Artists & Albums: L
This index presents a selected discography of the best and/or most important Christmas albums, organized by artist name. (Note there's a separate section for various artists albums.) Whenever possible, the listings are accompanied by links to the album art; to a place to buy the album (usually Amazon); and to my review of the album. Admittedly, the list skews heavily towards my preference for all things that rock, roll, swing, and twang. But, nothing's perfect - especially me and my crazy list. Please send additions, submissions, corrections, criticisms, and suggestions via email.
| Artist | Title | Date | Image | Buy | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaBelle, Patti | This Christmas | 1990 | image | buy | review |
| LaBelle, Patti | This Christmas - same as above with new cover |
1996 | image | buy | review |
| LaBelle, Patti | 20th Century Masters: Christmas Collection - same as above with new cover & title |
2003 | image | buy | review |
| LaBelle, Patti | Miss Patti's Christmas | 2007 | image | buy | review |
| LaBelle, Patti | Home For The Holidays - with "friends" Jamar Jones, Ruben Studdard, Tamela Mann, and Vivian Green |
2017 | image | buy | review |
| LaBelle, Patti & The Bluebelles | Sleigh Bells, Jingle Bells & Bluebelles - original Newtown LP; reissued on CD by Relic (1994) |
1963 | image | buy | review |
| LaBelle, Patti & The Bluebelles | Christmas Classics - CD reissue of "Sleigh Bells" with new cover & title |
1998 | image | buy | review |
| LaBelle, Patti & The Bluebelles | Sleigh Bells, Jingle Bells & Bluebelles - Brookside reissue new cover; originally issued as digital-only, reissued as CD-R in 2011 |
2007 | image | buy | review |
| LaBelle, Patti & The Bluebelles | Christmas At Miss Patti's - misleading repackaging of the Bluebelles’ 1963 record as a Patti LaBelle solo album... |
2008 | image | buy | review |
| LaBelle, Patti & The Bluebelles | Christmas Favorites - digital reissue again presented as LaBelle solo album; reissued on compact disc in 2021 with amended artwork and the group's name added back... |
2020 | image | buy | review |
| Ladders | Christmas Ain't for the Working Poor (EP) | 1995 | image | buy | |
| Lady Antebellum | A Merry Little Christmas | 2010 | image | buy | |
| Lady Antebellum | On This Winter's Night - expansion of above EP |
2012 | image | buy | |
| Lady Antebellum | On This Winter's Night (Deluxe) - same as above with four new tracks; released under their new, less-racist name, Lady A |
2020 | image | buy | |
| Lanegan, Mark | Dark Mark Does Christmas - former Screaming Trees singer; first released in 2012 as an EP and sold at shows; expanded to album and released to the general public in 2020 |
2020 | image | buy | |
| Lanegan, Mark | Dark Mark Does Christmas - same as above with amended cover |
2024 | image | buy | |
| Lanin, Lester | Christmas Dance Party - Epic LP reissued by Sony on compact disc in 1997 and digital download in 2023 |
1959 | image | buy | |
| Lanza, Mario | Mario Lanza Sings Christmas Songs - 10-inch, 8-song RCA LP, as well as 45- and 78-rpm album |
1951 | image | buy | |
| Lanza, Mario | Lanza Sings Christmas Carols - expanded 15-song, 12-inch LP of above with new cover; 1998 CD reissue of this title is the 1959 the stereo version; for original 1956 mono version see Christmas With Mario Lanza (1990) |
1956 | image | buy | |
| Lanza, Mario | Four Favorite Christmas Carols (EP) - 7-inch EP excerpted from above |
1956 | image | buy | |
| Lanza, Mario | Lanza Sings Christmas Carols - newly recorded 14-song "living stereo" RCA LP with new cover |
1959 | image | buy | |
| Lanza, Mario | Christmas Hymns And Carols - 14-song RCA Camden LP reissue of "Sings Christmas Carols" (probably 1956 mono version) with new cover and slightly different track listing |
1963 | image | buy | |
| Lanza, Mario | Christmas Hymns And Carols - Camden LP reissue of above with new cover; ultimately, this LP was released by Camden (and later Pickwick) with at least four different covers (I stopped counting), all with the same catalog number... |
