I Still Believe in Santa Claus

Studio album by Andy Williams

Released

1990

Recorded

1990

Genre

Christmas
Traditional pop
Vocal pop^[1]

Length

32:29

Label

Curb

Producer

Michael Lloyd

Andy Williams chronology

Close Enough for Love
(1986)

I Still Believe in Santa Claus
(1990)

Nashville
(1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

I Still Believe in Santa Claus is a Christmas album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released by Curb Records in 1990. It was his fourth solo album of Christmas music, following The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963), Merry Christmas (1965) and Christmas Present (1974). As with the 1965 LP, this album focuses exclusively on 20th-century compositions, including two new songs: "Christmas Needs Love to Be Christmas" and "My Christmas Vow (This Is My Promise)", the latter of which Williams describes in the liner notes as "a new lyric set to an old Hawaiian melody".^[2]

Track listing

"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 3:21
"Christmas Needs Love to Be Christmas" (Tim James, Steven McClintock) – 3:05
"Blue Christmas" (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 3:09
"The Christmas Waltz" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:26
"My Christmas Vow (This Is My Promise)" (Mack David, Charles E. King) – 2:18
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (Tommie Connor) – 3:14
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram) – 3:02
"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) – 3:42
"When You Wish upon a Star"/"Toyland" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington/Victor Herbert, Glen MacDonough) – 3:58
"Happy Christmas (War Is Over)" (John Lennon, Yoko Ono) – 4:14

Song information

"Toyland" originated in the 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland.^[3] "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" by George Hall & the Hotel Taft Orchestra with Sonny Schuyler on vocal is the only recording of the song to have charted in conjunction with its publication in 1934, reaching number 12.^[4] "When You Wish upon a Star" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for its inclusion in the 1940 film Pinocchio^[5] and had separate renditions make the charts that same year by Cliff Edwards, Horace Heidt, Guy Lombardo, and Glenn Miller,^[6] and Bing Crosby's recording of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" spent two weeks at number three upon its first release in 1943.^[7]

In 1949, recordings of "Blue Christmas" by Russ Morgan, Ernest Tubb, and Hugo Winterhalter made the Billboard charts.^[8] That same year marked the first charting of "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?", thanks to The Orioles.^[9] 1952 saw the release of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", with versions by Molly Bee, Jimmy Boyd, and Spike Jones all making the charts that holiday season.^[10] Frank Sinatra's recording of "The Christmas Waltz" was released in 1954,^[11] and John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)" first made Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in 1971.^[12]

Personnel_^[2]

Performers

Dennis Belfield - bass
Stuart Blumberg - trumpet
Ernie Carlson - trombone
Dan Higgins - sax, clarinet and flute
John Hobbs - piano
Molly Jacman - background vocals
Angie Jaree - background vocals
Joey Johnson - background vocals
Laurence Juber - guitar
Peter Kent - string direction
Paul Leim - drums
Gail Levant - harp
Michael Lloyd - percussion and synths
Robert Martin - percussion and synths
Cassie Miller - background vocals
Amanda Williams - background vocals
Andy Williams - vocals, background vocals
Jason Williams - background vocals
Richard B. Williams - background vocals

Production

Michael Lloyd - producer, mixer
Ken Thorne - arranger
Dan Nebenzal - engineer, mixer
John Valentino - assistant engineer
Darryl Dobson - assistant mixer
Craig Johnson - assistant mixer
Don Griffin/West LA Music - recording musical instruments
Debbie Lytton - production coordinator
J. Katz Photography - photography
Neuman, Walker & Associates - art direction/design

Notes

1 2 "I Still Believe in Santa Claus - Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
1 2 (1990) I Still Believe in Santa Claus by Andy Williams [CD booklet]. Nashville: Curb Records D2-77350.
↑ "Babes in Toyland". ibdb.com. The Broadway League. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
↑ Whitburn 2004, p. 39.
↑ Wiley 1996, p. 1017.
↑ Whitburn 1986, p. 609.
↑ Whitburn 2004, p. 31.
↑ Whitburn 2004, p. 68.
↑ Whitburn 2004, p. 73.
↑ Whitburn 2004, p. 70.
↑ "The Christmas Waltz/White Christmas by Frank Sinatra". rate your music.com. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
↑ Whitburn 2004, p. 45.

