Christmas

Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Delta
• ASIN: B00004WK93
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,162 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Happy Holiday

2. O Little Town of Bethlehem/Silent Night

3. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

4. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

5. Jingle Bells

6. Adeste Fideles (O, Come All Ye Faithful)

7. Good King Wenceslas

8. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

9. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

10. Holiday Inn Medley: Let's Start the New Year Right Abraham/Be ...

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff, if unspectacular..., December 20, 2007

By 

Chad Oberholtzer (Boalsburg, PA, USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Christmas (Audio CD)

Upon initial guess, based on the title and album cover, you might think that this album contains Christmas duets featuring Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Instead, this is a collection of ten Christmas songs, performed by either Bing or Frank, but unfortunately never together.

How can these two crooners not receive a five-star review? First, the album is way too short, with only ten tracks, totaling just over thirty minutes (and that includes a ten minute medley from Holiday Inn). Second, several of the cuts (like Sinatra on "O Little Town of Bethlehem/Silent Night") are, to be frank, rather boring. These guys are great singers, but they need an arrangement that allows them to do something. For instance, Bing's "Jingle Bells" is probably my favorite recording of that rather mediocre song. I wish each track had that much energy.

In any case, you can't go wrong with Sinatra and Crosby and Christmas music. Though this isn't one of my absolute favorites, we're always happy to listen to this album each Christmas season!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Frank and Bing were a great duo, February 24, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Christmas (Audio CD)

Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra were great together as well as individually, and this CD proves it once more. With many of the great Christmas standards here, this CD makes for terrific listening.

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas from 1942, December 5, 2011

By 

English Pearson (MS, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas (Audio CD)

I don't think these recordings aren't all from 1942, but this CD is put together so that it plays as though you're listening to one of Bing's war years radio broadcasts. Some songs have of Bing's intros included, and there are a few vintage ads, too, including a spot Bing does for War Bonds. So this isn't just a wonderful Christmas album (for a great price), but also something of a time capsule. The sound is mono, naturally, but excellent for the time these recordings were made. Put it on and tack a trip back to Christmas that was.