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Jim Nabors 1. Go Tell It on the Mountain 2. Do You Hear What I Hear? The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings 3. Three Wise Men, Wise Men Three From his first appearances on The 4. O Holy Night Show , America fell in love with Jim Nabors’ 5. In A Humble Place portrayal of the sweetly bumbling gas station 6. O Come All Ye Faithful SELLING POINTS: attendant . But Gomer was just one 7. Jingle Bells part of Nabors’ persona. Nabors also possessed a 8. White Christmas • Jim Nabors Will Forever Be Famous for His Comic rich baritone that he used to great, and comic, 9. Christmas Eve in My Home Town Role as Gomer Pyle on and effect on both Andy Griffith and then his own 10. Sleigh Ride Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. immensely popular spin-off, Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. , 11. I'll Be Home For Christmas • But Nabors Had a Rich Baritone That He Flashed during its five-season run between 1964 and 12. Silent Night Holy Night Occasionally on TV, Which Led to Columbia’s Signing 1969. signed the actor-singer 13. The Lord’s Prayer Him as a Recording Artist in 1965, and after one album sung in Gomer’s 14. Ave Maria (1968 Version) southern drawl, the label let Nabors’ real voice 15. I Was King at Jesus’ Birth • The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings 16. (There’s No Place Like) Home Contains Both of the Christmas Albums Nabors soar. His resonant tones were, of course, perfect for the sound of . Now, for the Holidays Recorded for Columbia , 1967’s The Jim Nabors for the very first time, Jim Nabors’ complete Christmas recordings for Columbia 17. The Christmas Song Christmas Album and 1972’s Merry Christmas Records have been collected on one very special new release by Real Gone Music and 18. A Girl Named Noel • Both Albums Have Long Been Out of Print Second Disc Records. The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings brings together 19. The Little Drummer Boy • The Jim Nabors Christmas Album Was the Best- 1967’s The Jim Nabors Christmas Album with 1972’s Merry Christmas , both of which have 20. I’d Like You for Christmas Selling Holiday Release of 1969, Two Years After Its been long unavailable on compact disc. Produced by Jack Gold and arranged by Alan 21. Joy to the World Original Release, and Remained on the Christmas Copeland, Christmas Album featured Nabors on both secular and sacred carols, including a 22. Silver Bells Charts for Seven Years rousing “Go Tell It on the Mountain” and an inventive “Jingle Bells.” The Gold-selling album 23. O Little Town of Bethelehem was so popular that it was the best-selling holiday album of 1969, and remained on the 24. Have Yourself a Merry Little • Merry Christmas Teamed Nabors with Famed Christmas Producer Snuff Garrett and Featured the Much- Billboard Christmas chart for an astounding seven years! Merry Christmas teamed Nabors with producer Snuff Garrett (Cher, Vicki Lawrence) for a more contemporary set once 25. The First Noel Requested “A Girl Named Noel” again blending holiday spirituals and pop favorites including the much-requested “A Girl 26. Give Me Your Love for Christmas • The Collection Also Includes the Rare Single “I Was a Named Noel.” The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings 27. Ave Maria (1971 Version) King at Jesus’ Birth” and Adds More Three Seasonal also includes the CD premiere of the rare single “I Was a King at Selections Culled from Nabors’ Beloved Gospel Jesus’ Birth,” and adds three more seasonal selections culled Recordings from Nabors’ beloved gospel recordings including two • Remastered by Maria Triana at Sony’s Battery distinctive renditions of “Ave Maria” and his heartfelt recording Studios of “The Lord’s Prayer.” The Second Disc’s Joe Marchese has • Liner Notes by Joe Marchese of The Second Disc written the liner notes for this nostalgic, 79 minute-plus new • 27 Tracks, Over 79 Minutes release, which has been sparklingly remastered by Maria Triana at Sony’s Battery Studios. Jim Nabors’ timeless, joyful Christmas classics have never sounded so vivid… The

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• Top Ten Country and Pop Recording Artist, Sausage THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA CHRISTMAS RECORDINGS Salesman, James Bond Villain, Tonight Show Host— The title of the late Jimmy Dean’s SONGS: Jimmy Dean Was an All-American, Self-Made autobiography is 30 Years of Sausage, Renaissance Man 1. Blue Christmas 50 Years of Ham , but a more appropriate • Best Known Musically for His Hits “Big Bad John” and 2. Jingle Bells “P.T. 109,” Dean Also Scored a Big Smash with His summation of his life is etched on his 3. Silver Bells 1965 Holiday Release, Jimmy Dean’s Christmas Card , tombstone epitaph: “Here Lies One Hell 4. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Which Hit the Christmas Charts for Three Straight of a Man.” For Jimmy Dean really did do 5. My Christmas Room it all—Top Ten pop and country singer, 6. White Christmas Years 7. Yes, Patricia, There Is a Santa Claus • Includes the Classic Christmas Novelty Song, pure pork sausage purveyor, James 8. Medley: O Little Town of Bethlehem/ “Yes, Patricia, There Is a Santa Claus” Bond villain, Tonight Show host, even God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen/ • JImmy Dean’s Christmas Card—The Complete patron saint to puppeteer Jim Henson The First Noel/Joy to the World/ Columbia Christmas Recordings Also Includes Three (Henson got his break on Jimmy’s We Wish You a Merry Christmas 9. The Cowboy’s Prayer Rare, Non-LP Sides Featuring the Hit Single Version of 1963-1966 TV show). But without question one of the “Yes, Patricia” 10. It Came upon a Midnight Clear highlights in a life full of ‘em was Jimmy’s 1965 holiday release, Jimmy • Remastered by Maria Triana at Sony’s Battery Studios 11. Silent Night, Holy Night • Liner Notes by Joe Marchese Dean’s Christmas Card . Not only did the album hit #13 on the Christmas 12. Jimmy’s Christmas Card 13. Little Sandy Sleighfoot • Added Photos charts but it hit the charts for the next two years, and spawned a hit single, “Yes, Patricia, There Is a Santa Claus,” that remains one of the 14. When They Ring the Golden Bells 15. Yes Patricia There Is a Santa Claus great Christmas novelty tunes of all time. We’re serving up a fresh (Single Version) remastering (by Maria Triana at Battery Studios) of this Christmas STREET DATE: November 6, 2015 classic, and adding three non-LP sides (including the single version of LABEL: Real Gone Music “Yes, Patricia”) to comprise his complete Columbia Christmas

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