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The Gospel & Christmas Recordings of Elvis Presley

This is an incomplete list in that it avoids most of the unnecessary repackagings of Elvis’ gospel and Christmas recordings. During his lifetime, Elvis recorded three proper gospel albums and two Christmas albums. In addition to those five albums, you’ll see two collections (If Every Day Was Like Christmas and Amazing Grace that pull together the Christmas and gospel recordings respectively, each fleshed out with bonus tracks as well. Check out the separate links at the bottom of this page for other Elvis’ albums.
  1. Elvis’ Christmas Album (Christmas - 1957)
  2. His Hand in Mine (gospel - 1960)
  3. How Great Thou Art (gospel - 1967)
  4. The Wonderful World of Christmas (Christmas - 1971)
  5. He Touched Me (gospel - 1972)
  6. If Every Day Was Like Christmas (Christmas collection – 1994)
  7. Amazing Grace (gospel collection - 1994)
  
    How Great Thou Art - released 3/67
 

4.5 (average of 9 ratings)

Sales: 1 million (US)

Peak: 18 (US), 11 (UK)

Album Tracks:
  1. How Great Thou Art
  2. In the Garden
  3. Somebody Bigger Than You and I
  4. Farther Along
  5. Stand by Me
  6. Without Him
  7. So High
  8. Where Could I Go but to the Lord
  9. By and By
  10. If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side
  11. Run On (Presley/Traditional) [2:22]
  12. Where No One Stands Alone
  13. Crying in the Chapel
  14. Peace in the Valley *
Total Running Time: ?

Notes:
* Track 14 is a bonus track. The 1994 Amazing Grace collection features Elvis’ gospel albums His Hand in Mine, How Great Thou Art, and He Touched Me.
  
    The Wonderful World of Christmas - released 7/9/71
 

3.7 (average of 8 ratings)

Sales: 3 million (US)

Peak: -- (US), 7 (UK)

Album Tracks:
  1. O Come All Ye Faithful [2:49]
  2. The First Noel [2:11]
  3. On a Snowy Christmas Night [2:50]
  4. Winter Wonderland [2:20]
  5. The Wonderful World of Christmas [1:59]
  6. It Won’t Seem Like Christmas without You [2:43]
  7. If I Get Home on Christmas Day [3:50]
  8. I’ll Be Home on Christmas Day [2:54]
  9. Holly Leaves and Christmas Trees [2:14]
  10. Merry Christmas, Baby [7:20]
  11. Silver Bells [2:30]
  12. Blue Christmas [2:34]
Total Running Time: ?

Notes:
The 1994 release If Every Day Was Like Christmas features all the cuts from Elvis’ Christmas Album and the 1971 album The Wonderful World of Christmas as well as the 1966 title cut.
  
    He Touched Me - released 4/72
 

4.0 (average of 9 ratings)

Sales: 1 million (US)

Peak: 79 (US), 38 (UK)

Album Tracks:
  1. He Touched Me [2:37]
  2. I've Got Confidence [2:19]
  3. Amazing Grace [3:32]
  4. Seeing Is Believing
  5. He Is My Everything [2:39]
  6. Bosom of Abraham [1:34]
  7. An Evening Prayer [1:53]
  8. Lead Me, Guide Me [2:39]
  9. There Is No God but God [2:18]
  10. A Thing Called Love [2:23]
  11. I, John [2:14]
  12. Reach Out to Jesus [3:13]
Total Running Time: ?

Notes:
The 1994 Amazing Grace collection features Elvis’ gospel albums His Hand in Mine, How Great Thou Art, and He Touched Me.
  
    If Every Day Was Like Christmas - released 9/1/94, covers 1957-71
 

4.500 (average of 2 ratings)

Sales: 1 million (US)

Peak: 94 (US), -- (UK)

Album Tracks: 1. If Every Day Was Like Christmas 2. Blue Christmas 1,2 3. Here Comes Santa Claus 1 4. White Christmas 1 5. Santa, Bring My Baby Back to Me 1 6. I'll Be Home for Christmas 1 7. O Little Town of Bethlehem 1 8. Santa Claus Is Back in Town 1 9. It Won’t Seem Like Christmas without You 2 10. If I Get Home on Christmas Day 2 11. Holly Leaves and Christmas Trees 2 12. Merry Christmas, Baby 2 13. Silver Bells 2 14. I’ll Be Home on Christmas Day (alternate take) 15. On a Snowy Christmas Night 2 16. Winter Wonderland 2 17. The Wonderful World of Christmas 2 18. O Come All Ye Faithful 2 19. The First Noel 2 20. It Won’t Seem Like Christmas without You 21. Silver Bells (alternate take) 22. Holly Leaves and Christmas Trees (alternate take) 23. I’ll Be Home on Christmas Day 2 24. Christmas Message from Elvis/Silent Night 1 Total Running Time: ?

Notes:
This single CD collection gathers all Elvis’ Christmas material from Elvis’ Christmas Album 1 (except for the gospel tracks “There’ll Be Peace in the Valley for Me,” “I Believe,” “Take My Hand, Precious Lord,” and “It Is No Secret What God Can Do”, which are on the Amazing Grace collection) and The Wonderful World of Christmas 2.

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    Amazing Grace - released 9/27/94, covers 1960-74
 

4.456 (average of 9 ratings)

Sales: -- (US)

Peak: -- (US), -- (UK)

Album Tracks, Disc 1: 1. I Believe 2. There’ll Be Peace in the Valley for Me 2* 3. Take My Hand, Precious Lord 4. It Is No Secret What God Can Do 1 5. Milky White Way 1 6. His Hand in Mine 1 7. I Believe in the Man in the Sky 1 8. He Knows Just What I Need 1 9. Mansion Over the Hilltop 1 10. In My Father's House 1 11. Joshua Fit the Battle 1 12. Swing Down Sweet Chariot 1 13. I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs 1 14. If We Never Meet Again 1 15. Known Only to Him 1 16. Working on the Building 1 17. Crying in the Chapel 2 18. Run On 2 19. How Great Thou Art 2 20. Stand by Me 2 21. Where No One Stands Alone 2 22. So High 2 23. Farther Along 2 24. By and By 2 25. In the Garden 2 26. Somebody Bigger Than You and I 2 27. Without Him 2 28. If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side 2 29. Where Could I Go but to the Lord 2

Album Tracks, Disc 2: 1. We Call on Him 2. You’ll Never Walk Alone 1* 3. Only Believe 4. Amazing Grace 3 5. Miracle of the Rosary 6. Lead Me, Guide Me 3 7. He Touched Me 3 8. I've Got Confidence 3 9. An Evening Prayer 3 10. Seeing Is Believing 3 11. A Thing Called Love 3 12. Put Your Hand in the Hand 13. Reach Out to Jesus 3 14. He Is My Everything 3 15. There Is No God but God 3 16. I, John 3 17. Bosom of Abraham 3 18. Help Me 19. If That Isn’t Love 20. Why Me Lord (live) 21. How Great Thou Art (live) 22. I, John (alternate version) 23. Bosom of Abraham (alternate version) 24. You Better Run (previously unreleased) 25. Lead Me, Guide Me 26. Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus/Never My God to Thee (previously unreleased) Total Running Time: ?


Notes:
This collection features all three of Elvis’ gospel albums His Hand in Mine 1 (except for bonus track “Who Am I,” which is on From Nashville to Memphis: The ‘60s Masters), How Great Thou Art 2, and He Touched Me 3 plus bonus tracks.

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Anthologies (greatest hits, box sets, etc.)

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Studio and Soundtrack Recordings

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Last updated April 11, 2008.