Charlie Brown Christmas - Christmastime is here \r<br>\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>Charlie Brown -- Can anyone tell me what Chritmas is all about?\r<br>\r<br>Linus -- I can tell you what Christmas is all about.\r<br>\r<br>A Charlie Brown Christmas is a 1965 studio album by American composer/conductor Vince Guaraldi (later credited to the jazz group the Vince Guaraldi Trio). The album was released in December 1965 in the United States by Fantasy Records. It is the soundtrack to the CBS Christmas television special of the same name. Guaraldi was contacted by television producer Lee Mendelson several years prior to compose music for a documentary on the comic strip Peanuts and its creator, Charles M. Schulz. Although the special went unaired, these selections were released in 1964 as Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown. Coca-Cola commissioned a Christmas special based on Peanuts in 1965 and Guaraldi returned to score the special.\r<br>\r<br>Christmas Time Is Here is a popular Christmas song written by Lee Mendelson and Vince Guaraldi for the 1965 TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas, one of the very first animated Christmas specials produced for network TV in the United States. Since the song became a hit, two versions were included on the album A Charlie Brown Christmas: an instrumental version by the Vince Guaraldi Trio and a vocal version as sung by the choir of St. Pauls Episcopal Church in San Rafael, California.\r<br>\r<br>Many versions of the song have been recorded throughout years. It is featured on many Christmas albums including:\r<br>\r<br>Melissa Manchester on her album Joy\r<br>Diana Krall on her album Christmas Songs\r<br>Dianne Reeves on her album Christmas Time Is Here\r<br>Joe on his album Home Is the Essence of Christmas\r<br>Sarah McLachlan featuring Diana Krall on her album Wintersong\r<br>Mel Tormé on his album Christmas Songs\r<br>Toni Braxton on her album Snow-Flakes\r<br>Shawn Colvin on her album Holiday Songs and Lullabies\r<br>Silje Nergaard on her album If I Could Wrap Up a Kiss\r<br>Family Force 5 on their album Family Force 5 Christmas Pageant\r<br>MercyMe on their album The Christmas Sessions\r<br>Nancy Wilson on her album A Nancy Wilson Christmas\r<br>Anita Baker on her album Christmas Fantasy\r<br>Will Downing on his album Christmas, Love and You\r<br>A Fine Frenzy on her album Oh Blue Christmas\r<br>Chicago on their album Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album\r<br>Kenny Loggins on his album December\r<br>Take 6 featuring Shelea Frazier on their album The Most Wonderful Time of the Year\r<br>Tony Bennett on his album A Swingin Christmas (Featuring The Count Basie Big Band)\r<br>Al Jarreau on his album Christmas\r<br>John Travolta and Olivia Newton John on their album This Christmas\r<br>Mariah Carey on her album Merry Christmas II You (in a medley with Linus and Lucy under the title Charlie Brown Christmas)\r<br>Steve Vai on his album Merry Axemas\r<br>Rosie Thomas on her album A Very Rosie Christmas\r<br>Elize Ryd and Tony Kakko on the album Raskasta Joulua\r<br>Fourplay on their album Snowbound\r<br>Mark Kozelek on his album Sings Christmas Carols\r<br>John Zorn on his album A Dreamers Christmas\r<br>Le Ann Rimes on her album Today Is Christmas\r<br>Jars of Clay on their album Christmas Songs
