CHRISTMAS, ’68: MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!

**THE DEAN MARTIN CHRISTMAS SHOW * NBC-TV * THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1968**

SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS! A 1964 HOLIDAY LP MEMORY

GREAT SONGS OF CHRISTMAS (Various Artists) * 1964 * COLUMBIA [COMPLETE LP]

ABOUT THIS ALBUM

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In the 1960s and 1970s, Goodyear Rubber & Tire Co., in partnership with Columbia Records Special Products, released a series of Christmas LPs, made available exclusively at all their Goodyear shops around the country.

This album, ‘The Great Songs of Christmas‘, was issued as #4 and was released in 1964.

Comprised of various artists of the day, in this album you will hear traditional holiday yuletide songs, as sung by national and international stars from the decade.

19 songs, 12 artists. Mary Martin, Leonard Bernstein, Robert Goulet, Percy Faith, Brothers Four, Mahalia Jackson, Doris Day, and more.

Purchase price for this LP as was sold at the time, only $1.00. The complete tracks for this album can be found HERE

Created exclusively for Goodyear

— Christmas Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life —

06 DAYS: OUR SPECIAL CHRISTMAS 2018 COUNTDOWN

**VIC DANA * DECEMBER 20** (No. 6)

‘THE ANDY WILLIAMS CHRISTMAS ALBUM’ . . . DECEMBER 21, 1963

From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1963

ANDY WILLIAMS’ YULE MARK; TOPS TWO CHARTS FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY 1963

(This post previously was featured on Motor City Radio Flashbacks on December 24, 2015, December 23, 2014 and December 24, 2013)

**Andy Williams** in 1963 *(click image for larger view)*

NEW YORK — Columbia’s Andy Williams gave the label a first place in both the singles and albums derby, according to Billboard’s special Christmas sales recap last week. For the first time in the Christmas listings, Williams scored with his “White Christmas” single and his “Andy Williams Christmas Album.”

In the album running, Columbia held the top position with eight of the 25 packages listed, including three in the top 10. RCA Victor took second-honors with four on the parent label and two others on its low-priced Camden line. Capitol placed third with three Christmas best sellers. On the charts with one album each were Decca, Mercury, 20th-Century Fox, London, Liberty, Philles, MGM and Argo.

In the singles area, Decca and Capitol tied with four listings each out of 16 records reported showing healthy sales on this week’s best-selling Christmas singles charts. Liberty placed two on the list (both by the Chipmunks) while Columbia, 20th-Century Fox, King, Mercury, Epic and Warner Brothers landed one each on the Billboard special Christmas list for 1963. END

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(Information and news source: Billboard; December 21, 1963)

THE 1963 CHRISTMAS TOP 10 ALBUMS

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The Christmas Top 10 best-selling albums Billboard listed (from 25) for December 21, 1963

No. 1: “Andy Williams Christmas Album” Columbia; No. 2: “Sounds Of Christmas” Johnny Mathis, Mercury; No. 3: “Little Drummer Boy” Harry Simeone Chorale, 20th-Century Fox; No. 4: “This Christmas I Spent With You” Robert Goulet, Columbia; No. 5: “Elvis Christmas Album” Elvis Presley, RCA Victor. No. 6: “Merry Christmas” Bing Crosby, Decca; No. 7: “Christmas Greetings From Mantovani and his Orchestra” London; No. 8: “Merry Christmas” Johnny Mathis, Columbia; No. 9: “Christmas With The Chipmunks, Vol. 2” David Seville and the Chipmunks, Liberty; No. 10: “Christmas Song” Nat King Cole, Capitol Records

This 2018 Christmas Holiday Season

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This Christmas Motor City Radio Flashbacks presents “The Andy Williams Christmas Album” in its entirety from 1963.

Aside from his best-selling Christmas recordings, Andy Williams brought us some of the best in televised Christmas specials into our homes during the Christmas holiday season as well, for nearly five decades, singing seasons’ praise with profound holiday spirit and Christmas joy. Andy Williams passed away in September, 2012.

‘THE ANDY WILLIAMS CHRISTMAS ALBUM‘ 1963 (THE ENTIRE LP)

HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY CHRISTMAS

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If only for a moment. In playing this album, imagine it’s Christmas-time 1963 once again.

We hope this holiday album will take you back to a special time and place. A memorable holiday seasons’ past we cherished with loved ones, our families, and with friends we were truly blessed having then, when we first heard this beautiful, Andy Williams holiday recording for the very first time . . . Christmases, long, long ago.