| Mary Christmas | ||||
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| Released | 1965 | |||
| Genre | Vocal, pop, holiday [1] | |||
| Length | 31:35 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Dot Records | |||
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| AllMusic |    [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Mary Christmas is a holiday studio album by American pop singer Eddie Fisher, released in 1965 by Dot Records. It was his second holiday album, and though his first Christmas album was a big success, after 11 years his name could not bring the album success.
This was the third album Eddie Fisher recorded and released in 1965. [2] It came after the release of his single "Mary Christmas", which didn't chart.
This album was recorded during a slowdown in Fisher's career, in which his songs and albums sold and charted less, and whilst most albums were failures, although 1965 was different, because his first album of the year, Eddie Fisher Today! charted quite well, [4] so Dot Records rushed another one, and later a Christmas themed one. This Christmas album didn't help Fisher return to the charts. It includes Fisher's renditions of several Christmas standards as well as the title track "Mary Christmas", an original holiday ballad.
Immediately after Christmas Dot Records would roll out his next album Young and Foolish, which got some positive reviews. [5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mary Christmas" | E. Samuels, R. Freed | 2:46 |
| 2. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 2:38 |
| 3. | "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" | J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie | 2:22 |
| 4. | "My Favorite Things" | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | 2:17 |
| 5. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane | 2:40 |
| 6. | "Silver Bells" | Jay Livingston, Ray Evans | 2:47 |
| 7. | "The Little Drummer Boy" | Katherine Kennicott Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone | 2:28 |
| 8. | "O Holy Night" | Adolphe Adam, Placide Cappeau | 2:19 |
| 9. | "Ave Maria" | Franz Schubert | 2:36 |
| 10. | "Do You Hear What I Hear?" | Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne Baker | 2:59 |
| 11. | "Silent Night" | Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr | 2:41 |
| 12. | "Lullaby for Christmas Eve" | Paul Francis Webster, Peter King | 2:56 |
| Total length: | 31:35 | ||