Give Me Your Love for Christmas
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| Studio album by Johnny Mathis | ||||
| Released | October 13, 1969 | |||
| Genre | Christmas music | |||
| Length | 30:11 | |||
| Label | Columbia Records | |||
| Producer | Jack Gold | |||
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Give Me Your Love for Christmas is the 31st original studio album released by the singer Johnny Mathis and his third devoted to Christmas music.
Overview
The album differs from his previous two Christmas collections in that it includes only popular Christmas songs such as "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Do You Hear What I Hear?" and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and does not include any traditional Christmas carols or classical music. In particular, Mathis licensed "Do You Hear What I Hear?" to director Joe Dante, who used it in the 1984 film Gremlins.
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Track listing
- "Jingle Bell Rock" (Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe) - 2:11
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) - 3:29
- "My Favorite Things" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)- 2:37
- "Give Me Your Love for Christmas" (Jack Gold, Herbert Stothart) - 2:37
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 2:19
- "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) - 2:52
- "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Gloria Shayne Baker, Noel Regney) - 3:21
- "Calypso Noel" (Gordon Krunnfsz) - 2:13
- "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Davis, Henry Onerati, Harry Simeone) - 2:28
- "Christmas Day" (from Promises, Promises) (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:24
- "The Lord's Prayer" (Albert Hay Malotte) - 2:40
Billboard album chart
The album was highly successful in its initial release peaking at #1 on the Billboard album chart, his first album to reach the top spot since Heavenly in 1959. It was his 37th album to place on the chart.[1]