Merry Christmas (The Supremes album)


Merry Christmas is the seventh studio album recorded by Motown girl group The Supremes, and released on Motown Records in November 1965. The LP, produced by Harvey Fuqua, includes recordings of familiar Christmas songs such as "White Christmas", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "My Favorite Things", and "Joy to the World". Two originals, "Children's Christmas Song" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me", were issued as the sides of a late 1965 Supremes holiday single.
Their version of "My Favorite Things," has become popular, it was featured on the 2018 animated Christmas film The Grinch, and much airplay on the radio during the holiday season.
Merry Christmas, issued by Motown the same day as the live recording The Supremes at the Copa, was the only holiday album released by the Supremes. They charted four albums in 1965 with one hitting the Top 10 of the Billboard Top 200 album chart and this hitting the Top 10 of the Billboard Holiday Album Chart.. The album sold 600,000 copies. It was reissued in 1999 in CD form with four bonus tracks, including a cover of "Just a Lonely Christmas", and a Florence Ballard-led version of "Silent Night". This expanded version of the album was re-released in 2003 as 20th Century Masters – The Best of the Supremes: The Christmas Collection. The Christmas album was later expanded further by 2015 to include all 19 tracks recorded for the album, plus an additional track, "It Won't Be Long 'Til Christmas", from their canceled Disney album, a "Seasons Greetings" by the group, and a live performance of "My Favorite Things" done at the Copa.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "White Christmas"
  2. "Silver Bells"
  3. "Born of Mary"
  4. "Children's Christmas Song"
  5. "The Little Drummer Boy"
  6. "My Christmas Tree"

    Side two

  7. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
  8. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
  9. "My Favorite Things"
  10. "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me"
  11. "Little Bright Star"
  12. "Joy to the World"

    2015 Expanded Edition (MP3, 320 kbps) Bonus Tracks

  13. "The Christmas Song " *
  14. "Just a Lonely Christmas" *
  15. "Noël" *
  16. "O Little Town Of Bethlehem"
  17. "Silent Night" A *
  18. "O Holy Night" A
  19. "Silver Bells"
  20. "Won't Be Long Before Christmas"
  21. "My Favorite Things" B
  22. "Seasons Greetings" promo B
Originally added to the 1999 CD album release as a bonus track. Led by Florence Ballard. Features Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson.
Instrumental tracks for "Winter Wonderland" and "Santa Baby" were recorded; however no vocals were added to the tracks.

Personnel

Album

Singles