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It just ain't Christmas without Bing's dulcet tones in the background, and it just ain't a duet if it's not Bing with the Andrews Sisters, the single most successful pairing in pop history. So put together the best of each act's holiday recordings, both alone and together, on one low-priced CD and you've got a holiday perennial! Includes a newly remastered version of the Andrews Sisters' hit Christmas Island with Guy Lombardo and their hit Merry Christmas Polka for the first time ever on CD, plus their hit duets with Bing on Jingle Bells and Santa Claus Is Coming to Town . And the 'Sisters' Jing-A-Ling, Jing-A-Ling and Christmas Candles also make their CD debuts here, while Bing chips in with Christmas in Killarney; The First Snowfall , and You're All I Want for Christmas among other classics. Notes by Crosby expert "Wig" Wiggins!

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Bing Crosby recorded six Christmas songs during the '40s and '50s with the popular Andrew Sisters and all are compiled here for the first time. Twenty tracks overall, A Merry Christmas with Bing Crosby and the Andrew Sisters showcases classic and timeless performances between the three sisters and the king crooner on staples such as "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," "Winter Wonderland" (with Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians), "Mele Kalikimaka," and others. In between, there's plenty of Bing ("Happy Holiday" from his smash film, Holiday Inn, "The First Snowfall," "Christmas in Killarney") and a bounty of Andrew Sisters' songs that run from the "Merry Christmas Polka" to the peppy vocal burst of "Jing-a-Ling, Jing-a-Ling." --Martin Keller