Motown Christmas

Motown Christmas | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 1, 1992)
• Original Release Date: 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Motown
• ASIN: B000001AFB
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,712 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Jackson 5

2. What Christmas Means to Me - Stevie Wonder

3. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Temptations

4. My Favorite Things - Dianna Ross And The Supremes

5. Deck the Halls/Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

6. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jackson 5

7. Ave Maria - Stevie Wonder

8. Silent Night - Temptations

9. Little Christmas Tree - Michael Jackson

10. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

11. The Christmas Song - Jackson 5

12. Joy to the World - Dianna Ross And The Supremes

13. The Little Drummer Boy - Temptations

14. Silver Bells - Dianna Ross And The Supremes

15. Someday at Christmas - Stevie Wonder

16. Frosty the Snowman - Jackson 5

17. Jingle Bells - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

18. My Christmas Tree - Temptations

19. White Christmas - Dianna Ross And The Supremes

20. One Little Christmas Tree - Stevie Wonder

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect CD for any Christmas music lover, May 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Motown Christmas (Audio CD)

A Motown Christmas is a staple of my collection. I spent many Christmases as a kid listening to it. As an adult, I appreciate it even more. It features all of Motown's artists doing respectful interpretations of classics with that Motown flair ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by the Temptations, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and "White Christmas" by Diana Ross & the Supremes). It also features original Christmas songs which have become popular on many R & B stations. If I had to keep 10 CD's, this would be one.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding and fun!, November 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Motown Christmas (Audio CD)

This is one of my top three Christmas albums of all time- the other two being "Christmas with Mario Lanza" (featuring the voice of "the world's greatest tenor, Mario Lanza!") and "We Three Kings" by The Roches. I worked three Christmas seasons in retail music store and from the day after the Thanksgiving up until Christmas Eve I heard Christmas music by all kinds of artists in all genres every hour of every day. As a result I have been exposed to ALOT of Christmas music and I believe that "A Motown Christmas" is one of the best Christmas albums ever made.

This is such a fun and joyeous album. Virtually every song is terrific with my personal favorites being Miss Diana Ross and The Supremes' version of "My Favorite Things," Stevie Wonder's "What Christmas Means to Me" which was unfortunately used in an Old Navy commercial a few years ago, and all the Smokey Robinson songs. Of course, it's alway fun to hear young Michael Jackson alongside his brothers and remember how he was before he turned into the King of Weird. However, I think Miss Diana Ross' "Children's Christmas Song" to be the weakest song, but it's followed up by a pretty decent "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by the Jackson 5 featuring Jermaine on lead which ends by going into an early 70's style version of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas!" with the Jackson brothers wishing "everybody a Merry Christmas and a GROOVY New Year!"

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must have" for your Christmas collection, October 29, 2009

By 

Michael Ceciliani "Mike C" (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Motown Christmas (Audio CD)

I got the original two record vinyl set of the album in the 70s. I got the CD about ten years ago. My CD does NOT include the last song by Marvin Gaye. This is a compilation of songs from Christmas albums by Motown artists, including the rare "Little Christmas Tree" by a young Michael Jackson, who tragically died recently. Just about every song is a winner. I make it a point of playing this CD at least once every holiday season. I highly recommend you make it a tradition too. It's out of print, but if you like the Motown sound, this CD is a MUST.