A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra

A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra is a Christmas album by American singer Frank Sinatra, originally released by Capitol Records in 1957.

A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra
Studio album by
Frank Sinatra
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1957 (LP)
November 11, 1987 (CD)
RecordedMay 1 – July 10, 1957
StudioCapitol Studio A, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length38:17
LabelCapitol
SM-894
ProducerVoyle Gilmore
Frank Sinatra chronology
Where Are You?
(1957)		 A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra
(1957)		 Come Fly with Me
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]

This was Sinatra's first full-length Christmas album. It features the Ralph Brewster Singers along with an orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins.

Capitol reissued the album in 1965 with different cover art and a new title, The Sinatra Christmas Album, both of which also featured on the album's initial 1987 compact disc pressing. The original title and cover were eventually restored for subsequent CD pressings in 1990 and 1999. In 2001, the album art was altered from its 1957 version. The CD bonus tracks were originally issued on a 1954 Capitol 45 rpm single, arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.

In 2007 the album was reissued yet again, with a "50th Anniversary" banner placed atop the 2001 cover art and an additional bonus track (a vintage radio PSA that Sinatra did for the American Lung Association's "Christmas Seals" campaign) added.

In 2010, the album was reissued on vinyl for the first time since the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab reissue, #1-135, c. 1986 (separate from the 1983 16-LP box), exclusively to independent record stores.

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jingle Bells"James Pierpont2:00
2."The Christmas Song"Mel Tormé, Robert Wells3:28
3."Mistletoe and Holly"Dok Stanford, Hank Sanicola, Frank Sinatra2:18
4."I'll Be Home for Christmas"Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram3:11
5."The Christmas Waltz"Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne3:03
6."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane3:29
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."The First Noel"Traditional, arranged by Gordon Jenkins2:44
8."Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley2:24
9."O Little Town of Bethlehem"Lewis H. Redner, Phillips Brooks2:06
10."Adeste Fideles"John Francis Wade2:34
11."It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"Edmund Sears, Richard Storrs Willis2:51
12."Silent Night"Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr2:31
Total length:32:39
CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."White Christmas (1954 single version)"Irving Berlin2:37
14."The Christmas Waltz (1954 single version)"Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne3:01
Total length:38:17

Personnel

Charts
Chart performance for A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra
Chart (2015–2021) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] 49
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] 83
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[5] 37
Irish Albums (OCC)[6] 35
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 48
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8] 22
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 22
US Billboard 200[10] 23

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[11] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Also released as a limited edition green 180 gram coloured vinyl in the United Kingdom for £14.99.

References
  1. Balke, Jeff (November 28, 2019). "10 Old School Christmas Albums Worth a Listen". Houston Press. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  2. A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra at AllMusic
  3. "Ultratop.be – Frank Sinatra – A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  4. "Ultratop.be – Frank Sinatra – A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  5. "Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 51, 2020". Hitlisten. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  6. "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Frank Sinatra – A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  8. "Norwegiancharts.com – Frank Sinatra – A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  9. "Veckolista Album, vecka 52". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  10. "Frank Sinatra Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  11. "American album certifications – Frank Sinatra – A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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