album
- ^ Ron Roberts: Connie Francis Discography 1955 – 1975,
- ^ William Ruhlmann: Connie Francis 1955 – 1959, supplement to 5 CD Boxed Set White Sox, Pink Lipstick… and Stupid Cupid, Bear Family Records BCD 16 616 EI, Hambergen (Germany) 1993
- ^ Connie Francis: Souvenirs, Booklet of 4-CD-Box, Polydor 1996, Cat.-No. 314 533 382-2
- ^ as above