CHRISTMAS RECORDS

Here are my Christmas-related records for you to enjoy!


Edison Diamond Discs:

Play "O Little Town Of Bethlehem"
Play "Once In Royal David's City"
50302
R 4137-B-1-2 1915.09. O Little Town Of Bethlehem (L. H. Redner) Mixed Voices with Orchestra - The Carol Singers
L 4144-A-6-5 1915.09. Once In Royal David's City (H. J. Gauntlett) Mixed Voices with Orchestra - The Carol Singers
Play "Adeste Fideles"
50304
R 4142-C-3-46 1915.09. Adeste Fideles (J. Reading) Introducing Chimes, Bells, and Male Chorus - Sodero's Band

Play "Joy To The World"
Play "The First Nowell"
50380
R 4960-A-6-3 1916.08. Joy To The World (“Tune Antioch”) Mixed Voices with Orchestra – The Carol Singers
L 4963-C-2-9 1916.08. The First Nowell (Traditional) Mixed Voices with Orchestra – The Carol Singers
Play "Santa Claus Song"
50383
R 4923-A-2-102 1916.08. Santa Claus Song [Charles T. Ellis] (With Yodle) Yodler with orchestra - George P. Watson
Play "We Three Kings Of Orient Are"
Play "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen"
50447
R 5672-C-1-5 1917.07.05/16 We Three Kings Of Orient Are (Old Christmas Carol) Mixed Voices with Orchestra - The Carol Singers
L 5677-B-1-5 1917.07.05/16 God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (Old Christmas Carol) Mixed Voices with Orchestra - The Carol Singers
Play "Christmas Memories"
Play "The Birthday Of A King"
50448 (8/21/17, 12/1917)
R 5727-B-2-36 1917.08 Christmas Memories (A Fantasie on well-known Christmas Hymns) Celesta solo - Robert Gayler
L 5714-C-2-73 1917.07.25/31 The Birthday Of A King (W. H. Neidlinger) Cornet with orchestra - Pietro Capodiferro
Play "Celestial Chimes"
Play "Christmas Bells"
50591
R 6865-C-14-111 1919.07. Celestial Chimes (May Greene) Celesta solo - Robert Gayler
L 6911-C-24-104 1919.08. Christmas Bells - Celesta solo - Robert Gayler
Play "Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers"
50987
R 8456-C-3-6 1922.05.17 Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers - Novelty March from "Chauve Souris" (Leon Jessel) Vincent Lopez Orchestra



Play "Santa Claus Hides In Your Phonograph"
Play "The Christmas Cobwebs"
50999
R 8238-C-2-3 1921.10.04 Santa Claus Hides In Your Phonograph (Arthur A. Penn) Harry E. Humphrey
L 4887-B-1-3 1916.07.18/9 The Christmas Cobwebs (Carolyn S. Bailey) A Bed-Time Story - Edna Bailey
Play "Parade Of the Wooden Soldiers"
51192
L 8737-C-3-4 1923.05.31 Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (Leon Jessel, Op. 123) Characteristic Fox Trot - Piano Solo - Ray Perkins
Play "Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers"
51196
R 9011-B-1-8 1923.06.06 Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers (Leon Jessel) Tenor and Mixed Voices - Harvey Hindermyer


