Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company released the first album of their ten record “Great Songs of Christmas” series in 1961. Because of the success of the premium record marketing campaign, they followed the original series with seven additional Christmas music releases beginning in 1971. Unlike the original series, however, the subsequent releases did not feature any exclusive material. For these releases, Columbia compiled popular music by popular artists of the day.
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| Joyous Songs of Christmas
Columbia Specialty Products
1971
Song Listing:
We Need A Little Christmas (Percy Faith, His Orchestra, and Chorus)
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (Carol Burnett)
Winter Wonderland (Tony Bennett)
Love’s What You’re Getting For Christmas (Bobby Sherman)
The Christmas Waltz (The Lennon Sisters)
Deck the Halls (Danny Kaye)
Joy to the World (The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble and Percussion, Alexander Schreiner, Organ: Richard P. Condie, Conductor)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Barbra Streisand)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (Jim Nabors)
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Lena Horne)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Coductor; The Temple University Concert Choir, Robert Page, Director)
Sleigh Ride (Andy Williams)
Silver Bells (Johnny Mathis
We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Ray Conniff and The Singers)
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Christmas Is
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company with Columbia Special Products
Catalog #P11417
1972
Song Listing:
Christmas Is (The Hillside Singers)
Winter Wonderland (Jo Stafford)
White Christmas (Frank Sinatra)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland)
What Child Is This? (Vikki Carr)
Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (Tony Bennett)
The Christmas Song (Barbra Streisand)
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (Bing Crosby)
I’ll Be Home for Christmas (Doris Day)
O Holy Night (Andy Williams)
Jingle Bells (The Mills Brothers)
Silver Bells (Patti Page)
Merry Christmas Darling (The Carpenters)
Silent Night, Holy Night (Julie Andrews) |
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The Many Moods of Christmas
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company with Columbia Specialty Products
Catalog #P12013
1973
Song Listing:
White Christmas (Ella Fitzgerald)
Christmasland (Tony Bennett)
Winter Weather (Jo Stafford)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Barbra Streisand)
Christmas Waltz (Pat Boone)
Whatever Happened to Christmas? (Frank Sinatra)
Jingle Bells and It’s Christmas Time All Over the World (Sammy Davis Jr)
The Christmas Song (Tex Beneke in the Glenn Miller Style)
Toyland (Doris Day)
Jingle Bell Rock (Pete Fountain)
Christmas Is (Bing Crosby)
O Come All Ye Faithful (Julie Andrews)
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Andy Williams)
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? (Ella Fitzgerald) |
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Carols and Candelight
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company with Columbia Specialty Products
Catalog #P12525
1974
Song Listing:
Joy to the World (Andre Kostelanetz)
O Holy Night (Kate Smith)
The First Noel (John Davidson)
What Child Is This (Julie Andrews)
Go Tell It On The Mountain (Mahalia Jackson)
Silent Night (Harry Belafonte)
O Come All Ye Faithful (Leonard Bernstein)
I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Doris Day)
Moonlight in Vermont (Stan Getz)
Christmas Is (Percy Faith)
Christmas Song (Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart)
I Love the Winter Weather and I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Tony Bennett)
Snowfall (Enoch Light)
White Christmas (Andy Williams)
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Henry Mancini Selects Great Songs of Christmas
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company with RCA Special Products
Catalog #DPL10148
1975
Song Listing:
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Henry Mancini Orchestra with Chorus)
Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (The Carpenters)
Joy to the World, Angels We Have Heard on High (Robert Shaw Chorale)
Irish Carol (Julie Andrews and the Andre Previn Orchestra)
Silent Night (Perry Como)
O Holy Night (Mantovani and his Orchestra)
Ave Maria (Schubert) (Leontyne Price)
Jingling Brass (Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass)
Christmas Is the Warmest Time of the Year (Ed Ames)
White Christmas (Henry Mancini Orchestra and Chorus)
Sleigh Ride (Ella Fitzgerald)
The Christmas Song (John Gary)
Silver Bells (Kate Smith)
A Christmas Toast (Bing Crosby)
What Are You Doing New Years Eve; Auld Lang Syne (Henry Mancini Orchestra with Chorus)
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Mancini Moods at Christmastime
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company with RCA Special Products
1976
Song Listing:
The Little Drummer Boy
Jingle Bells and Sleigh Ride
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
Winter Wonderland and Silver Bells
Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
White Christmas
Carol for Another Christmas
Silent Night, O Holy Night, O Little Town of Bethlehem
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, Deck the Halls, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
We Three Kings, O Come All Ye Faithful, Joy to the World
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, Away In A Manger, The First Noel
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Great Songs of Christmas. Perry Como and Eugene Ormandy
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company with RCA Special Products
Catalog #DPL10285
1977
Song Listing:
The Christmas Song (Perry Como)
Sleigh Ride (Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra)
Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra)
Home for the Holidays (Perry Como)
White Christmas (Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra)
Joy to the World (Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra)
O Holy Night (Perry Como)
Go Tell It On The Mountain (Eugene Ormandy and the Philadephia Orchestra)
Ave Maria (Perry Como)
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus)
Caroling, Caroling
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Silent Night (Perry Como)
We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus)
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At some point in the near future, we will re-visit each of these selections individually in our blog.
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