Have a Holly Jolly Christmas

This article is about the Burl Ives album. For the song, see A Holly Jolly Christmas.
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
Studio album by
Burl Ives
ReleasedOctober 1965
Recorded1964
StudioBrooklyn Studios
GenreChristmas, folk, pop
Length29:28
LabelDecca
ProducerMilt Gabler
Burl Ives chronology
On the Beach at Waikiki
(1965) 		Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
(1965) 		Shall We Gather at the River?
(1965)
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Allmusic [1]

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas is a Christmas album by American folk singer Burl Ives, first released by Decca Records in October 1965 (recorded in 1964). It peaked at #32 on Billboard's Best Bets For Christmas album chart on December 2, 1967.[2]

Ives had recorded two of the songs on the album ("A Holly Jolly Christmas" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer") previously for the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer soundtrack, but he recorded new versions for Have a Holly Jolly Christmas. "A Holly Jolly Christmas" in particular had a significantly different and slower arrangement, which is more commonly heard today. This version had already been released as a single the previous year, with a B-side of "Snow for Johnny", which he also featured on the album.[3]

  1. ^ Torreano, Bradley. Have a Holly Jolly Christmas at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Billboard Best Bets For Christmas." Billboard, vol. 79, no. 48, December 2, 1967, p. 8. worldradiohistory.com.
  3. ^ Decca Records #31695, A-side of "A Holly Jolly Christmas", with a B-side of "Snow for Johnny"