Elvis' Christmas Album

Elvis' Christmas Album
Studio album by
Elvis Presley
ReleasedOctober 15, 1957
Recorded
  • January 12–13 and 19, 1957
  • September 5–7, 1957
StudioRadio Recorders, Hollywood
Genre
Length30:09
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerSteve Sholes
Elvis Presley chronology
Loving You
(1957) 		Elvis' Christmas Album
(1957) 		Jailhouse Rock
(1957)
Singles from Elvis' Christmas Album
  1. "Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)"
    Released: November 11, 1957[1]
  2. "Blue Christmas"
    Released: November 3, 1964[2]
  3. "Santa Claus Is Back in Town"
    Released: November 1965[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
MusicHound[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Rough Guides[7]

Elvis' Christmas Album (also reissued as It's Christmas Time) is the third studio album and first Christmas album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley on RCA Victor, LOC -1035, a deluxe limited edition, released October 15, 1957, and recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. It has been reissued in numerous different formats since its first release. It spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, and was the first of two Christmas-themed albums Presley would record, the other being Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas, released in 1971. The publication Music Vendor listed Elvis' Christmas Album on their singles charts for two weeks in December 1957 – January 1958, with a peak position of No. 49.

According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Elvis' Christmas Album along with its reissues has shipped at least 17 million copies in the United States. It is the first Presley title to attain Diamond certification by the RIAA, and is also the best-selling Christmas album of all time in the United States. With total sales of more 20 million copies worldwide, it remains the world's best-selling Christmas album and one of the best-selling albums of all time.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Elvis Presley - Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)". Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas". Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Elvis Presley - Santa Claus Is Back In Town". Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. ^ AllMusic review
  5. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 892. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  6. ^ "Elvis Presley: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  7. ^ Simpson, Paul (2004). The Rough Guide to Elvis. London: Rough Guides. p. 111. ISBN 1-84353-417-7.
  8. ^ Dolan, Jon (December 19, 2012). "The 25 Greatest Christmas Albums of All Time: 2. Elvis Presley, 'Elvis' Christmas Album' (1957)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  9. ^ Neutze, Ben (November 17, 2015). "Christmas Albums Are All Awful (and 'Kylie Christmas' Is a Worthy Addition)". Melbourne, Australia: Daily Review. Retrieved December 6, 2017.