Jackson 5 Christmas Album was the only holiday

Holiday

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 album released by Motown family quintet The Jackson 5

The Jackson 5

The Jackson 5 , later known as The Jacksons, were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana...

. Released in October 1970, the album showcased the brothers' harmonies and vocals. Lead singer Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

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 is prominently featured on the album tracks. Included on the Christmas Album is the Jackson 5's hit single version of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" is a Christmas song. It was written by John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie, and was first sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934....

". Rendered with a pop-soul feel, the Jackson 5's versions of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" is an American Christmas song with music and lyrics by Tommie Connor.The original recording by Jimmy Boyd on 15 July 1952 when he was 13 reached #1 on the Billboard charts in December 1952, and on the Cash Box chart at the beginning of the following year...

" and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" remain frequent radio requests during the holiday season. The album spent all four weeks at the number one position on Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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magazine's special Christmas Albums chart that the magazine published in December 1970, making it the best-selling holiday album of that year. It has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide.

In 2003, Universal Motown re-released the album with "Little Christmas Tree" (from A Motown Christmas

A Motown Christmas

A Motown Christmas is a Christmas music compilation album, originally released as a 2-LP set by Motown Records in 1973. It contains various seasonal singles and album tracks recorded by some of the label's artists from the 1960s and early 1970s....

).

In 2009, this configuration was released as Ultimate Christmas Collection with Christmas messages, remixes, and a Christmas medley, and again as Merry Christmas Jackson 5.

Jackson 5 in 1970

The release of Jackson 5 Christmas Album in October 1970 marked the end of a successful year for the band. Three albums were released by the group, with ABC

ABC (album)

-Recording Sessions:August 1969 - March 1970Other tracks from ABC recording sessionsI Was Made To Love HerI Hear A SymphonyYou Ain't Giving Me What I Want We Can Have FunHoney Chile...

in May and Third Album

Third Album

Third Album was an album released by The Jackson 5 on Motown Records, and the group's second LP released in 1970. Third Album featured the group's fourth consecutive number-one single on the US pop charts, "I'll Be There", the Top 5 single, "Mama's Pearl", and album tracks such as the...

in September. Motown would have the Jacksons recreate a similar feat the following year, with Maybe Tomorrow

Maybe Tomorrow (The Jackson 5 album)

Maybe Tomorrow was the fourth regular studio album released by The Jackson 5 in 1971. Released after the success of the hit ballad "I'll Be There", most of the tracks on the album are ballads, with few dance numbers. Maybe Tomorrow includes the hit singles "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Maybe Tomorrow"...

hitting record stores in April, the Goin' Back to Indiana

Goin' Back to Indiana

Goin' Back to Indiana was a live/soundtrack album by The Jackson 5 for Motown Records, taken from their September 16, 1971 ABC TV special of the same name....

soundtrack in September, and a greatest hits

Greatest Hits (The Jackson 5 album)

Greatest Hits was the first greatest hits compilation for The Jackson 5 released by Motown Records in late 1971, and selling over 5.6 million copies worldwide...

 collection in December. In addition, Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

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's solo debut single "Got to Be There

Got to Be There (song)

"Got to Be There" is a 1971 single released by Michael Jackson on the Motown label. It was the singer's first solo single following his successful tenure as the lead singer of The Jackson 5. Jackson's solo career began in earnest after its success. The single, written by Elliot Willensky and...

", also hit the music stands in October, with the complete album of the same name coming out in January 1972.

Track listing

1. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
   Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
   "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics, which has become more common than the original. The song was written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane...
   
   " (Blane/Martin) – 5:19
2. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
   Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
   "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" is a Christmas song. It was written by John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie, and was first sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934....
   
   " (Coots/Gillespie) – 2:24
3. "The Christmas Song
   The Christmas Song
   "The Christmas Song" is a classic Christmas song written in 1944 by musician, composer, and vocalist Mel Tormé and Bob Wells. According to Tormé, the song was written during a blistering hot summer...
   
   " (Torme/Wells) – 2:45
4. "Up on the Housetop" (Hanby) – 3:16
5. "Frosty the Snowman
   Frosty the Snowman
   "Frosty the Snowman" is a popular song written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson, and first recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950. It was written after the success of Autry's recording of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" the previous year; Rollins and Nelson shipped the...
   
   " (Nelson/Rollins) – 2:39
6. "The Little Drummer Boy" (Davis/Onorati/Simeone) – 3:15
7. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
   Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
   Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer is a fictional reindeer with a glowing red nose. He is popularly known as "Santa's 9th Reindeer" and, when depicted, is the lead reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. The luminosity of his nose is so great that it illuminates the team's path through...
   
   " (Marks) – 2:32
8. "Christmas Won't Be the Same This Year" (Sawyer/Ware) – 2:31
9. "Give Love on Christmas Day
   Give Love on Christmas Day
   "Give Love on Christmas Day" is a Christmas song first recorded by Motown Records' family quintet The Jackson 5. Written by the label's songwriting-producing team, The Corporation , the song was recorded for the Jackson brothers' 1970 seasonal album, entitled The Jackson 5 Christmas Album...
   
   " (Gordy/Mizell/Perren/Richards) – 2:44
10. "Someday at Christmas
    Someday at Christmas
    Someday at Christmas is a Christmas album by Stevie Wonder, released in 1967 under Motown Records. It was his eighth studio album release. It would also be re-released in 1978 with different cover art and different Catalog number...
    
    " (Miller/Wells) – 2:44
11. "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
    I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
    "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" is an American Christmas song with music and lyrics by Tommie Connor.The original recording by Jimmy Boyd on 15 July 1952 when he was 13 reached #1 on the Billboard charts in December 1952, and on the Cash Box chart at the beginning of the following year...
    
    " (Connors) – 3:01

2003 remaster

12. "Little Christmas Tree" (Clinton/Wayne

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) (Recorded September - November 1972, released 1973). - 3:37

2009 Ultimate Christmas Collection bonus tracks

12. "Season's Greetings from Michael Jackson" - 0:09

13. "Little Christmas Tree" - 3:37

14. "Season's Greetings from Tito" - 0:06

15. "Up On The Housetop" (DJ Spinna Re-Edit) - 5:00

16. "Season's Greetings from Jackie Jackson" - 0:07

17. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Stripped Mix) - 3:04

18. "Season's Greetings from Jermaine Jackson" - 0:07

19. "Someday At Christmas" (Stripped Mix) - 2:44

20. "Give Love On Christmas Day" (Group A Cappella Version) - 3:37

21. "J5 Christmas Medley" - 3:51