''Christmas Music'' is a compilation album of
phonograph records put together for the
Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year ...
season by Decca Records in late 1940. The album features the most popular artists recording for Decca such as:
Bing Crosby,
Kenny Baker, Men About Town and Eddie Dunstedter. It features Bing Crosby's first commercial release of "Silent Night", the 1942 version of which went on to sell 30 million copies.
Track listing
The 1940 album issue Decca Album No. 159 consisted of these previously issued 78 rpm records:
Disc 1: (304)
Disc 2: (621)
Disc 3: (2189)
Disc 4: (2190)
References
{{Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby compilation albums
1940 Christmas albums
Christmas albums by American artists
Decca Records compilation albums
1940 compilation albums