Twelve Songs of Christmas is an album by Jim Reeves released in the US in 1963. It was Reeves' first and only Christmas-themed release. The album was released by RCA Victor in stereo (LSP-2758) and mono (LPM-2758) respectively. The album was first released in South Africa as Merry Christmas from Jim Reeves as an eleven-track album.[2] "Silver Bells" was recorded in July 1963 to create the twelve track US album released in 1963.[3]

Twelve Songs Of Christmas
Studio album by Jim Reeves
Released	1963 (1963)
Recorded	October 19 and 25, 1962 July 5, 1963
Genre	Country, Christmas
Length	31:30
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Chet Atkins
Jim Reeves chronology
Good 'n' Country (1963) Twelve Songs Of Christmas (1963) Kimberley Jim (1964)

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Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 1:46
2. "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson) – 3:00
3. "Señor Santa Claus" (Lawton Williams) – 2:27
4. "An Old Christmas Card" (Vaughn Horton) – 2:32
5. "The Merry Christmas Polka" (Willie Phelps) – 2:25
6. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:27

Side two

1. "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 2:00
2. "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S" (Eddy Arnold, Jenny Lou Carson) – 1:51
3. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner) – 3:29
4. "Mary's Boy Child" (Jester Hairston) – 2:42
5. "Oh Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)" (Traditional) – 2:34
6. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 2:34

2001 Reissue

Twelve Songs of Christmas was released on CD in 2001 on the BMG Special Products label.

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External links

• Twelve Songs of Christmas at AllMusic. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
• Jim Reeves recorded a Christmas album 50 years ago