O Tannenbaum
What Child Is This
My Little Drum
Linus And Lucy
Christmas Time Is Here Instrumental
Christmas Time Is Here Vocal
Skating
Hark, The Herald Angels Sing Traditional
Christmas Is Coming
Für Elise
The Christmas Song
Frogtoon Music Album Info: A Charlie Brown Christmas
Published: 11 Nov 2022, 18:39
A Charlie Brown Christmas Is The Eighth Studio Album By American Jazz Pianist Vince Guaraldi Later Credited To The Vince Guaraldi Trio . The Album Was Released In December 1965 In The U.S. By Fantasy Records And Was Guaraldi's Final Studio Album For The Label. It Is The Soundtrack To The Christmas Television Special Of The Same Name. Guaraldi Was Contacted By Television Producer Lee Mendelson To Compose Music For A Documentary On The Comic Strip Peanuts And Its Creator Charles M. Schulz. Although The Special Went Unaired These Selections Were Released In 1964 As Jazz Impressions Of A Boy Named Charlie Brown. Coca-Cola Commissioned A Christmas Special Based On Peanuts In 1965 And Guaraldi Returned To Score The Special. Guaraldi Composed Most Of The Music Though He Included Versions Of Traditional Carols Such As "O Tannenbaum". He Recorded Some Of The Score At Whitney Studio In Glendale California Then Re-Recorded Some Of It At Fantasy Records Studios In San Francisco With A Children's Choir From St. Paul's Episcopal Church In Nearby San Rafael. The Sessions Ran Late Into The Night With The Children Rewarded With Ice Cream Afterward. Bassist Fred Marshall And Drummer Jerry Granelli Were Credited As Performing On The Album. It Was Voted Into The Grammy Hall Of Fame And Added To The National Recording Registry Of The Library Of Congress. On May 10 2022 The Recording Industry Association Of America RIAA Certified The Album Quintuple Platinum For Sales Of 5 Million Copies In November 2014 It Was The 10th Best-Selling Christmas/holiday Album In The United States During The SoundScan Era.