Carver YMCA Choir & George E. Gullen, Jr.
Credited on the record as Carver YMCA Choir, Charles Higgins, Director; Greeting by George E. Gullen, Jr..
We Wish You a Merry Christmas / Silent Night (With Message by G. E. Gullen)
National Council of YMCA's OMX-2-67 · New York, New York
- Artist
- Carver YMCA Choir & George E. Gullen, Jr.
- Credited on the record as
- Carver YMCA Choir, Charles Higgins, Director; Greeting by George E. Gullen, Jr.
- Title
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas / Silent Night (With Message by G. E. Gullen)
- Release
- Operation Merry Christmas: Christmas Greetings to America's Fighting Forces
- Label
- National Council of YMCA's # OMX-2-67
- Format
- 7" · EP
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Traditional
- Genre
- Western Classical Music · Choral · Christmas Music
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Christmas Songs
- Christmas, YMCA - Greetings to armed forces - PSAs with music, Vietnam-era
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
YMCA's of the United States, in cooperation with the broadcasting industry, presents "Operation Merry Christmas": Christmas Greetings to America's Fighting Forces. National Council of YMCA's, 291 Broadway, New York, OMX-2-67, 33⅓ rpm 7" radio disc ("All music cleared"). Carols sung by the Carver YMCA Choir, Charles Higgins, director; greeting by George E. Gullen, Jr., President, National Council of YMCA's. Cut 1 (90 sec.): "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and "Silent Night", with message by G. E. Gullen; Cut 2 (60 sec.): "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"; Cut 3 (60 sec.): "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and "Silent Night"; Cut 4 (44 sec.): message by George E. Gullen, Jr. Vietnam-era public service disc for radio stations; the war is not named on the label. No year is printed (the catalogue number ends -67). [From the record label]