Merry Christmas (The Supremes Album)

Merry Christmas (The Supremes Album)

Merry Christmas is a Christmas album recorded by Motown girl group The Supremes, and released on Motown Records in November 1965 (see 1965 in music). The LP, produced by Harvey Fuqua, includes recordings of familiar Christmas songs such as "White Christmas", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", and "Joy to the World". Two originals, "Children's Christmas Song" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me", were issued as the sides of a late 1965 Supremes holiday single.

Merry Christmas, issued by Motown the same day as the live recording The Supremes at the Copa, was the only holiday album released by the Supremes. They charted 4 albums in 1965 with one hitting the Top 10 of the Billboard Top 200 album chart and this hitting the Top 10 of the Billboard Holiday Album Chart. (It also made the Cashbox Top 10). And this is the only Supremes' album where neither Mary Wilson or Florence Ballard appear. The Adantes back Ross up as it is stated in the newly released singles collection of 2011. Wilson and Ballard only appear in the songs later released in 1999. It was reissued in 1999 with four bonus tracks, including a cover of "Just a Lonely Christmas" (originally recorded by Harvey Fuqua's group The Moonglows), and a Florence Ballard-led version of "Silent Night". This expanded version of the album was re-released in 2003 as 20th Century Masters - The Best of the Supremes: The Christmas Collection.