Holiday Sing Along with Mitch
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{{Infobox album
| name = Holiday Sing Along with Mitch
| type = studio
| artist = Mitch Miller and The Gang
| cover = Holiday Sing Along with Mitch.png
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| released = 1961
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| genre = Easy listening, Christmas music
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| label = Columbia
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| prev_title = Your Request Sing Along with Mitch
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = Rhythm Sing Along with Mitch
| next_year = 1962
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Holiday Sing Along with Mitch is an album by Mitch Miller and The Gang. It was released in 1961 on the Columbia label (catalog nos. CL-1701 and CS-8501).{{cite web|title=Mitch Miller and The Gang – Holiday Sing-Along With Mitch|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=December 30, 2020|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mitch-Miller-And-The-Gang-Holiday-Sing-Along-With-Mitch/release/3153453}}{{cite web|title=Holiday Sing-Along with Mitch|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=December 30, 2020|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/holiday-sing-along-with-mitch-miller-mw0000194862}} This album consisted of more contemporary Christmas songs, while his Miller's previous Christmas album, Christmas Sing Along with Mitch, consisted of more traditional carols, a few of them of a religious character.
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on December 4, 1961, reached the No. 1 spot, and remained on the chart for 13 weeks. It returned to the popular albums chart in 1962 and made Billboard{{'}}s special holiday chart in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1968. It was certified as a gold record by the RIAA.{{cite book|title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums|publisher=Billboard Books|author=Joel Whitburn|year=1995|page=72|isbn=0823076318}}{{cite news|title=Albums|newspaper=The Billboard|date=March 27, 1961|page=209|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GiEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17}}
AllMusic later gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half stars. Reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote: "There are no surprises here -- Miller's records are all essentially the same; the only things that change are the songs -- but anyone who enjoys his sound should find this holiday album worth adding to their collection."
Track listing
Side 1
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
- "Frosty the Snowman"
- "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
- "Sleigh Ride"
- "Must Be Santa"
- "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)"
Side 2
- "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
- "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
- "Winter Wonderland"
- "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"
- "Silver Bells"
- "Jingle Bells"
- "White Christmas"
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Category:1961 Christmas albums