Season's Greetings From The Mcguire Sisters

One of the most popular vocal groups of the '50s releases a Christmas album at the peak of their popularity... and it never comes out on CD? Well, that's a headscratcher... one that calls for our resident Real Gone Christmas elves to "comb" through the vaults and set straight! Inspired by The Andrews Sisters and The Dinning Sisters, The McGuire Sisters were the most popular female vocal group of their era, having risen rapidly through the ranks thanks in part to a big break given them by Arthur Godfrey on his Talent Scouts show. Christine, Dottie, and Phyllis McGuire signed with Coral Records in 1952, and it was at Coral that they scored all their big hits, including "Sincerely" and Sugartime." The hits continued onGreetings from the McGuire Sisters, their 1958 Christmas record for Coral, which featured the two-sided smash "He" b/w "If You Believe" along with such charming fare as the children's song "Cactus Christmas Tree." But we didn't stop there on this reissue! We found three bonus tracks from long out-of-print albums to append to the original album to make this The Complete Coral Christmas Recordings: "Be a Santa" comes from the album The McGuire Sisters Sing "Subways Are for Sleeping," "Peace" is from May You Always, and "Ave Maria" comes from In Harmony with Him. Tom Pickles produces and annotates our release. The term "long overdue" doesn't quite capture just how long and how ardently folks have been waiting for this one... it's a Christmas classic!