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Christmas in My Heart (Connie Francis album)

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Christmas in My Heart
Studio album by
Connie Francis
ReleasedNovember 1959
RecordedAugust 23, 26, and 27, 1959
GenreChristmas music
Length42:05
LabelMGM
E-3792 (mono)/SE-3792 (stereo)
ProducerArnold Maxin
Connie Francis chronology
Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites
(1959) 		Christmas in My Heart
(1959) 		Connie's Greatest Hits
(1959)
Connie's Christmas
Studio album by
Connie Francis
ReleasedOctober 1966
RecordedAugust 23, 26, and 27, 1959
GenreChristmas music
Length42:05
LabelMGM
E-4399 (mono)/SE-4399 (stereo)
ProducerArnold Maxin
Connie Francis chronology
Movie Greats Of The 60s
(1966) 		Connie's Christmas
(1966) 		Connie Francis live at The Sahara in Las Vegas
(1966)

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.

Background

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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]

Track listing

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Side A

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# Title Songwriter Length
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

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# Title Songwriter Length
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

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  1. ^ Liner notes by Connie Francis on the cover of the original vinyl album
  2. ^ Ron Roberts: Connie Francis Discography 1955 – 1975,
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Connie Francis: Souvenirs, Booklet of 4-CD-Box, Polydor 1996, Cat.-No. 314 533 382-2
  5. ^ "Christmas Records." Billboard, vol. 75, no. 51, December 21, 1963, p. 8. worldradiohistory.com
  6. ^ as above
  7. ^ "Christmas in My Heart - Connie Francis". AllMusic.
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