12 Songs of Christmas (Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Fred Waring album)

12 Songs of Christmas
Studio album by Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Fred Waring
Released	August 1964
Recorded	June 16–19, 1964, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Vocal jazz, traditional pop, Christmas
Label	Reprise FS 2022
Producer	Sonny Burke
Frank Sinatra chronology
It Might as Well Be Swing (1964)It Might as Well Be Swing1964 12 Songs of Christmas (1964) Softly, as I Leave You (1964)Softly, as I Leave You1964
Bing Crosby chronology
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) Robin and the 7 Hoods1964 12 Songs of Christmas (1964) 12 Songs of Christmas1964 That Travelin' Two-Beat (1964) That Travelin' Two-Beat1964

12 Songs of Christmas is a 1964 studio album by Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians.

All of the songs were included on CD as part of the 2-CD set Nothing but the Best (Limited Christmas Edition) issued in 2009.

In the USA, Variety received the album favorably. "This is an attractive compilation of seasonal standards delivered in standout style by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, singly and in tandem, with the polished support of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. Among the top sides in this set are "Go Tell It on the Mountain," "The Little Drummer Boy," "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" and "The 12 Days of Christmas."

Gramophone in the UK was not so keen, commenting: “12 Songs of Christmas,” with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians (Reprise R2022). Plenty of expensive talent crammed uncomfortably into a small, well-worn stocking. Obvious, pallid stuff, with the two head groaners actually together on only two tracks, and neither of them anywhere in particularly good voice. Collectors of sheer corn may take a perverse delight in an item called “We Wish You the Merriest."

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