References

Whitburn, Joel (1986), Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories, 1890-1954, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-083-0
Whitburn, Joel (2004), Christmas in the Charts (1920-2004), Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-161-6
Wiley, Mason; Bona, Damien (1996), Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards, Ballantine Books, ISBN 0-345-40053-4

Andy Williams

Studio albums	Andy Williams Sings Steve Allen Andy Williams Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein Two Time Winners To You Sweetheart, Aloha Lonely Street The Village of St. Bernadette Under Paris Skies Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes Warm and Willing Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests The Andy Williams Christmas Album The Wonderful World of Andy Williams The Academy Award-Winning "Call Me Irresponsible" and Other Hit Songs from the Movies The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits Andy Williams' Dear Heart Merry Christmas The Shadow of Your Smile In the Arms of Love Born Free Love, Andy Honey Happy Heart Get Together with Andy Williams Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head The Andy Williams Show Love Story You've Got a Friend Love Theme from "The Godfather" Alone Again (Naturally) Solitaire The Way We Were Christmas Present You Lay So Easy on My Mind The Other Side of Me Andy Let's Love While We Can Greatest Love Classics Close Enough for Love I Still Believe in Santa Claus Nashville We Need a Little Christmas I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up

Greatest hits albums	Andy Williams Andy Williams' Best Million Seller Songs Canadian Sunset Andy Williams' Newest Hits May Each Day The Andy Williams Sound of Music Andy Williams' Greatest Hits The Impossible Dream Love Story Andy Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (UK version) Andy Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Reflections B Sides and Rarities Moon River: The Very Best of Andy Williams The Very Best of Andy Williams

Live albums	Greatest Hits The New Andy Williams Christmas Album

Singles	"Jubilee Time" "Louisiana Purchase" "Why Should I Cry Over You" "Now I Know" "The Wind, the Sand and the Star" "Walk Hand in Hand" "Canadian Sunset" "Baby Doll" "Butterfly" "I Like Your Kind of Love" "Lips of Wine" "Are You Sincere?" "Promise Me, Love" "The Hawaiian Wedding Song" "Lonely Street" "The Village of St. Bernadette" "Wake Me When It's Over" "Do You Mind?" "You Don't Want My Love" "The Bilbao Song" "Danny Boy" "Fly by Night" "The Wonderful World of the Young" "Stranger on the Shore" "Don't You Believe It" "Twilight Time" "Can't Get Used to Losing You" "Days of Wine and Roses" "Hopeless" "The Peking Theme (So Little Time)" "A Fool Never Learns" "Charade" "Wrong for Each Other" "Under Paris Skies" "On the Street Where You Live" "Almost There" "Dear Heart" "...and Roses and Roses" "Ain't It True" "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)" "May Each Day" "You're Gonna Hear from Me" "Bye Bye Blues" "How Can I Tell Her It's Over" "In the Arms of Love" "Music to Watch Girls By" "Holly" "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" "Sweet Memories" "Battle Hymn of the Republic" "Happy Heart" "Live and Learn" "A Woman's Way" "Can't Help Falling in Love" "One Day of Your Life" "It's So Easy" "Home Lovin' Man" "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" "A Song for You" "Love is All" "You've Got a Friend" "Music from Across the Way" "Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from The Godfather)" "MacArthur Park" "Last Tango in Paris" "Solitaire" "Getting Over You" "Remember" "Love's Theme" "Another Lonely Song" "You Lay So Easy on My Mind" "Love Said Goodbye" "Cry Softly" "Sad Eyes" "The Other Side of Me" "Tell It Like It Is" "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"

B-Sides	"Not Anymore" "High Upon A Mountain" "Since I've Found My Baby" "It Doesn't Take Very Long" "Stop Teasin' Me" "Straight From My Heart" "Be Mine Tonight" "Your Hand, Your Heart, Your Love" "The House of Bamboo" "Summer Love" "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" "We Have A Date (Andy's Theme)" "Dreamsville" "Don't Go to Strangers" (A-side) "How Wonderful to Know" "Help Me" (A-side) "I Want to Be Wanted" "Summertime" "So Rare" "Madrigal" "Emily" "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" "Loved One" "I'll Remember You" "The Summer of Our Love" "The Many Faces of Love" "The Face I Love" "I Want to Be Free" "When I Look in Your Eyes" "You Are Where Everything Is" "Ave Maria" "Our Last Goodbye" "You Are" "What Am I Living For" (A-side) "Long Time Blues" "Whistling Away the Dark" "Something" "What's The Matter Girl" (A-side) "Home For Thee" "I'll Never Be The Same" "My Love" "They Long to Be Close to You " "A Mi Esposa Con Amor" "I Love My Friend" "One More Time" "Quits" "Goin' Through The Motions"

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