Gene Autry - Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings
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Artist: Gene AutryEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-09-21
Music Label: Varese Sarabande
Soundtracks:
- Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
- An Old Fashioned Tree
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- If It DoesnÂ?t Snow On Christmas
- HeÂ?s A Chubby Little Fellow
- Santa, Santa, Santa
- Frosty The Snow Man
- When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter
- (Hard Rock, Coco and Joe) The Three Little Dwarfs
- Thirty-Two Feet - Eight Little Tails
- Poppy The Puppy
- HeÂ?ll Be Coming Down the Chimney (Like He Always Did Before)
- The Night Before Christmas Song - Rosemary Clooney and Gene Autry
- Look Out The Window (The Winter Song) - Rosemary Clooney and Gene Autry
- Merry Texas Christmas, You All!
- The Night Before Christmas (In Texas, That Is)
- Where Did My Snowman Go?
- Freddie, The Little Fir Tree
- Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) 20 Santa Claus Is CominÂ? To Town
- Up On The House Top (Ho Ho Ho)
- I Wish My Mom Would Marry Santa Claus
- Sleigh Bells
- Round, Round The Christmas Tree
- Merry Christmas Waltz
- EveryoneÂ?s a Child at Christmas
- You Can See Old Santa Claus (When You Find Him In Your Heart)
Free Music Notes for Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings
Free Music Review: All the classics and plenty of other great music from 1947 to 1956
Hit: 5 Stars
Gene recorded further Christmas music after leaving Columbia, notably His Christmas Album, but all of the classic songs for which he is famous are to be found in this collection. The liner notes are informative and interesting but offer no commentary on the actual recordings, though the track listing provides recording dates and locations as well as peak Billboard chart positions (country and pop) where appropriate. The vast majority of these songs are originals, though some of them have endured as Christmas classics. Even if you haven't heard them sung by Gene Autry, you'll certainly be familiar with several of the songs here. That said, I was unfamiliar with most of the songs here prior to purchasing this CD. Given the size of my Christmas music collection, that's saying something.
Johnny Marks wrote five of the songs here (Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer, If it doesn't snow on Christmas Day, When Santa Claus gets your letter, The night before Christmas song, Everyone's a child at Christmas). One of the curiosities of popular music is that Johnny Marks was brilliant at writing Christmas songs (his other Christmas songs not featured here include An old-fashioned Christmas, I heard the bells on Christmas Day, Rockin' around the Christmas tree and A holly jolly Christmas) but he couldn't reproduce that excellence with other types of songs.
Gene Autry's contribution to Christmas music via his own songs and his original versions of songs written by others is strong and deep. Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, Here comes Santa Claus, Frosty the snowman and Up on the house top, all of them first recorded by Gene Autry, have all generated plenty of cover versions and will generate plenty more, but I've come across some of the others elsewhere too, notably Thirty two feet eight little tails (Elaine Paige) and Merry Texas Christmas you all (Asleep at the Wheel). I guess it's no surprise to anybody that Asleep at the Wheel recorded a Gene Autry song, but a few people might be surprised that Elaine Paige recorded such an obscure song on her Christmas album.
There are many other great songs here including Hard rock Coco and Joe (written by Stuart Hamblen, himself best known as the writer of This ole house) and The night before Christmas song (a duet with Rosemary Clooney, for whom This ole house was just one among many successes).
The one famous song here that wasn't originally recorded by Gene Autry is, of course, Santa Claus is coming to town, which song dates back to 1934. He would go on to record several more familiar Christmas classics after switching labels, but the appeal of this collection for me is that it contains mostly original material. Only one thing puzzles me. Why did it take me until 2009 to get round to purchasing this fantastic collection?
Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings Poster
Gene Autry is known as the Christmas Cowboy and this special digitally remastered Christmas collection was produced in conjunction with the Gene Autry Estate. This release is like no other Gene Autry Christmas collection. Not only does it contain every original Columbia Records Christmas song he recorded, but it also features in the eight-page booklet rare art from the original record releases, and new liner notes from Grammy-nominated, award-winning author Holly George-Warren (who is currently writing the first-ever comprehensive biography of Gene Autry). This is a must have collection for all fans who have enjoyed his Christmas classics for generations.Country Music CDs
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