Christmas at the White House

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1972 studio album by Burl Ives

Studio album by Burl Ives

Released

1972

Genre

Christmas music

Length

37:13

Label

Caedmon

Burl Ives chronology

How Great Thou Art
(1971)

Christmas at the White House
(1972)

Payin' My Dues Again
(1973)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Christmas at the White House: Burl Ives Sings the Favorite Carols and Hymns of America's Presidents is a 1972 album by Burl Ives. It purports to be a collection of twelve presidents' favorite Christmas songs. It has not yet been released on CD.

Some of the selections were apparently based on speculation. For example, John Adams may have favored the rendition of "Joy to the World" by American composer William Billings because the Adamses attended Billings's church in Boston. Other selections were based on authoritative sources, such as presidential writings and direct communication with presidents' families.

The music was conducted by Tony Mottola, who often worked with Ives, and arranged by Mottola and Dick Lieb. The historical introductions to the songs were written by Barbara Holdridge. Ives is both the narrator of the introductions and the performer of the songs.

Track listing

George Washington: "While Shepherds Watch'd Their Flocks by Night" – 2:55
John Adams: "Joy to the World" – 2:59
Thomas Jefferson & Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Adeste Fideles" – 3:04
Andrew Jackson: "Shout the Glad Tidings" – 2:53
Zachary Taylor: "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" – 2:42
Abraham Lincoln: "We Three Kings of Orient Are" – 3:55
Ulysses S. Grant: "O Little Town of Bethlehem" – 3:12
Theodore Roosevelt: "Christmas on the Sea" – 2:34
Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Art Thou Weary, Art Thou Laden" – 2:44
John F. Kennedy: "Silver Bells" – 4:05
Lyndon Johnson: "Silent Night" – 2:44
Richard Nixon: "The Little Drummer Boy" – 3:26

Sources

Burl Ives, Christmas at the White House, Caedmon TC 1415, educational edition, 1972, back of album cover.

References

Christmas at the White House at AllMusic

v t e Burl Ives
Albums	Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger (1941) The Wayfaring Stranger (1944) The Return of the Wayfaring Stranger (1949) Historical America in Song (1950) Christmas Day in the Morning (1952) Down to the Sea in Ships (1956) Burl Ives Sings... For Fun (1956) Australian Folk Songs (1958) Little White Duck (1959) The Versatile Burl Ives! (1961) Songs of the West (1961) It's Just My Funny Way of Laughin' (1962) Sing of Faith and Joy (1963) America's Musical Heritage (1963) Animal Folk (1963) Scouting Along (1964) Pearly Shells (1964) Chim Chim Cheree (1964) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) Have a Holly Jolly Christmas (1965) The Times They Are a-Changin' (1968) Christmas at the White House (1972) Christmas by the Bay (1977)
Singles	"Blue Tail Fly" "Foggy Dew" "The Wayfaring Stranger" "Lavender's Blue" "The Big Rock Candy Mountains" "Riders in the Sky" "On Top of Old Smoky" "The Wild Side of Life" "A Little Bitty Tear" "Funny Way of Laughin'" "Chim Chim Cher-ee" "A Holly Jolly Christmas"
Related	List of works by Burl Ives

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