Play "Christmas In Other Lands, Part 1 (Ancient Judea-England-France)"
Play "Christmas In Other Lands, Part 2 (Spain-Italy-Germany-United States)"
52129
R 11966-C-2-3 1927.10.18 Christmas In Other Lands, Part 1 (Ancient Judea-England-France) Vaughn De Leath (The Radio Girl)
L 11981-A-1-5 1927.10.25 Christmas In Other Lands, Part 2 (Spain-Italy-Germany-United States) Vaughn De Leath (The Radio Girl)
Play "Ave Maria"
52338
L 18535-B-1-3 1928.05.26 Ave Maria (Franz Schubert) Rollo Maitland on the Midmer-Losh Pipe Organ
Play "Where Is My Wand’ring Boy To-Night?"
Play "The Ninety And Nine"
52487 (2/25/29, 4/1929)
R 18958-A-1-1 1928.12.21 Where Is My Wand’ring Boy To-Night? (R. Lowry) Vernon Dalhart
L 18959-B-1-1 1928.12.21 The Ninety And Nine (Elizabeth C. Clephane-Ira D. Sankey) Duet - Adelyn Hood And Vernon Dalhart
Play "The Birthday Of A King"
Play "Ring Out The Bells For Christmas"
80184
R 3326-A-1-3 1914.10.02 The Birthday Of A King (W. H. Neidlinger) Baritone and Chorus - Thomas Chalmers
L 3354-B-3-5 1914.10 Ring Out The Bells For Christmas (Williams) Mixed Voices - Metropolitan Quartet
Play "Song Of The Chimes"
80247
R 3732-B-1-3 1915.04. Song Of The Chimes (Lola Carrier Worrell) Contralto with Orchestra - Beatrice Flint-Collin
Play "(A) There Were Shepherds (B) Chorus - Glory To God - Messiah"
80277
R 4126-C-1-1 [2-1] 1915.09. (A) There Were Shepherds (B) Chorus - Glory To God - Messiah (Handel) (Soprano and Chorus, with Orchestra) Anita Rio
Play "All Through The Night"
80350
L 5283-A-6-29x 1917.01.08/17 All Through The Night (Old Welsh Air) Soprano with orchestra - Betsy Lane Shepherd
Play "Old Jim's Christmas Hymn"
Play "The Star Of Bethlehem"
80360 (8/21/17, 12/1917)
R 5637-C-6-1 1917.06.2 Old Jim's Christmas Hymn (W. B. Gray) Baritone and Chorus with Orchestra – Edward Allen [Arthur Middleton]
L 5634-B-5-2 1917.06.18/20 The Star Of Bethlehem (Stephen Adams) Tenor with Orchestra – Vernon Dalhart
Play "Casse-Noisette Suite--Part I"
Play "Casse-Noisette Suite--Part II"
80594
R 6250-H-1-7 1918.06.24/30 Casse-Noisette Suite--Part I [Nutcracker Suite--Part I] (a) Overture Miniature (b) Danse Chinoise [Chinese Dance] (Tschaikowsky) American Symphony Orchestra
L 6252-H-1-1 1918.06.24/30 Casse-Noisette Suite--Part II [Nutcracker Suite--Part II] (a) Danse de la Fée Dragée [Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy] (b) Danse des Mirlitons [Dance Of The Reed Flutes] (b) Danse des Mirlitons (Tschaikowsky) American Symphony Orchestra
Play "Casse-Noisette Suite--Part III"
Play "Casse-Noisette Suite--Part IV"
80602
R 6251-A-1-5 1918.06.24/30 Casse-Noisette Suite--Part III [Nutcracker Suite--Part III] (a) Danse Arabe [Arabian Dance] (b) Danse Russo (Trépak) [Russian Dance] (Tschaikowsky) American Symphony Orchestra
L 6249-C-1-9 1918.06.24/30 Casse-Noisette Suite--Part IV [Nutcracker Suite--Part IV] Valse des Fleurs [Waltz of the Flowers] (Tschaikowsky) American Symphony Orchestra
Play "Nazareth"
Play "Silent Night"
80643
R 7389-A-1-6 [1-3] 1920.06.07 Nazareth (Ch. Gounod) Baritone and Chorus, with Orchestra - Thomas Chalmers
L 9278-B-5-3 1923.12.05 Silent Night (Franz Gruber) Soprano, Tenor and Baritone - Elizabeth Spencer, Charles Hart and Vernon Archibald
Play "Rejoice Greatly--Messiah"
80757
L 8480-C-2-1 1922.06.14 Rejoice Greatly--Messiah (Handel) Soprano Solo - Anna Case
Play "Silent Night"
80854
L 10474-C-1-7 1925.06.27 Silent Night (Franz Gruber) Frederick Kinsley on the Midmer-Losh Pipe Organ
Play "O Holy Night"
82055
R 2693-C-10 1914.01.09 O Holy Night (Adolphe Adam) Baritone and chorus – Orchestra Accompaniment [Thomas Chalmers]
Play "Silent Night"
Play "O Holy Night - Christmas Song"
82171
R 6714-C-20-4 1919.04.03/14 Silent Night (Franz Gruber) (Soprano with orchestra) Frieda Hempel
L 6817-C-71 1919.06.04/9 O Holy Night - Christmas Song (Adolphe Adam) (Soprano with orchestra) Frieda Hempel
Play "Ave Maria"
(82536)
R 3815-A-2-82 1915.05. Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) (Soprano with Orchestra) (In Latin) Marie Rappold - Violin Obligato by Albert Spalding

