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My Kind of Christmas (song)

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"My Kind of Christmas"
Song by Johnny Mathis
ReleasedNovember 1961
Recorded1961
GenreEasy listening, Christmas music
LabelFontana (U.K.); Columbia (U.S.)
Composer(s)Jerry Livingston
Lyricist(s)Paul Francis Webster

"My Kind of Christmas" is a 1961 song by Johnny Mathis written by Jerry Livingston with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.[1][2] It was released as a standalone Christmas single in November 1961, with the Allyn Ferguson/Syd Shaw composition "Christmas Eve" on the B-side. When Mathis' 1958 Merry Christmas album was re-reissued on CD in 1998 the A- and B-sides of the 1961 single were included as bonus tracks.

References

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  1. ^ Philip Furia American Song Lyricists, 1920-1960 Gale Group, 2002 p.449 & p.455
  2. ^ Ken Bloom American Song: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion, Volume 1 Schirmer Books, 1 Jan 1996 p.1460 & p.1962