Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires & Millie Kirkham
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Featuring The Jordanaires and Mille Kirkham on background vocals, “Blue Christmas” is probably Elvis' most iconic Christmas recording. Originally recorded in 1957, but only released as a single in 1964, the song is now a staple of the holiday radio format.
However, it would not have been recorded i...
[Verse 1]
I'll have a blue Christmas without you
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
I'll be so blue just thinking about you
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree
(Ahh, ahh)
Won't be the same, dear, if you're not here with me
(Ooh)
[Verse 2]
And when those blue snowflakes start fallin'
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
That's when those blue memories start callin'
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
You'll be doin' alright with your Christmas of white
(Ahh, ahh)
But I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas
[Bridge]
(Ooh, ah ooh)
(Ooh, ah ooh)
[Outro]
You'll be doin' alright with your Christmas of white
(Ahh, ahh)
But I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Blue Christmas was written by Jay W. Johnson & Billy Hayes.
Elvis Presley released Blue Christmas on Tue Oct 15 1957.
On January 1, 2019, Billboard reported that Elvis Presley appears in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40 for the first time since 1981, as his classic carol “Blue Christmas” debuted at last, at No. 40 on the chart dated Jan. 5, 2019.
During the tracking week ending January 6, 2024, the song reached a ne...