Christmas with Nora Aunor

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Christmas with Nora Aunor
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Studio album by
Released1970
Recorded1970
StudioCAI Studios
Genre
Length32:32
Language English
Label Alpha Records (Philippines)
Nora Aunor chronology
The Phenomenal Nora Aunor
(1970)
Christmas with Nora Aunor
(1970)
Portrait
(1971)
Singles from Christmas with Nora Aunor
  1. "Jingle Bells"
    Released: 1970
  2. "You're All I Want For Christmas"
    Released: 1970
  3. "Mamacita (Donde Esta Santa Claus)"
    Released: 1970
  4. "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
    Released: 1970
  5. "Christmas Story"
    Released: 1970
  6. "Silent Night"
    Released: 1970
  7. "White Christmas"
    Released: 1970
  8. "O Holy Night"
    Released: 1970

Christmas with Nora Aunor is the first Christmas album by Filipino singer-actress Nora Aunor, released in 1970 by Alpha Records Corporation in the Philippines in LP and cassette formats [1] [2] [3] and later re-released on September 17, 1999 in a compilation/CD format. [4] [5] The album contains some of the most famous traditional Christmas carols.

Contents

Background

The album is one of Aunor's best-selling albums, which was re-arranged to complement the voice of Nora Aunor.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

LP edition

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Christmas Story"Pauline Walsh2:49
2."O Holy Night"3:47
3."White Christmas" Irving Berlin 2:41
4."I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" Tommie Connor 1:39
5."You're All I Want For Christmas" Glen Moore-Seger Ellis 2:48
6."Silent Night" Joseph Mohr-Franz Gruber 2:46
Total length:16:30
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jingle Bells"
2:14
2."Mamacita (Donde Esta Santa Claus)"George Scheck-Rod Parker-Al Greiner (Uncredited)2:34
3."Jingle Bell Rock"Beal-Boothe2:08
4."Silver Bells" (duet with Bobby Gonzales) Jay Livingstone-Ray Evans 2:45
5."Whispering Hope" (duet with Bobby Gonzales) Alice Hawthorne 3:25
6."Little Christmas Tree"Mickey Rooney2:56
Total length:16:02 32:32

Cassette edition

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Christmas Story"Pauline Walsh2:49
2."O Holy Night"3:47
3."White Christmas" Irving Berlin 2:41
4."Silver Bells" (duet with Bobby Gonzales) Jay Livingstone-Ray Evans 2:45
5."You're All I Want For Christmas" Glen Moore-Seger Ellis 2:48
6."Silent Night" Joseph Mohr-Franz Gruber 2:46
Total length:17:36
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jingle Bells"
2:14
2."Mamacita (Donde Esta Santa Claus)"George Scheck-Rod Parker-Al Greiner (Uncredited)2:34
3."Jingle Bell Rock"Beal-Boothe2:08
4."I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" Tommie Connor 1:39
5."Whispering Hope" (duet with Bobby Gonzales) Alice Hawthorne 3:25
6."Little Christmas Tree"Mickey Rooney2:56
Total length:14:56 32:32

CD edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Silent Night" Joseph Mohr-Franz Gruber 2:46
2."O Holy Night"3:47
3."Christmas Story"Pauline Walsh2:49
4."White Christmas" Irving Berlin 2:41
5."Silver Bells" (duet with Bobby Gonzales) Jay Livingstone-Ray Evans 2:45
6."You're All I Want For Christmas" Glen Moore-Seger Ellis 2:48
7."Jingle Bells"
2:14
8."I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" Tommie Connor 1:30
9."Mamacita (Donde Esta Santa Claus)"George Scheck-Rod Parker-Al Greiner (Uncredited)2:49
10."Jingle Bell Rock"Beal-Boothe2:09
11."Whispering Hope" (duet with Bobby Gonzales) Alice Hawthorne 3:25
12."Little Christmas Tree"Mickey Rooney2:56
Total length:31:19

Album credits

See also

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