Track Listing

1. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Fred Astaire, Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Lee Wiley
2. I'll Walk Alone - Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore
3. Jingle Bells [AFRS Rehearsal] - The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby
4. It Happened in Sun Valley - Tex Beneke, Ray Eberle, Paula Kelly, , Glenn Miller, The Modernaires
5. Little Jack Frost Get Lost - Frankie Carle, Marjorie Hughes
6. Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot - Vera Lynn
7. Santa Claus Came in the Spring - Benny Goodman
8. Day After Christmas - Corky Hale
9. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland, David Rose & His Orchestra
10. Every Day's a Holiday
11. Night Before Christmas - Louis Armstrong
12. Christmas Child in Green - Liberace
13. I'll Be Home for Christmas - Bing Crosby
14. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Rod McKuen, Dusty Springfield
15. Dashing Through the Snow - Duke Ellington
16. Winter Wonderland - Johnny Mercer
17. What Are You Doin' New Year's Eve? - Lena Horne
18. Oh Come All Ye Faithful - Dick Haymes
19. White Christmas - Bing Crosby

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #228065 in Music
• Released on: 2001-11-13
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Nice but hardly definitive
Nice collection of big band and easy listening standards, though some are taken from scratchy masters - V-Discs and other Armed Forces Radio sources, I suspect. And, while we're at it, a number of these tracks were cut long after "the war years." I mean, Dusty Springfield, Rod McKuen, Liberace? What war are we talking about, exactly? Anyway, the highlights include renditions by Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, and other giants of the swing era. The Louis Armstrong cut, by the way, is a recitation sans music.

MNReview
Excellent quality. Fans of 40s music will love this collection. Very 'home-based' songs.

An Amazing Collection
If you love a classic, Christmas-by-the-fire musical collection, this is it. These are original songs from radio broadcasts to the American military (complete with songs and even a couple of vintage commercials). Ever since I stumbled across this collection a couple of years ago, no Christmas would be complete without it. Get a mug of eggnog or mulled cider, turn on the Christmas lights, get the fire going, and then relax and enjoy.