The 4 Seasons Greetings – Wikipedia
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1962 studio album by The Four Seasons
The 4 Seasons Greetings is the second studio album by The Four Seasons. It was released in 1962 on Vee-Jay Records as a monophonic recording and later again the same year in stereo.[1] The album charted for 6 weeks on Billboard’s Best Bets For Christmas album chart peaking at #28 on December 18, 1965.[2]
Side one features traditional carols, while the second side contains their contemporary, rock and pop flourishes. The album was initially reissued in 1966 on Philips Records with a new title, The 4 Seasons’ Christmas Album, and different cover artwork, and again, on Curb Records in 2002.[3]
Track listing[edit]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | “Merry Christmas Melody” (“We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, “Angels from the Realms of Glory”, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”, “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear”) | 4:46 | |
2. | “What Child Is This?” | William Chatterton Dix | 2:36 |
3. | “Carol of the Bells” | 2:33 | |
4. | “The Excelsis Deo Medley” (“Deck the Halls”, “Excelsis Deo”, “O Come, All Ye Faithful”) | Thomas Oliphant | 2:21 |
5. | “The Little Drummer Boy” | 2:21 | |
6. | “The First Christmas Night Medley” (“Silent Night”, “O Holy Night”, “The First Noel”) | 4:58 | |
7. | “Joy to the World Medley” (“God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen”, “Away in a Manger”, “Joy to the World”) | Isaac Watts | 1:45 |
Personnel[edit]
References[edit]
- ^
Fairman, Randy (14 August 2015). “Christmas Joy: Real Gone Kicks off the Holidays with Four Seasons and More in October”. The Second Disc. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ “Billboard Top Christmas Sellers.” Billboard, vol. 77, no. 51, December 18, 1965, p. 15. worldradiohistory.com.
- ^ “The 4 Seasons – The 4 Seasons Greetings”. Discogs. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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