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The Magic of Christmas is a 1960 album by Nat King Cole, arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmichael.[3]

The Magic of Christmas
Studio album by
Nat King Cole
Released1960
Recorded5–7 July 1960
StudioCapitol (Hollywood)[1]
GenreChristmas music
Length31 minutes
LabelCapitol
ProducerLee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
Wild Is Love
(1960)		 The Magic of Christmas
(1960)		 The Nat King Cole Story
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

This was Cole's only complete album of Christmas songs, although he had recorded several holiday singles earlier in his career. One of these, "The Christmas Song", originally recorded in 1946, was re-recorded for the 1961 album The Nat King Cole Story

It is the best-selling Christmas album released in the 1960s, and was certified by the RIAA for shipments of 6 million copies in the U.S.[4] The 1963 version reached number 1 on Billboard's Christmas Albums chart and remained for two weeks.


Track listing


Side One
  1. "Deck the Halls" (Traditional)
  2. "Adeste Fideles (O, Come All Ye Faithful)" (John Francis Wade)
  3. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Traditional)
  4. "O Tannenbaum" (Traditional)
  5. "O, Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillip Brooks, Lewis Redner)
  6. "I Saw Three Ships" (Traditional)
  7. "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight)
Side Two
  1. "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley)
  2. "A Cradle in Bethlehem" (Alfred Bryan, Larry Stock)
  3. "Away in a Manger" (Traditional)
  4. "Joy to the World" (Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts)
  5. "The First Noel" (William B. Sandys)
  6. "Caroling, Caroling" (Alfred Burt, Wihla Hutson)
  7. "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr)

Personnel


Orchestra Members[1]

On A1-A2, A4, B1, B4:


Charts



The Christmas Song reissue


The Christmas Song cover
The Christmas Song cover

In 1999 The Magic of Christmas was reissued under the title The Christmas Song, with several added tracks including an alternate version of "The Christmas Song" with Cole's daughter, and with new cover art.[22] This version of the album was placed at number 38 on Rolling Stone's top 65 greatest Christmas albums of all time.[23]

No.TitleLength
1."Nat's Christmas Wishes"0:16
2."The Christmas Song"3:14
3."Deck The Hall"1:08
4."Adeste Fideles"2:24
5."God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"1:32
6."O Tannenbaum"3:03
7."O Little Town of Bethlehem"2:21
8."I Saw Three Ships"1:28
9."O Holy Night"3:02
10."Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"1:51
11."A Cradle in Bethlehem"3:27
12."Away in a Manger"2:01
13."Joy to the World"1:28
14."The First Noel"2:01
15."Caroling, Caroling"2:03
16."Silent Night"2:11
17."Buon Natale (Means Merry Christmas to You)" (featuring Anthony Hamilton)1:36
18."All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)"2:31
19."The Happiest Christmas Tree"1:45
20."The Christmas Song" (featuring Natalie Cole)3:44
Total length:43:00

Certifications


Certifications and sales for The Christmas Song
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[24] 6× Platinum 6,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


References


  1. Nat King Cole with Ralph Carmichael Orchestra. "Capitol Tower, Los Angeles, CA: July 5-7, 1960". Jazz Disco. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. The Magic of Christmas at AllMusic
  4. Grein, Paul (December 19, 2012). "Chart Watch Extra: Christmas Albums, From Bing to Buble". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  5. Cole, Nat King (1960). The Magic of Christmas (Liner Notes). Capitol Records.
  6. Cole, Nat King (1963). The Christmas Song (Album Notes). Capitol Records.
  7. Cole, Nat King (1990). Cole, Christmas and Kids (Liner Notes). Capitol Records.
  8. "Nat King Cole Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  9. "Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 1, 2022". Hitlisten. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Nat %22King%22 Cole – The Christmas Song" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  11. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Nat %22King%22 Cole". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  12. "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 52 (dal 24.12.2021 al 30.12.2021)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  13. "2021 52-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. December 31, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  14. "Album 2021 uke 52". VG-lista. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  15. "Nat King Cole Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  16. "Nat King Cole Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  17. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  18. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  19. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  20. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  21. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  22. "A Pile o' Cole's Nat King Cole website – The Magic of Christmas". Apileocole.alongthehall.com. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  23. Edwards, Gavin (2019-11-30). "40 Essential Christmas Albums". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  24. "American album certifications – Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 24, 2022.




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