VA - 100 Hits - Christmas Legends [5CDs] (2016)

Tracklist

Five discs and 100 tracks, this is a great Christmas holiday set. Some tracks will be familiar to nearly everyone, with classics like Bing Crosby’s version of “White Christmas” and Perry Como’s “Winter Wonderland”, but other selections here are fairly rare with a depth that a lot of collections don’t reach. Among the highlights are Louis Armstrong’s “Christmas in New Orleans,” Nat King Cole’s take on “Frosty the Snowman,” the Weavers’ “We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli’s “Christmas Swing,” and Jack Teagarden and Johnny Mercer’s “Christmas Night in Harlem”.

CD 1
01. Bing Crosby - White Christmas (3:04)
02. Frank Sinatra - Christmas Dreaming (A Little Early This Year) (2:57)
03. Perry Como - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (2:40)
04. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) (3:11)
05. Dean Martin - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (2:43)
06. Judy Garland - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (2:45)
07. Eddie Fisher - You're All I Want for Christmas (2:44)
08. Harry Belafonte - Mary’s Boy Child (2:59)
09. Louis Armstrong - Cool Yule (2:53)
10. Anne Shelton - Merry Christmas (2:18)
11. Mitch Miller And The Gang - Deck the Halls (1:01)
12. Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (1:56)
13. The Andrews Sisters - The Merry Christmas Polka (2:51)
14. Doris Day - Here Comes Santa Claus (2:41)
15. Vic Damone - Marshmallow World (2:09)
16. Dave King - Christmas And You (3:14)
17. Frank Sinatra - O Come All Ye Faithful (2:34)
18. Peggy Lee - Ring Those Christmas Bells (2:17)
19. David Whitfield - Santo Natale (2:55)
20. Mario Lanza - Ave Maria (2:32)
CD 2
01. Nat King Cole - The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot (2:33)
02. Perry Como - Winter Wonderland (2:31)
03. Johnny Mathis - What Child Is This (3:56)
04. Brook Benton - This Time Of Year (2:35)
05. Frank Sinatra - Silent Night, Holy Night (3:16)
06. Bing Crosby - I'll Be Home For Christmas (If Only In My Dreams) (3:00)
07. Mario Lanza - O Christmas Tree (2:02)
08. Nat King Cole - The Little Christmas Tree (3:13)
09. Dinah Shore - Ole Santa (2:43)
10. Paul Robeson - Mary Had A Baby, Yes, Lord (2:13)
11. Dean Martin - The Christmas Blues (2:54)
12. Louis Armstrong - Christmas In New Orleans (2:54)
13. Peggy Lee - Winter Weather (3:02)
14. Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee & Trudy Erwin - Snow (2:42)
15. Eddie Fisher - That's What Christmas Means To Me (3:27)
16. June Hutton - Song Of The Sleigh Bells (2:16)
17. Gracie Fields - Christmas Eve In Fairyland (2:52)
18. Eddy Arnold - Christmas Can't Be Very Far Away (2:59)
19. The Orioles - (It's Gonna Be) A Lonely Christmas (3:20)
20. Billy Eckstine - Blue Christmas (2:55)
CD 3
01. Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby (3:24)
02. Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (2:05)
03. Ella Fitzgerald - Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney (3:07)
04. The Andrews Sisters - Christmas Island (2:39)
05. Perry Como - ’Twas the Night Before Christmas (3:41)
06. Mario Lanza - We Three Kings Of Orient Are (3:00)
07. The Beverley Sisters - Little Donkey (2:13)
08. Nat King Cole - Frosty the Snowman (2:17)
09. Bing Crosby - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (2:15)
10. Petula Clark - Where Did My Snowman Go (2:10)
11. Spike Jones - All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) (3:11)
12. Dickie Valentine - Christmas Alphabet (2:07)
13. Frank Sinatra - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (2:35)
14. Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford - Christmas Roses (2:26)
15. Gracie Fields - Christmas Bells At Eventide (2:48)
16. Judy Garland - The Birthday Of A King (3:08)
17. Peggy Lee - It’s Christmas Time Again (2:59)
18. The Weavers - One For The Little Bitty Baby (Go Where I Send Thee) (2:44)
19. Eddie Fisher - Christmas Day (3:00)
20. Rosemary Clooney - Suzy Snowflake (2:57)
CD 4
01. The Weavers - We Wish You A Merry Christmas (2:27)
02. Elisabeth Schumann - Coventry Carol (2:42)
03. Frank Sinatra - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (2:23)
04. Georges Thill - Cantique De Noel (4:06)
05. Judy Garland - The Star Of The East (3:06)
06. Lonnie Donegan - On A Christmas Day (2:01)
07. Mario Lanza - O Holy Night (Cantique De Noel) (4:05)
08. Bing Crosby - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (2:17)
09. Anne Shelton - Away In A Manger (3:01)
10. Glenn Miller - Jingle Bells (3:25)
11. Perry Como - The Twelve Days Of Christmas (4:01)
12. Dick Haymes - O Little Town Of Bethlehem (2:21)
13. Frank Sinatra - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (3:29)
14. Nat King Cole - There's A Train Out For Dreamland (2:40)
15. Kay Kyser - Hello Mr. Kringle (3:01)
16. Tino Rossi - Petit Papa Noel (3:09)
17. Michel Warlop - Christmas Swing (2:50)
18. Lita Roza - St. Nicholas Waltz (2:34)
19. Boston Pops Orchestra - Sleigh Ride (3:02)
20. The BBC Dance Orchestra - The Santa Claus Express (3:13)
CD 5
01. Louis Armstrong - Zat You Santa Claus (2:50)
02. Louis Prima - Shake Hands With Santa Claus (2:27)
03. Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock (2:10)
04. Mabel Scott - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (2:19)
05. Margaret Whiting - The Mistletoe Kiss Polka (2:34)
06. Nat King Cole - Mrs Santa Claus (2:08)
07. The Beverley Sisters - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (2:31)
08. The BBC Dance Orchestra - The Fairy On The Christmas Tree (2:59)
09. Dick Haymes - The First Nowell (2:57)
10. Frank Sinatra - The Christmas Waltz (3:03)
11. Glenn Miller - Cradle Song (3:37)
12. Jack Teagarden with Johnny Mercer - Christmas Night In Harlem (3:24)
13. Perry Como - Joy To The World (2:38)
14. Judy Garland - Happy New Year (3:12)
15. Bing Crosby - Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian Christmas Song) (2:58)
16. Vera Lynn - I'm Sending A Letter To Santa Claus (3:20)
17. Richard Crooks - The Star Of Bethlehem (3:55)
18. Eddy Arnold - C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S (2:29)
19. Mario Lanza - The Virgin's Slumber Song (3:24)
20. The Four Ramblers - Christmas In Killarney (2:18)