1967 | image | buy | |
| Lanza, Mario | Christmas Hymns And Carols - Camden CD reissue of above with yet another cover |
1992 | image | buy | |
| Lanza, Mario | Christmas Hymns And Carols - Collectables reissue of above as part of a 2-for-1 CD in tandem with "You Do Something to Me" (1958) |
1998 | image | buy | |
| Lanza, Mario | Christmas With Mario Lanza - RCA CD reissue of 1956 mono version of "Lanza Sings Christmas Carols" plus five bonus tracks |
1990 | image | buy | |
| Lanza, Mario | Christmas Songs - 12-track imported budget collection including three non-seasonal songs |
2004 | image | buy | |
| Last Train Home | Holiday Limited | 2000 | image | buy | |
| Lauper, Cyndi | Merry Christmas... Have A Nice Life! | 1998 | image | buy | |
| Lauper, Cyndi | Merry Christmas... Have A Nice Life! - same as above, remastered & repackaged |
2004 | image | buy | |
| Lauper, Cyndi | Feels Like Christmas - budget version of above with new cover & title, minus three songs |
2001 | image | buy | |
| Lavin, Christine | Runaway Christmas Tree | 2003 | image | buy | |
| Lawrence, Steve, and Eydie Gormé | That Holiday Feeling - Columbia LP reissued several times, most notably by Real Gone Music on CD in 2022 with numerous bonus tracks, then on green vinyl in 2023 |
1964 | image | buy | |
| Lawrence, Steve, and Eydie Gormé | Happy Holiday - abridged Harmony reissue of above, minus three tracks, with modified cover art |
1972 | image | buy | |
| Lawrence, Tracy | All Wrapped In Christmas - initially sold exclusively at Wal-Mart; released worldwide in 2008 |
2007 | image | buy | |
| Layaways | Christmas (EP) | 2006 | image | buy | |
| Layaways | Maybe Next Year: A Holiday Collection - includes all three songs from above |
2009 | image | buy | |
| Layne, Lisa | All I Want for Christmas Is You - former "Vickie Valienette" sang lead vocal on widely acclaimed original 1989 version of title song by Vince Vance & The Valients |
2006 | image | buy | |
| Leary, Denis | Merry F#%$in' Christmas | 2004 | image | buy | |
| Leavell, Chuck | What's In That Bag? | 1998 | image | buy | |
| Ledisi | It's Christmas | 2008 | image | buy | |
| Lee, Brenda | Merry Christmas From Brenda Lee - original Decca album including 1958 single "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" |
1964 | image | buy | review |
| Lee, Brenda | A Brenda Lee Christmas - original Warner Brothers album |
1991 | image | buy | review |
| Lee, Brenda | Merry Christmas From Brenda Lee - budget reissue of Decca album with new cover art, minus two tracks |
1993 | image | buy | review |
| Lee, Brenda | Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree: The Decca Christmas Recordings - recorded 1958-1965 |
1999 | image | buy | review |
| Lee, Brenda | 20th Century Masters: Christmas Collection - same as above with new cover & title |
2003 | image | buy | review |
| Lee, Brenda | A Rockin' Christmas with Brenda Lee - same as above on pink vinyl with new title and artwork |
2024 | image | buy | review |
| Lee, Byron & The Dragonaires | Christmas In Jamaica - budget reissue of "Christmas Party Time" (1966) with new title and cover |
2006 | image | buy | |
| Lee, Byron & The Dragonaires | Christmas Party Time In The Tropics - includes the complete albums "Christmas Party Time" (1966) and "Christmas In The Tropics" (1973) plus 1989 single; cover art taken from former album |
2008 | image | buy | |
| Lee, Johnny | Santa Claus Is Lookin' For Love | 2004 | image | buy | |
| Lee, Johnny | Santa Claus Is Lookin' For Love - same as above with new cover art |
2021 | image | buy | |
| Lee, Peggy | Christmas Carousel - 1990 CD reissue with bonus tracks; 2010 digital edition omits extra material |
1960 | image | buy | |
| Lee, Peggy | Happy Holiday - three new songs plus selection of tracks from above; all new cover art |
1965 | image | buy | |