Play "Holiday Greetings From The Bunch At Orange - Part 1"
Play "Holiday Greetings From The Bunch At Orange - Part 2"
Holiday Greetings
R 10067 1924.11.25 Holiday Greetings From The Bunch At Orange - Part 1 - Jazzed by Al Farrier, Sales Manager, Art Walsh, Advertising Manager, Walter Miller, Mgr. Recording Division, Jeff Buchanan, Mgr. Record Mfg. Division, Bill O’Shaughnessy, Mgr. Record Service Department, Bill Hildebrand, Traffic Manager
L 10068 1924.11.25 Holiday Greetings From The Bunch At Orange - Part 2 - Jazzed by Sumner Williams, Purchasing Agent, Charlie Luhr, Mgr. Phonograph Mfg. Division, Gene Philips, Credit Manager, John Shearman, Mgr. Order and Service Dept., Walter Huebner, Mgr. Accounting Dept., Charles Viley, Mgr. Commission Man Plan, Charles Edison, Chairman of the Board, Thomas A. Edison, Himself


"Holiday Greetings from the Bunch at Orange"

This record was recorded on November 25, 1924. and was distributed immediately
to the dealers of Edison records and phonographs. Intended to boost morale with plans
and promises to make 1925 more successful than 1924 had been, it features the primary
managers of Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ending with Charles Edison, President and Chairman
of the Board of Directors, and finally Thomas A. Edison. The record was never offered
for sale to the public. My very good friend Joan Finer gave me this record for my birthday!


78s:

Play "Christmas Time At Pumpkin Center"
COLG A387 3288 Christmas Time At Pumpkin Center (Cal Stewart) By Mr. and Mrs. Cal Stewart and Company [9/1905]

Play "Bounce Of The Sugar Plum Fairy - Fox Trot"
CPH 35998 CO 29508 Bounce Of The Sugar Plum Fairy - Fox Trot - Singer - John Kirby and his Orchestra [1/15/1941]

Play "An Old-Fashioned Tree"
Play "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)"
CPH 37942 HCO 2586 An Old-Fashioned Tree - Vocal with Instrumental Acc. - Becker-Williams - Gene Autry with Vocal Group [9/1947]
CPH 37942 HCO 2587 Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane) Vocal with Instrumental Acc. - Autry-Halderman-Melka - Gene Autry with Vocal Group [9/1947]

Play "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Play "If It Doesn’t Snow On Christmas"
CPH 38610 HCO 3810 Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer – J. Marks – Vocal – Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc. [6/1949]
CPH 38610 HCO 3861 If It Doesn’t Snow On Christmas – Pascal – G. Marks – Vocal – Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc. [7/1949]

Play "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
CUB MJV 152-1 RHCO 10228 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Tommie Connor) Jimmy Boyd – Acc. by Norman Luboff [7/1952]

Play "Christmas In Song - Part 1 "
Play "Christmas In Song - Part 2"
DECC 2863-A Christmas In Song—Vol. 1, Part 1 – Frank Luther & Zora Layman And The Century Quartette – Vocal with Novachord and Bells - 1. Christmas Day In The Morning; 2. They Come With Blissful Song; 3. Baby’s Night [mx: 66689] [10/2/1939]
DECC 2863-B Christmas In Song—Vol. 1, Part 2 – Frank Luther & Zora Layman And The Century Quartette – Vocal with Novachord and Bells - 1. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; 2. Old Christmas; 3. Cradle Song Of The Virgin [mx: 66690] [10/2/1939]
Play "Christmas In Song - Part 5 "
Play "Christmas In Song - Part 6"
DECC 2865-A Christmas In Song—Vol. 1, Part 5 – Frank Luther & Zora Layman And The Century Quartette – Vocal with Novachord and Bells - 1. The Wassail Song; 2. Why, Alas! In Lowly Stall; 3. The First Nowell [mx: 66693] [10/2/1939]
DECC 2865-B Christmas In Song—Vol. 1, Part 6 – Frank Luther & Zora Layman And The Century Quartette – Vocal with Novachord and Bells - 1. Carol, Carol Christians!; 2. When Snow Lies Deep; 3. The Sleigh Ride [mx: 66694] [10/2/1939]
Play "Christmas In Song - Part 9 "
Play "Christmas In Song - Part 10"
DECC 2867-A Christmas In Song—Vol. 1, Part 9 – Frank Luther & Zora Layman And The Century Quartette – Vocal with Novachord and Bells - 1. The Holy Family; 2. Ave Maria (Schubert) [mx: 66715] [10/2/1939]
DECC 2867-B Christmas In Song—Vol. 1, Part 10 – Frank Luther & Zora Layman And The Century Quartette – Vocal with Novachord and Bells - 1. Joy To The World; 2. Born Of Maiden Fair; 3. Come And Worship [mx: 66716] [10/2/1939]

