Can you name the musicians on the biggest Christmas records of the 1960s?

The Yuletide tunes remain classics today.

 
Odds are, you still reach for one of these albums when you want to set a Christmas mood. The Sixties were the silver-and-golden era of holiday music, when the recordings were as warm and comforting as a roaring fire. Some of them rocked, too.

This best-selling records became instant classics. So we bet you recognize the musicians from the covers. See if you can name them all! Good luck!
  1. This Andy Griffith Show star had the best-selling Christmas album of 1969.
  2. The Andrews Sisters backed him up on a few tracks on this, the timeless top-seller in 1960.
  3. Her j-j-j-j-j-j-jangling 'A Christmas Album' was the best-selling holiday platter of 1967.
  4. His 'Merry Christmas' was the best-selling Christmas album in '66.
  5. His 'Christmas Album' outsold the the competition in '63 and '64.
  6. This singer hit the slope for the cover of his 'Merry Christmas,' the best-selling holiday album in '62.
  7. He had 'That Christmas Feeling' in '68 — and the top-selling Christmas album of the year.
  8. He and "His Gang" offered a 'Holiday Sing Along,' which was the top-seller in '61.
  9. His "Jingle Bell Rock" was first released in '57, but it was the best-selling Christmas single in '69, too.
  10. Finally, this 'Little Drummer Boy' album was the best-seller in '65. Who recorded it?

Can you name the musicians on the biggest Christmas records of the 1960s?

Your Result...

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27 Comments

72doug 36 months ago
8/10! missed numbers 8 and 10.
Caretaker245 36 months ago
Missed the last one. Did a double take on the second Andy Williams! I've actually got that Bing Crosby album. Have listened to it for decades.
Snickers 39 months ago
8 out 10. Merry Christmas everyone. I know it's early but what the heck!
RobertM 47 months ago
I have the Johnny Mathis and Mitch Miller Christmas records.
Joe 60 months ago
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jholton30062 60 months ago
10/10, and we had most of these at home...
AChromeBird 71 months ago
Missed the last 3, but not too bad for a child of the eighties!
Geronimo 71 months ago
I guessed a couple.................10/10
Brownthunder 71 months ago
6 out of 10. My parents were not fans of
EllisClevenger 72 months ago
You got 9 out of 10
Thanks for horsing around with us this year! Have a happy holiday and new year!
JeffTanner 72 months ago
You got 10 out of 10 ----------Thanks for horsing around with us this year! Have a happy holiday and new year!
CarrieMcCourt 72 months ago
8/10 I deliberately missed #3 because I can't stand Barbra Streisand. And I missed #10. Harry Chapin was the only one I knew and just guessed at the other two.
SheriHeffner 72 months ago
9 out of 10, I got number 9 wrong because I have never heard of him, I guessed Jimmy Dean the sausage tycoon in my lifetime.
BrownieMom 72 months ago
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