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Description: What are the best Johnny Mathis Christmas Songs? We’ve got just the list for you.
Is there a better singer of Christmas songs than Johnny Mathis. How many of you grew up with the above album being played every single day during the Christmas season? This Johnny Mathis album is the best Christmas album of all time. It’s just amazing. Well, let’s see if the top ten Johnny Mathis Christmas songs come off of just one album. Ready, set, let’s Ho! Ho! Ho!
Top Ten Johnny Mathis Christmas Songs
10. Winter Wonderland
Writer(s): Felix Bernard (music) and Richard B. Smith (lyricist) – 1934
Album: Merry Christmas
Year: 1958
9. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Writer(s): Edmund Sears (lyrics) Richard Storrs Willis (composer)
Album: Merry Christmas
Year: 1958
8. Sleigh Ride
Writer(s): Leroy Anderson (music) Mitchell Parish (lyrics) 1948, 1950
Album: Merry Christmas
Year: 1958
7. I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Writer(s): Kim Gannon (lyrics) Walter Kent (music) – 1943 *
Album: Merry Christmas
Year: 1958
* Buck Ram, who previously wrote a poem and song with the same title, was credited as a co-writer of the song following a lawsuit.
6. Silent Night
Writer(s): Father Joseph Mohr (lyrics) Franz Xaver Gruber (music) – 1818
Album: Merry Christmas
Year: 1958
5. O Holy Night
Writer(s): Adolphe Adam (music) John Sullivan Dwight (lyrics) – 1847, 1855
Album: Merry Christmas
Year: 1958
4. What Child is This
Writer(s): William Chatterton Dix – 1865
Album: Merry Christmas
Year: 1958
3. The First Noel
Writer(s): English Carol – 18th century
Album: Merry Christmas
Year: 1958
2. Silver Bells
From the Paramount Film the Lemon Drop Kid
Writer(s): Jay Livingston and Ray Evans – 1950
Album: Merry Christmas
Year: 1958
And finally, number one on our Top Ten Johnny Mathis Christmas Songs list…..
1. The Christmas Song
Writer(s): Mel Torme and Bob Wells – 1944
Album: Merry Christmas
Year: 1958
Yes, all of these top ten Johnny Mathis Christmas songs came from one album, Johnny’s Merry Christmas album. This is indeed the best collection of Christmas songs ever. If you have other Johnny Mathis Christmas songs you think should have been on this list, please go ahead and leave them in the comments below. We’d love to see them.
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