Sammy Kaye – Christmas Serenade
What’s the first Christmas album? Well, of course, this would have been before the vinyl record was invented in the late 1940s.
Mighty Sparrow – Christmas With Sparrow
By pure sales figures alone, the traditional pop crooner, softly singing into electrified microphones, is the king of Christmas music.
June Christy – This Time Of Year
Christmas, even to those who despise it, is a singularly meaningful holiday.
Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas
Ella Fitgerald, jazz critic Frank Rich wrote in a reflection published after her death, “is American song”.
Willie Colón – Asalto Navideño
Sometimes, the world of Christmas records can seem pretty isolated from the rest of music.
Mahalia Jackson – Silent Night: Songs for Christmas
Sometimes, it’s not about the notes someone sings, about their purity and quality and intrinsic meaningfulness. Sometimes, it’s about the pauses.
A Christmas Gift for You From Philles Records
What more can be said about an album that countless rock critics have named the greatest Christmas record of all time? No Christmas record has been lauded as much as A Christmas Gi
Doris Day – The Doris Day Christmas Album
Pianist Oscar Levant once famously quipped that he “knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.
The Ramsey Lewis Trio – Sound of Christmas
How do you actually create something that sounds like Christmas music? It’s probably a question that has vexed all those Christmas record hopefuls that have tried to create b