''The Joyful Season'' is a
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
Christmas album by
Jo Stafford. It is unique in that it features Stafford accompanying herself as a vocal
choir through the use of
multitrack recording
Multitrack recording (MTR), also known as multitracking or tracking, is a method of sound recording developed in 1955 that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources or of sound sources recorded at different times to create a ...
.
The album was reissued on CD in 2005 by DRG.
Track listing
Side 1
# " Little Drummer Boy"
# " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
# "Deck the Halls
"Deck the Hall” is a traditional Christmas carol. The melody is Welsh, dating back to the sixteenth century, and belongs to a winter carol, "Nos Galan", while the English lyrics, written by the Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant, date to 1862.
...
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# "White Christmas
White Christmas most commonly refers to:
* White Christmas (weather), snowfall or snow-covered ground on Christmas Day
* "White Christmas" (song), a 1942 song written by Irving Berlin
White Christmas may also refer to:
Film, television, and the ...
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# " Jingle Bells"
# "Merry Christmas"
Side 2
# "Christmas is the Season (of the Bells)"
# " O Little Town of Bethlehem"
# " Silver Bells"
# " Winter Wonderland"
# " Silent Night"
CD bonus tracks
# " Gesu Bambino"
# " Ave Maria"
# "Christmas Medley #1: Hark the Herald Angels Sing
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is an English Christmas carol that first appeared in 1739 in the collection ''Hymns and Sacred Poems''. The carol, based on , tells of an angelic chorus singing praises to God. As it is known in the modern era, it f ...
/ The First Noel/ O Come All Ye Faithful" (with Gordon MacRae)
# "Christmas Medley #2: Joy to the World/ It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (with Gordon MacRae)
# " Toys for Tots"
References
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Christmas albums by American artists
Jo Stafford albums
1964 Christmas albums
Capitol Records Christmas albums
Pop Christmas albums