12 Songs of Christmas (Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Fred Waring album) particularly good voice. Collectors of sheer corn may take a perverse delight in an item called 'We Wish You the Merriest.'" 12 Songs of Christmas (Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Fred Waring album) 12 Songs of Christmas is a 1964 album of Christmas music by Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. The artists had previously collaborated for the album "America, I Hear You Singing", released earlier the same year. All of the songs were included on CD as part of the 2-CD set "Nothing but the Best (Limited Christmas Edition)" issued in 2009. In the USA, "Variety" received
Merry Christmas (Bing Crosby album) for popular music, "Merry Christmas" instigated by the enormous popularity of the "White Christmas" record. The 78rpm album quickly reached the top of the Billboard Best-selling popular record albums chart in 1945 and remained there for several weeks. Decca issued a second edition in this format in 1947, catalogue Decca A-550, consisting of four 78s, omitting recordings of "Danny Boy" and "Let's Start the New Year Right" from the previous release, and including new recordings of "White Christmas" and "Silent Night" from March 19, 1947. This recording of "White Christmas," heard on every subsequent pressing, is actually a re-recording of