Lawrence Welk Presents The Lennon Sisters Singing The Best-Loved Catholic Hymns

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LAWRENCE WELK PRESENTS
THE LENNON SISTERS SINGING THE
BEST-LOVED CATHOLIC HYMNS


The Lennon Sisters believe in living their faith. Because of this, they sing the hymns in this album with the love, devotion, tenderness and humility which can only be found in the true believer. The first side is devoted primarily to hymns for special occasions. For the second side, they sing the hymns which might be sung at any regular mass, in the usual order. In each is to be found the true spirit of believing.

To me, these lovely young ladies represent the ideal youth of America. Their fresh beauty, quick smiles, boundless energy and fine capacity for wholesome fun are a delight to behold. Each time I am invited into their home for a Sunday afternoon, I take away a feeling of being just a little bit better for having known them. (Also, I usually take away a charlie-horse from overdoing it in one of their family softball games. They make me feel a little younger than my muscles insist I am.)

During my years on television, I have been privileged to present many fine performers. No group or soloist has been better received (nor more deserrving) than the Lennon Sisters. They are real troupers. Invariably they are prepared with their numbers and are cooperative in every way. As a result, they have grown bigger than any of our other presentations. The volume of their fan mail indicates that, in the minds of millions, they have become a symbol of family unity and American living. A great deal of this mail contains requests for the girls to sing religious songs. It is because of this that the album has come about. I think it is a wonderful way of answering these many requests.

These hymns were actually recorded in the choir lofts of the St. Paul and St. Gregory Catholic Churches in Los Angeles, though it was in the parish of St. Mark's Church in Venice, Los Angeles that they sang their first hymns. The organ accompaniment was provided by Anthony Joseph Newman, a brilliant young musician who recently left to begin a five-year scholarship at the Paris Conservatory.

I have often been grateful to my son for bringing the girls to my attention back in 1955. Working with them has been a rewarding experience. I am delighted to share it with you.

Lawrence Welk


Side One

1 FAITH OF OUR FATHERS
2 JESUS! MY LORD, MY GOD, MY ALL!
3 MOTHER DEAR, O PRAY FOR ME
4 O WHAT COULD MY JESUS DO MORE
5 TO JESUS' HEART ALL BURNING
6 ON THIS DAY O BEAUTIFUL MOTHER
7 O SACRED HEART WITH LOVE DEVINE


Side Two

1 COME HOLY GHOST, CREATOR BLEST
2 AVE MARIA! O MAIDEN, O MOTHER
3 O GOD OF LOVELINESS
4 O LORD, I AM NOT WORTHY
5 SOUL OF MY SAVIOUR
6 HAIL QUEEN OF HEAVEN
7 HOLY GOD, WE PRAISE THY NAME

CHRISTMAS WITH THE LENNON SISTERS

CHRISTMAS WITH THE LENNON SISTERS

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Side One

1 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
2 The Little Drummer Boy
3 Christmas Island
4 Adeste Fideles
5 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
6 Silent Night
7 White Christmas


Side Two

1 Jingle Bells
2 Away In A Manger
3 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
4 Winter Wonderland
5 O Little Town Of Bethlehem
6 Joy To The World
7 I'll Be Home For Christmas


Every year at the holiday season, we hear many interpretations of the Christmas carols and songs we all love. They are done instrumentally, vocally, in chorus and by solo voices, by pop singers and classical performers. From jazz trios to symphony orchestras, the music of Christmas is subjected repeatedly to these various treatments.

There is no more appropriate and heart warming rendition of the Yuletide melodies than that which is afforded by the fresh young voices of America's favorites, the Lennon Sisters. They bring that family feeling to every kind of music, and it is especially applicable to these Christmas evergreens. Their youthful appeal and the zest with which they perform demonstrate the pure enjoyment they find in their singing, a spirit wholly in tone with the spirit of Christmas.

The selections in tis album are a pleasant mixture of the best-loved traditional carols and thepopular songs about Christmas which have survived long enough in recent years to be considered standards. To both types of matieral, the Lennon Sisters bring their natural quality, a charming sincerity, sweet harmony, energetic performance, all adding up to an expression of the happiness which prevails at this season. You are cordially invited to share this very merry Christmas with the Lennon Sisters.


