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Have a Holly Jolly Christmas is a Christmas album by American folk singer Burl Ives, first released by Decca Records in October 1965 (recorded in November 1964).

For the Burl Ives song, see A Holly Jolly Christmas.
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
Studio album by
Burl Ives
ReleasedOctober 1965
RecordedBrooklyn Studios
GenreChristmas, folk, pop
Length29:28
LabelDecca
ProducerMilt Gabler
Burl Ives chronology
On the Beach at Waikiki
(1965)		 Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
(1965)		 Shall We Gather at the River?
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Ives had recorded two of the songs on the album ("A Holly Jolly Christmas" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer") previously for the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer soundtrack, but he recorded new versions for Have a Holly Jolly Christmas. "A Holly Jolly Christmas" in particular had a significantly different and slower arrangement, which is more commonly heard today. This version had already been released as a single the previous year, with a B-side of "Snow for Johnny", which he also featured on the album.[2]


Track listing


LP side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Holly Jolly Christmas"Johnny Marks2:15
2."Christmas is a Birthday"
  • Gregory Paul Deutsch
  • Dick Manning
2:42
3."Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
2:09
4."Christmas Child"
  • Sid Tepper
  • Roy C. Bennett
2:50
5."White Christmas"Irving Berlin2:10
6."Christmas Can't Be Far Away"Boudleaux Bryant2:34
LP side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Little Drummer Boy"
3:17
2."Snow for Johnny"
  • Gregory Paul Deutsch
  • Dick Manning
2:42
3."Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"Johnny Marks2:10
4."Winter Wonderland"
2:17
5."Silver Bells"
2:13
6."I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"Johnny Marks2:13

Personnel



Charts


Chart performance for Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
Chart (2019–2021) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[3] 71
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[4] 66

References


  1. Torreano, Bradley. Have a Holly Jolly Christmas at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  2. Decca Records #31695, A-side of "A Holly Jolly Christmas", with a B-side of "Snow for Johnny"
  3. "Burl Ives Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  4. "2021 52-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. December 31, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.


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