1.Rockin' around the Christmas tree 2.Jingle bells 3.Blue Christmas 4.Ring a chime 5.Santa Claus is coming to town 6.Sleigh ride 7.Rockin' rollin' Christmas 8.Don't want to be alone for Christmas 9.A year ago this Christmas 10.Christmas in the country 11.Christmas it's on its way 12.Just an old fashioned Christmas 13.All I want for Christmas 14.Christmas would come twice a year 15.I remember Christmas 16.Don't want to be alone for Christmas
Merry Christmas - Bill Haley & friends
The daddy of 'em all and his friends get you into the Christmas mood with Rock'n'roll and Country songs. Included are the ultra rare 1951 Christmas songs. 28 page booklet.
"A collection of 18 tracks featuring Bill Haley, his bands and associates on a collection of Christmas songs. The material ranges from Haley & The Saddlemen from 1951 doing 'I Don't Want To Be Alone For Christmas' and 'A Year Ago This Christmas' to The Comets recorded in Germany in 1997 doing 'Jingle Bell Rock' and 'Blue Christmas'. There are also tracks by Haley & The Comets, Joey Welz, Jack Howard, Rusty Wellington and others. Comes with 28 page extensively illustrated and annotated booklet." www.rootsandrhythm.com
"On this, the first of a promised series of Bill Haley and Friends CDs from Hydra Records of Germany, Bill Haley only participates on a few of the 18 tracks. This intriguing compilation brings together a number of rare Bill Haley and Haley-related sides with a holiday theme. The term 'Haley-related' is used rather loosely here, with most of the performers having been either labelmates or business associates of Bill Haley at one point or another. Most were connected with Jack Howard's Arcade label, with which Bill Haley was associated at one point, along with Cowboy, the label Bill Haley recorded for with the Four Aces of Western Swing and the Saddlemen. For many Bill Haley fans, the main reason for buying this album will be to obtain two of the rarest Bill Haley and the Saddlemen sides in existence. 'I Don't Want to be Alone for Christmas' and 'A Year Ago this Christmas' were recorded for Dave Miller's Holiday Records in 1951, not long after the Saddlemen did their version of the groundbreaking 'Rocket 88'. Don't expect the same clean sound heard on other Holiday/Essex recordings made available to CD. Due to their rarity, the best Hydra could come up with is a VERY scratchy 78, rendering the two tracks difficult to listen to....." Alex Frazer-Harrison
Bill Haley and friends with Xmas songs.