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1971 studio album by The Partridge Family From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Partridge Family Christmas Card is a Christmas album (and the fourth studio album) by the Partridge Family, released in November 1971. The album's case contains a reproduction of a Christmas card signed by the whole Partridge Family, the stars of a 1970s sitcom. The song "My Christmas Card to You" was original, but the remainder of the tracks were standards. Like most of the Partridge Family songs, the lead vocals are sung by David Cassidy, who played Keith Partridge in the show. The album also features one of the few Partridge Family recordings featuring Shirley Jones as the lead singer ("The Christmas Song").
| A Partridge Family Christmas Card | ||||
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| Released | November 1971 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||
| Studio | United Western (Hollywood) | |||
| Genre | Rock/Christmas | |||
| Length | 30:23 | |||
| Label | Bell | |||
| Producer | Wes Farrell | |||
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 1992 CD reissue cover | ||||
A Partridge Family Christmas Card was the best-selling Christmas album in the United States during the Christmas season of 1971. It was the number 1 album on Billboard magazine's special Christmas Albums sales chart for all four weeks that the magazine published the chart that year.[2]
The album was reissued in 1992 on CD and is also available as mp3 downloads.
Lead guitarist for Metallica, Kirk Hammett, cited this record to be the first album he owned during an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" [3]
Only two tracks, "Winter Wonderland" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", were featured on the TV show (in the second-season episode "Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa")
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "My Christmas Card to You" | Tony Romeo | 2:33 |
| 2. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 2:45 |
| 3. | "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" | 2:28 | |
| 4. | "Blue Christmas" |
| 3:27 |
| 5. | "Jingle Bells" (arranged by Wes Farrell) | James Lord Pierpont | 2:54 |
| 6. | "The Christmas Song" | 2:30 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" | Johnny Marks | 2:34 |
| 2. | "Winter Wonderland" | 2:19 | |
| 3. | "Frosty the Snowman" | 3:51 | |
| 4. | "Sleigh Ride" | 2:40 | |
| 5. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | 2:22 | |
| Total length: | 30:23 | ||
Track list and credits verified from the album's liner notes.[4]
August 25, 1971
August 26, 1971
August 28, 1971
See recording dates for this and other Partridge Family albums at The Partridge Family Recording Sessions[5]
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