Play "White Christmas"
Play "Let's Start The New Year Right"
DECC 18429-A White Christmas - From Paramount Picture "Holiday Inn" (Irving Berlin) Bing Crosby With Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra [mx: DLA 3009B] [5/29/1942]
DECC 18429-B Let's Start The New Year Right - From Paramount Picture "Holiday Inn" (Irving Berlin) Bing Crosby with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra [mx: DLA 2990AA] [5/25/1942]

Play "Jingle Bells"
Play "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town"
DECC 23281-A Jingle Bells - Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen And His Orchestra - Vocal With Orchestra [mx: L3199T12A] [9/29/1943]
DECC 23281-B Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (J. Fred Coots-Haven Gillespie) Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen And His Orchestra - Vocal With Orchestra [mx: L3200T6A] [9/29/1943]

Play "Silent Night"
Play "Oh Gathering Clouds"
DECC 23643-A Silent Night (Christmas Hymn) (Franz Gruber) Introducing: Come Unto Him (From “The Messiah”) (George Frederic Handel) Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians – Glee Club – Stuart Churchill, Soloist [1946]
DECC 23643-B Oh Gathering Clouds (K. Marjorie Bain)Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians – Glee Club – Paul Owen, Soloist [1946]

Play "Silent Night"
Play "Adeste Fideles - O, Come, All Ye Faithful"
DECC 23777-A Silent Night (Christmas Hymn) (Franz Gruber) Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra - Vocal With Orchestra And Max Terr's Mixed Chorus [mx: DLA 3026A] [6/8/1942]
DECC 23777-B Adeste Fideles - O, Come, All Ye Faithful - Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra - Vocal With Orchestra And Max Terr's Mixed Chorus - Sung In Latin And English [mx: DLA 3025A] [6/8/1942]

Play "White Christmas"
Play "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen"
DECC 23778-A White Christmas (Irving Berlin) Bing Crosby With Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra [mx: WL 4374] [5/29/1942]
DECC 23778-B God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen - Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra [mx: DLA 3028] [6/8/1942]

Play "I’ll Be Home For Christmas (If Only In My Dreams)"
DECC 23779-A I’ll Be Home For Christmas (If Only In My Dreams) (Walter Kent-Kim Gannon-Buck Ram) Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra [mx: L 3203] [10/11/1943]

Play "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus"
MERC 5534 3951 Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (Leon Rene) Patti Page with Orch. under the direction of Jack Rael - Vocal by Patti Page [10/14/1950]

Play "Christmas Eve In The Toy Shop"
Play "Ragtime In A Toy Shop"
OKEH 4208-A Christmas Eve In The Toy Shop (Intro. Toys, Traps, Chimes, etc.; Recitation and Song) (Wm. H. Penn) Irving Gillette [Henry Burr]-Maud Randolph-Sterling Trio - Orchestra Accompaniment [mx: S7548a] [8/1920]
OKEH 4208-B Ragtime In A Toy Shop (Intro. 25 Different Toys and Trap Effects) (F. W. Hager) Conway's Band (Captain Pat Conway, Conductor) [mx: S7579c] [8/1920]

Play "Christ Was Once A Little Baby"
Play "Christmas (Merry, Merry Chiming Bells)"
PLAY 243-A Christ Was Once A Little Baby - Vernon Dalhart (mx: 4093-1) [1924]
PLAY 243-B Christmas (Merry, Merry Chiming Bells) - Vernon Dalhart (mx: 4091-2) [1924]

Play "The Cherubic Hymn"
Play "Break Forth, O Heavenly Light" & "The First Nowell"
TR 451 The Cherubic Hymn (Gretchaninoff) Community Choral Society of Framingham – Edward F. Gilday, Director
TR 452 Break Forth, O Heavenly Light (Johann S. Bach) The First Nowell (Traditional Carol) Community Choral Society of Framingham – Edward F. Gilday, Director

Play "The Holly And The Ivy" & Deck The Hall"
Play "Lullay, Thou Little Tiny Child"
TR 453 The Holly And The Ivy (Arr. Eric Thiman) Deck The Hall (Traditional Welsh) Community Choral Society of Framingham – Edward F. Gilday, Director
TR 454 Lullay, Thou Little Tiny Child (Coventry Carol, Traditional) Community Choral Society of Framingham – Edward F. Gilday, Director

