Frank Sinatra - Christmas On The Air (2025)

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Artist: Frank Sinatra
Title: Christmas On The Air
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: SING [SNG0041-2]
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Christmas
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 68:20
Total Size: 306 MB(+3%) | 162 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01. White Christmas (Version 1)
02. Winter Wonderland
03. Jingle Bells (Version 1)
04. Let It Snow_ Let It Snow_ Let It Snow_
05. Baby, It's Cold Outside
06. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
07. Button Up Your Overcoat
08. Jingle Bells (Version 2)
09. Ave Maria
10. White Christmas (Version 2)
11. Going Home
12. The Lord's Prayer
13. Christmas Shopping Sketch
14. Medley #1
15. Medley #2
16. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
17. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
18. All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
19. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
20. Medley #3
21. Put Your Dreams Away
22. U.S. Savings Bonds Christmas Promo

Christmas on the Air offers a wealth of yuletide delights originally heard on radio between 1943 and 1951. These include what's believed to be the earliest-known recording of him singing "White Christmas" (from December 19, 1943, even before his first of two Columbia recordings of the Irving Berlin instant classic); "Let It Snow!" in both brassy and ballad modes; a unique arrangement of "Jingle Bells" that's quite different than the one heard on the radio Christmas after Christmas; a 1951 performance of "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" that anticipates the later, brasher Sinatra sound; and even a playful romp through "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" from 1949. (Note the latter, punctuated by the sound of screaming bobbysoxers!)
There are plentiful duets (FS and Dorothy Kirsten on a spirited "Baby It's Cold Outside," June Hutton on the jaunty "Button Up Your Overcoat," Eileen Barton on a second "Jingle Bells") and novelties including sketches and a parody of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" captured two years before Sinatra recorded his definitive recording of the song. A vocal version of "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" is among the material never recorded by Sinatra in the studio, and it's a charming treat. A reflection of his deep faith, the young singer is moving and reverent on "Ave Maria" and "The Lord's Prayer," and touching on "Going Home," a classically-inspired piece that provided solace to our troops during World War II and after.
Especially on the full CD presentation, there's the flavor of an actual radio broadcast with plenty of jokes about Frankie's slender physique and messages in the spirit of goodwill. Christmas music was a mainstay of Sinatra's career, from 1948's Christmas Songs by Sinatra through 1968's The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas all the way up to 1991's "Silent Night." These broadcast performances add a whole new chapter to this already extraordinary part of the Sinatra discography - and just might leave you swooning, "Oh, Frankie!"

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