Track Listing

1. Here Comes Santa Claus
2. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry, Pinafores
3. He's a Chubby Little Fellow
4. Santa, Santa, Santa
5. If It Doesn't Snow on Christmas Day - Gene Autry, Pinafores
6. When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter
7. Frosty the Snowman - Gene Autry, Cass County Boys
8. Night Before Christmas (In Texas, That Is) - Gene Autry, Rosemary Clooney
9. Night Before Christmas (In Texas, That Is) - Gene Autry, Cass County Boys
10. Where Did My Snowman Go? - Gene Autry,
11. I Wish My Mom Would Marry Santa Claus
12. Sleigh Bells
13. 'Round 'Round the Christmas Tree
14. Merry Christmas Waltz
15. Everyone's a Child at Christmas
16. You Can See Old Santa Claus (When You Find Him in Your Heart)
17. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Gene Autry, Cass County Boys, The King Sisters
18. Up on the Housetop

Product Details

• Released on: 2003-10-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Import, Best of
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

From Amazon.com
The late Gene Autry (a.k.a. the "Singing Cowboy" and the former owner of the Anaheim Angels) co-wrote the popular standard "Here Comes Santa Claus" in 1947. Over the next six years he seemed to keep reinventing it, if this 18-song collection of Autry’s recorded Christmas music is any indication. There's "Santa, Santa, Santa," "He's A Chubby Little Fellow," and "I Wish My Mom Would Marry Santa Claus"--all variations on a theme (but what Christmas music isn't?). Still, for lovers of cowboy music and particularly Autry's amicable straight-forward vocal style, this is a respectable, unvarnished collection that also includes a duet with Rosemary Clooney ("The Night Before Christmas Song"), a number of tunes penned by Johnny Marks (including "Rudolph…"), and a couple of notable "Frosty the Snowman" themes. There’s also a little ditty called "Sleigh Bells," co-inked by the Singing Cowboy six years after his success with "Here Comes Santa Claus," as proof that lightning does strike twice. --Martin Keller

Customer Reviews

Christmas Classics
What a wonderful CD. All of these songs are classics. And the master of Christmas melodies performs them with his usual mellow voice. Christmas is not Christmas with out Rudolph. And the song "Where Did My Snowman Go?"....what a treasure. Rosemary Clooney and Gene's voices really blend well together on "The Night Before Christmas Song". This version of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" is wonderful. This CD is a must for anyone who loves Christmas music. Mr. Autry is in top form on all of these selections.