Play "Silent Night, Holy Night"
Play "The Old Year"
TR 455 Silent Night, Holy Night (Franz Gruber) Community Choral Society of Framingham – Edward F. Gilday, Director
TR 456 The Old Year (Kloss) Narration by Lee Emmerich – Community Choral Society of Framingham – Edward F. Gilday, Director

Play "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"
VBBK 19007-A Parade of the Wooden Soldiers-Fox Trot (from Balieff’s “Chauve-Souris” (Leon Jessel) Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra [mx: B-27268-8] [1/2/1923]

Play "Christmas Fantasy - Part 1"
Play "Christmas Fantasy - Part 2"
VBBK 19816-A Christmas Fantasy - Part 1 ("Christians Awake" - "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" - "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" - "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem") Mark Andrews - Pipe Organ Solo (VE) [mx: BVE-33466-4] [10/15/1925]
VBBK 19816-B Christmas Fantasy - Part 2 ("Joy to the World" - "God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen" - "The First Nowell") Mark Andrews - Pipe Organ Solo (VE) [mx: BVE-33298-3] [10/8/1925]

Play "Jingle Bells"
VBKS 19791-A Jingle Bells - Shannon Quartet - Male Quartet with orchestra [mx: BVE-33090-14] [8/21/1925]

Play "Der Tannenbaum"
VBRS 87543 Der Tannenbaum (The Christmas Tree) (Volkslied) Alma Gluck - Paul Reimers - Soprano and Tenor Duet with orchestra - In German [mx: B-15968-2] [4/29/1915]

Play "Silent Night, Holy Night"
VBRS 87544 Silent Night, Holy Night (Christmas Hymn) (Franz Gruber) Alma Gluck-Paul Reimers - Soprano and Tenor Duet with orchestra - In English [mx: B-20683-2] [9/19/1917]

Play "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve"
VRCB 20-2395-B What Are You Doing New Year's Eve (Frank Loesser) Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Mercer and Irene Day (7/24/1947)

Play "Here Comes Santa Claus"
Play "I Want To Wish You A Merry Christmas"
VRCB 20-3575-A Here Comes Santa Claus (Gene Autry-Oakly Haldeman) Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye – Vocal refrain by Don Cornell, Laura Leslie, The Kaydets and The Kaye Choir [1949]
VRCB 20-3575-B I Want To Wish You A Merry Christmas (Sammy Kaye) Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye – Vocal refrain by Don Cornell, The Kaydets and The Kaye Choir [1949]

Play "The Childrens' Christmas--Part 1"
Play "The Childrens' Christmas--Part 2"
VOC A 14244 The Childrens' Christmas--Part 1 - Christmas Eve; A dream of Santa Claus (Arr. by R. H. Bowers) Played by The Aeolian Concert Band [1921]
VOC B 14244 The Childrens' Christmas--Part 2 - Christmas Morning; The Awakening (Arr. by R. H. Bowers) Played by The Aeolian Concert Band [1921]

Play "Christmas Hymns and Carols--No. 1"
Play "Christmas Hymns and Carols--No. 2"
12VBL 35712-A Christmas Hymns and Carols--No. 1 "Christians Awake!"--"Oh Little Town of Bethlehem"--"God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen"--"The First Nowell"--"Silent Night" - Trinity Choir - Mixed Voices with orchestra [mx: C-12506-5] [6/21/1918]
12VBL 35712-B Christmas Hymns and Carols--No. 2 "Joy to the World"--"The Angels and the Shepherds"--"Calm on the Listening Ear of Night"--"We Three Kings of Orient are"--"A Joyful Christmas Song" - Trinity Choir - Mixed Voices with orchestra [mx: C-25584-2] [10/3/1921]

Play "Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring"
Play "Chorale Prelude No. 8 - "Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming" (Es ist Ein Ros Entsprungen)"
12V-RCA-R 18292-A Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (Chorale Prelude from the Cantata No. 147) (Bach) E. Power Biggs - Playing the Organ in the Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. [1942]
12V-RCA-R 18292-B Chorale Prelude No. 8 - "Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming" (Es ist Ein Ros Entsprungen) (Based on 16th Century Melody attributed to Praetorius) (Brahms, Op. 122) E. Power Biggs - Playing the Organ in the Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. [1942]


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Last Updated on 12/23/2023

By Richard Densmore

Email: rdensmore53@gmail.com