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{{Infobox album
| name       = Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits
| type       = Compilation
| artist     = [[Vince Guaraldi]]
| cover      = CBHolidayHits-cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|1998|09|08}} 
| recorded   = October 1964–December 1974, 1983, 1998
| venue      = 
| studio     = 
| genre      = 
*[[Jazz pop]]
*[[soundtrack]]
| length     = {{duration|m=37|s=07}}
| label      = [[Fantasy Records|Fantasy]]
| producer   = 
| prev_title = [[Greatest Hits (Vince Guaraldi album)|Greatest Hits]]
| prev_year  = 1980
| next_title = [[Jazz Casual: Paul Winter/Bola Sete and Vince Guaraldi]]
| next_year  = 2001
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic/>
| rev2 = ''[[All About Jazz]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name=alljazz>{{cite news |first = Douglas |last = Payne |title= ''Vince Guaraldi Trio: Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits'' |work= [[All About Jazz]] |date= October 1, 1998 |url = https://www.allaboutjazz.com/charlie-browns-holiday-hits-vince-guaraldi-fantasy-jazz-review-by-douglas-payne.php | access-date = 1 June 2020}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''Five Cents Please''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=Bang/>
}}

'''''Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits''''' is a compilation [[soundtrack album]] by jazz pianist [[Vince Guaraldi]] (credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio) released by [[Fantasy Records]] in 1998. The album was the first of several posthumous releases containing a mix of previously released material in addition to nine previously unavailable songs featured in [[prime-time]] [[animation|animated]] [[television specials]] based on the ''[[Peanuts]]'' [[comic strip]] by [[Charles M. Schulz]].<ref>[https://concord.com/artist/Vince-Guaraldi/ Vince Guaraldi at ''concord.com''. Retrieved 5 April 2020]</ref>

==Background==
Vince Guaraldi died of a sudden [[Vince Guaraldi#Death and impact|heart attack on February 6, 1976]], at age 47, having composed music scores for 16 ''Peanuts'' television specials and the feature film ''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown]].'' Despite the wealth of material Guaraldi recorded for these specials, only three album's worth of ''Peanuts'' songs were released during his lifetime: ''[[Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]'' (1964), ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas (soundtrack)|A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'' (1965) and ''[[Oh Good Grief!]]'' (1968).

After the 1996 tribute album ''[[Linus and Lucy: The Music of Vince Guaraldi]]'' by New Age pianist [[George Winston]] sparked renewed interest in Guaraldi's music, Fantasy Records assembled a compilation album in 1998, 22 years after Guaraldi's final ''Peanuts'' project (''[[It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown]]'' (1976)).<ref name=Bang>{{cite web |url= http://www.fivecentsplease.org/dpb/vincecd.html  |title= Vince Guaraldi on LP and CD: ''Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits'' |last= Bang |first=Derrick |website= fivecentsplease.org |publisher= Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire  |access-date= 2 April 2020 }}</ref>

''Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits'' contains a mix of previously released material featured on the Fantasy releases ''Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown'' and ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'' plus unreleased music cues from the latter as well as ''[[It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]]'' (1966), ''[[A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving]]'' (1973) and ''[[Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown]]'' (1975). Several music cues were sourced directly from the television audio tracks and were licensed for inclusion from Lee Mendelson Film Productions.<ref name=Bang/>

Fantasy also inadvertently included one non-Guaraldi track ("Joe Cool"), a composite of two music cues composed by [[Ed Bogas]] and [[Desirée Goyette]] for ''[[The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show]]'' ([[CBS]], 1983-85).<ref name=Bang/><ref name=allmusic>{{AllMusic | class= album | id= mw0000044277 | title= Review of ''Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits'' | first= Cub | last= Koda | accessdate= February 4, 2020}}</ref> The title bears no relation to the multiple renditions of "Joe Cool" composed by Guaraldi during his lifetime.<ref name=Bang/>

==Critical reception==
Guaraldi historian Derrick Bang commented that the newly released material "is a joy, although some of these cuts are a bit 'muddy', and they lack the polish and studio perfection of Fantasy's earlier releases; they have an unsweetened quality, and display the uneven volume, jump starts and slow fades that betray their probable origins from television audio tracks."<ref name=Bang/> ''[[AllMusic]]'' critic Cub Koda said the wealth of unreleased material was a "true goldmine" for fans.<ref name=allmusic/>

==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Vince Guaraldi]] except where noted. Proper titles appear with mistitled tracks in parentheses.<ref name=allmusic/><ref name=Bang/>

{{Track listing
| total_length   = 37:07{{ref|tv|[tv]}}
| all_writing    = 
| extra_column   = Original album

| title1 = Joe Cool{{ref|a|[a]}}{{ref|tv|[tv]}}
| note1 = 
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Ed Bogas]]|[[Desirée Goyette]]}}
| length1 = 2:07
| extra1 = 

| title2 = Air Music{{ref|b|[b]}}{{ref|tv|[tv]}}
| note2 = aka "Surfin' Snoopy"
| writer2 = 
| length2 = 1:11
| extra2 = 

| title3 = Heartburn Waltz{{ref|c|[c]}}{{ref|tv|[tv]}}
| note3 = 
| writer3 = 
| length3 = 2:38
| extra3 = 

| title4 = Track Meet{{ref|d|[d]}}{{ref|e|[e]}}
| note4 = 
| writer4 = 
| length4 = 2:40
| extra4 = 

