Released by
Columbia/Legacy
in 1994,
A Gene Autry Christmas
is an excellent overview of his holiday recordings for
Columbia
, featuring no less than 16 songs, including his classic "Here Comes Santa Claus," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "If It Doesn't Snow on Christmas Day," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," and "Everyone's a Child at Christmas."
Autry
's recordings were almost always charming, and that quality was in ample display on his holiday albums. This disc does a terrific job of rounding up highlights from those many records; until the release in 2003 of a remastered collection (
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Other Christmas Classics
),
was the definitive
Christmas collection. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine