Elvis Presley- Elvis' Christmas Album (cassette)/ #FACTORY SEALED/ RCA AFK1- 5486

Elvis Presley- Elvis' Christmas Album with the Jordanaires
plus an album of full color photos


Cassette
RCA AFK1- 5486
#FACTORY SEALED#

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
number one 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 #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.


Track Listing

Side 1

A1 Santa Claus Is Back In Town
A2 White Christmas
A3 Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
A4 I'll Be Home For Christmas
A5 Blue Christmas
A6 Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me



Side 2

B1 Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem
B2 Silent Night
B3 (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)
B4 I Believe
B5 Take My Hand, Precious Lord
B6 It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)


Personnel

The Blue Moon Boys
Elvis Presley – lead vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
Scotty Moore – electric lead guitar
Bill Black – double bass
D. J. Fontana – drums

The Jordanaires

Neal Matthews - backing vocals
Hugh Jarrett - backing vocals
Gordon Stoker – backing vocals, piano (tracks B3-B5)
Hoyt Hawkins – backing vocals, organ (track B6)

Additional Personnel

Dudley Brooks – piano (tracks A1-B2, B6)
Millie Kirkham - backing vocals (tracks A1-B2)