| title5 = [[Camptown Races]]{{ref|d|[d]}}
| note5  = 
| writer5 = [[Stephen Foster]]; arranged by Vince Guaraldi
| length5 = 2:25
| extra5 = 

| title6 = Oh, Good Grief{{ref|f|[f]}}
| note6 = aka "Schroeder"
| writer6 = 
| length6 = 2:00
| extra6 = 

| title7 = Charlie Brown Theme
| note7 = 
| writer7 = {{hlist|Vince Guaraldi|Lee Mendelson}}
| length7 = 2:00
| extra7 = ''[[Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]'' (1964)

| title8 = Schroeder
| note8 = 
| writer8 = 
| length8 = 1:54
| extra8 = ''Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown''

| title9 = Charlie's Blues{{ref|g|[g]}}{{ref|tv|[tv]}}
| note9 = aka "Charlie Brown Blues/"Play It Again, Charlie Brown"
| writer9 = 
| length9 = 1:22
| extra9 = 

| title10 = Great Pumpkin Waltz{{ref|h|[h]}}{{ref|tv|[tv]}}
| note10 = 
| writer10 = 
| length10 = 2:29
| extra10 = 

| title11 = Thanksgiving Theme{{ref|g|[g]}}{{ref|i|[i]}}{{ref|tv|[tv]}}
| note11 =
| writer11 = 
| length11 = 2:02
| extra11 = 

| title12 = [[Linus and Lucy]]
| note12 =
| writer12 = 
| length12 = 3:07
| extra12 = ''Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown''<br>''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas (soundtrack)|A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'' (1965)

| title13 = [[Christmas Time Is Here]]
| note13 = vocal
| writer13 = {{hlist|Vince Guaraldi|Lee Mendelson}}
| length13 = 2:46
| extra13 = ''A Charlie Brown Christmas''

| title14 = [[Christmas Time Is Here]]
| note14 = instrumental
| writer14 = 
| length14 = 6:03
| extra14 = ''A Charlie Brown Christmas''
}}
'''Notes'''
<br><sup>{{note|a|[a]}}</sup> non-Guaraldi track; song is a composite of two untitled music cues composed by [[Ed Bogas]] and [[Desirée Goyette]] for ''[[The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show]]''<ref name=Bang/>
<br><sup>{{note|b|[b]}}</sup> sourced from television soundtrack of ''[[Charlie Brown's All Stars!]]'' (1966)
<br><sup>{{note|c|[c]}}</sup> sourced from television soundtrack of ''[[Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown]]'' (1975)<ref name=Bang/>
<br><sup>{{note|d|[d]}}</sup> recorded July 29, 1965<ref name=Bangtimeline65>{{Cite web | url= http://www.fivecentsplease.org/dpb/VinceGuaralditimeline.html#1965 | title = Vince Guaraldi Timeline: 1965 | last = Bang | first = Derrick |website= fivecentsplease.org | publisher= Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire |access-date= 9 August 2023}}</ref>
<br><sup>{{note|e|[e]}}</sup> re-recorded for ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'' as "Christmas Is Coming"<ref name=Bang/>
<br><sup>{{note|f|[f]}}</sup> vocal number sung by members of Glenn Mendelson's (son of [[Lee Mendelson]]) sixth-grade class; song is titled "Oh, Good Grief" but melody is taken from "Schroeder"<ref name=Bang/>
<br><sup>{{note|g|[g]}}</sup> sourced from television soundtrack of ''[[A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving]]'' (1973)<ref name=Bang/>
<br><sup>{{note|h|[h]}}</sup> composite edit of [[A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving#Soundtrack|versions 2 and 3]]
<br><sup>{{note|i|[i]}}</sup> sourced from television soundtrack of ''[[It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Music from the Soundtrack|It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]]'' (1966)<ref name=Bang/>
<br><sup>{{note|tv|[tv]}}</sup> ''Tracks 1−3 and 9−11 are sourced directly from their respective television soundtracks and appear in [[monaural|mono]].''<ref name=Bang/>

==Personnel==
*Vince Guaraldi – piano, electric keyboards
*[[Monty Budwig]] – [[double bass]] ("Charlie Brown Theme", "Great Pumpkin Waltz", "Linus and Lucy")
*Fred Marshall – double bass ("Christmas Time Is Here")
*Puzzy Firth – double bass ("Air Music")
*Seward McCain – [[electric bass]] ("Heartburn Waltz", "Charlie's Blues", "Thanksgiving Theme")
*[[Colin Bailey (drummer)|Colin Bailey]] – drums ("Charlie Brown Theme", "Great Pumpkin Waltz", "Linus and Lucy")
*[[Jerry Granelli]] – drums ("Christmas Time Is Here")
*[[Mike Clark (jazz musician)|Mike Clark]] – drums ("Thanksgiving Theme")
*[[Vince Lateano]] – drums ("Heartburn Waltz")
*[[Eddie Duran]] – guitar ("Air Music")
*John Gray – guitar ("Great Pumpkin Waltz")
*Tom Harrell – trumpet ("Thanksgiving Theme")
*[[Mannie Klein|Emanuel Klein]] – trumpet ("Great Pumpkin Waltz")
*Chuck Bennett – trombone ("Thanksgiving Theme")
*[[Ronnie Lang]] – woodwinds ("Great Pumpkin Waltz")
*Bill Fitch – congas ("Camptown Races")
*Benny Velarde – timbales ("Camptown Races")<ref name=Bang/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs master |master = 157840 |name = Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits |type = album}}

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