| Christmas Day with Kitty Wells | ||||
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| Released | 1962 | |||
| Genre | Christmas | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
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Christmas Day with Kitty Wells is a Christmas album recorded by country music singer Kitty Wells and released in 1962 on the Decca label (DL 4349). Wells was accompanied by the Jordanaires on the album. [1] [2] Allmusic gave it three stars. [2]
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"Previously Unaired Christmas" is the eighth episode and fall finale of the fifth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the ninety-sixth episode overall. It was directed by Wendey Stanzler and written by Ross Maxwell, and it aired on Fox in the United States on December 5, 2013. The episode is the show's fourth Christmas special, but due to season five being set in the same calendar year as season four, it is a non-canonical episode which purports to be the original season four Christmas special, suppressed by Fox.
After Dark is an album recorded by Kitty Wells and released in 1959 on the Decca label. On its release, Billboard praised the "haunting nasal quality" of her voice and called the album another "great collection of ballads having to do with the seamy and sinful sides of life, sung as only Kitty Wells can sing them."
Kitty's Choice is an album recorded by Kitty Wells and released in 1960 on the Decca label. Thom Owens of Allmusic wrote that Wells sang all of the songs "with gusto, making it one of her most enjoyable records of the early '60s."
Kitty Wells' Country Hit Parade is an album by Kitty Wells that was released in 1956 on the Decca label. Joe Viglione of Allmusic.com gave it four stars and called it "groundbreaking", "a classic of the genre", and "entertaining beyond its historical importance."
Seasons of My Heart is an album by Kitty Wells that was released in 1960 on the Decca label. Thom Owens of Allmusic called the album "an excellent LP collection of country ballads."
Singing on Sunday is a gospel album recorded by Kitty Wells and released in 1962 on the Decca label. Thom Owens of Allmusic called it "enjoyable but unexeptional."
Country Music Time is an album recorded by Kitty Wells and released in 1962 on the Decca label. Wells was accompanied on the album by the Jordanaires. The album included two Top 10 country singles: "Password" and "This White Circle on My Finger". Thom Owens of Allmusic called the album "a strong mid-'60s album."
Burning Memories is an album recorded by Kitty Wells and released in 1965 on the Decca label. The album included the hit single "I'll Repossess My Heart". Thom Owens of Allmusic opined that it "is too uneven in terms of material and is burdened by too many overdubbed vocal chorus and strings to be consistently enjoyable."
Lonesome Sad and Blue is an album recorded by Kitty Wells and released in 1965 on the Decca label in the United States and on the Brunswick label in the United Kingdom. Thom Owens of Allmusic gave the album three stars and called it "a typically enjoyable set of country ballads and weepers."
The Kitty Wells Family Gospel Sing is a gospel music album recorded by Kitty Wells and released in 1965 on the Decca label. Thom Owens of Allmusic called it "a good, but unremarkable, country gospel LP."
The Kitty Wells Show is a live album recorded at a concert by Kitty Wells, her son Bobby Wright, her husband Johnny Wright, singer Bill Phillips, and musicians Tommy Jackson, Paul Yandell and Odell Martin. The album was released in 1966 on the Decca label in the United States and on the Brunswick label in the United Kingdom.
Guilty Street is an album by country singer Kitty Wells, released in 1969 on the Decca label. The album included two songs that charted on the Billboard country singles chart: "Happiness Hill" and "Guilty Street".