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SIDE 1

1 Greensleeves 2:41
2 Kentucky Babe (Buck-Geibel) 2:35
3 Ave Maria (Franz Schubert) 3:55
4 My Rosary 2:35
5 Beautiful Ohio (McDonald-Earl) 2:05
6 Mexicali Rose (Stone-Tenny) 2:30


SIDE 2

1 Melody Of Love (Glazer-Engelmann) 2:39
2 Mississippi Mud (Barris-Cavanaugh) 1:50
3 Blue Hawaii (Robin-Rainger) 2:41
4 Moon River (Mercer-Mancini) 2:08
5 Just Out Of Reach (V. F. Stewart) 2:58
6 A Thousand Stars (Gene Pearson) 2:54

Lawrence Welk and his champagne music - "Jingle Bells"

Lawrence Welk and his champagne music
"Jingle Bells"

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SELECTIONS INCLUDE :

Side One

1 Jingle Bells - Fox Trot

2 Let's Have An Old-Fashioned Christmas / Joanne Towne
Vocal By The Sparklers

3 The Christmas Song - Fox Trot / Mel Torme - Robert Wells
(Merry Christmas To You)

4 Christmas Carols
(Deck The Halls - Good King Wenceslas - The First Noel - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen -

Come All Ye Faithful - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - It Came Upon The Midnight Clear - Joy To The World - Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem - Silent Night
Instrumental Fox Trot

5 Santa Claus Is Here Again / Stephen Charles - Van Roberts
Vocal By The Lennon Sisters


Side Two

1 Sleigh Ride - Fox Trot / Leroy Anderson

2 The Christmas Waltz / George Cates - Paul Francis Webster
Vocal By The Sparklers

3 Santa From Sante Fe / Al Stillman - Willie Stein - Milton Delugg

4 Silver Bells - Waltz / Jay Livingston - Ray Evans

5 Ring Those Christmas Bells / Marve Fisher - Gus Levene
Vocal By The Sparklers

6 Merry Christmas From Our House To Your House
Vocal By The Lennon Sisters / Mort Greene - George Cates



Christmas is many things to many people.

It means holly wreaths, crowded department stores, trimming trees, noisy toy shops,
egg nog parties, Christmas Eve mass, Christmas morning worship services, friends and
relatives, turkey dinners, used gift wrappings, exhaustion, conviction that "it's
lucky it comes only once a year," and an assortment of gifts you can't use and have to exchange, the sullen, grey faces of the poor families, prayers - and music.

Music is part of CHristmas that comes closest to being common to all - in every land
around the earth where the birthday of Christ is celebrated.
No other oliday, in fact, has such a rich musical heritage. And Christmas music has
the widest imaginable sources. It stems from the earliest, pre-medieval period in
countries throughout Europe as well as from the pens of the more inspired Broadway
songwriters of the present day.

Wherever you go at Christmas, you can hear the outpourings of the traditional as well as of the modernist. On the main street of your town, loudspeakers that hide behind the storefront decorations tell the musical story. Church chimes peal out the familiar carols and a Salvation Army Santa's record player catches your attention with the songs of Christmas. If you attend a party during the holiday season, it is likely to become, at a moment's notice, a group caroling session.

The songs you sing at your party are likely to be both kinds - the traditionals as
well as what you might call the "pop" Christmas songs. This group has its own set of
classics like "White Christmas," "Jingle Bells," "Sleigh Ride,' "Silver Bells," and
"The Christmas Song."

And for your Christmas party, where the interest must inevitably shift to the singing of the good and the favorite songs, what better accompaniment could you seek than the tailor-made selection of twelve, expressed in the sparkling musical voice of Lawrence Welk and his famous TV orchestra?

This new Coral high fidelity recording provides you with that fine program, in
instrumental settings that literally call out for the sing-alongers to join in.

Play this favorite group of Lawrence Welk renditions this Christmas and for many a
Christmas to come. These are the holiday evergreens that each year come to life again to shine like a newly lighted Christmas tree.

Invite everyone to join as maestro Lawrence Welk leads the Christmas party singing or let the excellent quality high fidelity versions of these songs help you make light of the job of cooking CHristmas victuals, wrapping presents or trimming the tree.

Listen now to Lawrence Welk, for a merrier musical Christmas!

Ren Grevatt

The 12 Days of Christmas!

The 12 Days of Christmas!

Here's the most glittering Christmas package of all! Ten top recording stars create their musical gift to you, gift wrapped in the festive words and music of the joyous season. Here is the music of Christmas, the reverence of "Joy To The World," the festive sounds of "Winter Wonderland," the fun song of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" and other festive favorites. It's all here on this record, the jingle bells, the glitter of the tree, the aroma of the wassail bowl, the joyous carols on a wintry night air, that wonderful, warm time when the world rejoices. Merry Christmas to one and all!


Side 1

1 The 12 Days of Christmas - Billy Rodgers 2:59
2 Joy To The World - Billy Vaughn 2:25
3 Ave Maria - Eddie Fisher 2:34
4 What Child is This - Liberace 2:15
5 Silent Night - The Mills Bros 2:07

Side 2

1 Santa Claus is Coming To Town - Pat Boone 2:11
2 The Little Drummer Boy - George Wright 2:00
3 O Holy Night - Bonnie Guitar 4:45
4 The First Noel - Lawrence Welk 1:54
5 Winter Wonderland - Jimmy Wakely 1:42

FRONT COVER / CREATIVE EMROIDERY BY BETTY KELLY