Connie Francis live at The Sahara in Las Vegas (1966)
Christmas in My Heart is a studio album of Christmas music recorded by Connie Francis. The album features popular songs of the season on the A-side and the sacred music of Christmas on the B-side.[1] It was re-released as Connie's Christmas in 1966.
Background
Christmas in My Heart was recorded in August 1959 at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, then called EMI Recording Studios in London[2] under the musical direction of Geoff Love[3] and was released in November 1959.[4]
The album was repackaged with a new cover design and re-released in October 1962. The album charted for 3 weeks peaking at #19 on Billboard's Christmas Records album chart on December 21, 1963.[5]
Another repackaging and re-release followed in November 1966; this time the album was also retitled Connie's Christmas and received a new catalogue number: E-4399 for mono pressings and SE-4399 for stereo pressings.[6] A compact disc edition of the album was issued by Polydor Records in 1988, with "Baby's First Christmas" (the B-side to Francis' 1961 single "When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)") added as a bonus track.[7]
^Liner notes by Connie Francis on the cover of the original vinyl album
^Ron Roberts: Connie Francis Discography 1955 – 1975,
^William Ruhlmann: Connie Francis 1955 – 1959, supplement to 5 CD Boxed Set White Sox, Pink Lipstick... and Stupid Cupid, Bear Family Records BCD 16 616 EI, Hambergen (Germany) 1993
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