| Lee, Peggy | Christmas (US) - 10 songs taken from both of the above |
2000 | image | buy | |
| Lee, Peggy | Christmas (UK) - same track listing as 'Carousel' CD |
2000 | image | buy | |
| Lee, Peggy | Christmas With Peggy Lee - 16 songs from variety of sources 1949-1965 |
2006 | image | buy | |
| Lee, Peggy | Merry Christmas From Peggy Lee - five-track digital EP from the Capitol vaults |
2009 | image | buy | |
| Lee, Peggy | 10 Great Christmas Songs - Capitol budget compilation |
2012 | image | buy | |
| Lee, Peggy | Icon: Christmas - 11 track Universal compilation of Capitol recordings |
2014 | image | buy | |
| Lee, Peggy | Ultimate Christmas - 22-track CD that almost (but not quite) compiles every holiday song she ever recorded |
2020 | image | buy | |
| Lee, Shawn | Very Ping Pong Christmas: Funky Treats From Santas | 2007 | image | buy | |
| Leedy, Douglas | A Very Merry Electric Christmas To You! - subtitled "Traditional Christmas Favorites specially arranged for Moog and Buchla" |
1969 | image | buy | |
| Leevees | Hanukkah Rocks | 2005 | image | buy | |
| Legend, John | NBC Sounds Of The Season: The John Legend Collection - initially sold exclusively at Target stores |
2006 | image | buy | |
| Legend, John | A Legendary Christmas - Target exclusive edition features two bonus tracks |
2018 | image | buy | |
| Legend, John | A Legendary Christmas: Deluxe Edition - features four bonus tracks |
2019 | image | buy | |
| Legrand, Michel | Noel! Noel!! Noel!!! - arranged and conducted by Legrand with guest vocalists including (believe it or not) Iggy Pop |
2011 | image | buy | |
| Lennon Sisters | Christmas With the Lennon Sisters - Dot LP reissued on CD by Ranwood (1989) |
1960 | image | buy | |
| Lennon Sisters | Noel - Mercury LP reissued on CD by Ranwood (1996) |
1968 | image | buy | |
| Lennon Sisters | Ultimate Christmas Collection - 25 track career-spanning collection including songs from their 1969 television series and 1978 Christmas TV special |
2020 | image | buy | |
| Lennox, Annie | A Christmas Cornucopia | 2010 | image | buy | |
| Lennox, Annie | A Christmas Cornucopia: 10th Anniversary Edition - redesigned cover art and one extra track; digital and vinyl listed separately |
2020 | image | buy | |
| Les Troublemakers | Christmas Sessions (EP) | 2010 | image | buy | |
| Lettermen | For Christmas This Year | 1966 | image | buy | |
| Lettermen | For Christmas This Year - 70's reissue of above with new cover |
1966 | image | buy | |
| Lettermen | Christmas With The Lettermen | 1995 | image | buy | |
| Letters To Cleo | OK Christmas (EP) | 2019 | image | buy | |
| Lewis, Annie Marie | A Rock 'n' Roll Christmas In The USA - with rockabilly guitarist Danny B. Harvey; Annie Marie is Linda Gail Lewis's daughter, Jerry Lee Lewis' niece, and Mickey Gilley's and Jimmy Swaggart's cousin |
2014 | image | buy | |
| Lewis, Leona | Christmas, With Love - former X Factor contestant; 2021 vinyl reissue includes two new tracks |
2013 | image | buy | |
| Lewis, Ramsey | Sound Of Christmas - Argo LP 687; reissued on CD numerous times, most notably by Verve in 2004 |
1961 | image | buy | |
| Lewis, Ramsey | Sound Of Christmas - Chess LP 9716 reissue of above with new cover |
1982 | image | buy | |
| Lewis, Ramsey | More Sounds Of Christmas - Argo LP 745 (group portrait cover); reissued on CD by Verve in 2019 |
1964 | image | buy | |
| Lewis, Ramsey | More Sounds Of Christmas - Cadet LP 745 (generic design cover) |
1964 | image | buy | |
| Lewis, Ramsey | Sound Of Christmas - rare Japanese CD containing both 1961 and 1964 albums; front cover uses title of first album, but picture and graphic design of second |
1998 | image | buy | |
| Lewis, Ramsey | Sound Of Christmas: The Complete Collection - digital album containing both the 1961 and 1964 LP's |
2021 | image | buy | |
| Liberace | Christmas With Liberace - Columbia LP reissued by Sony in digital in 2023 |
1954 | image | buy | |
| Liberace | Christmas With Liberace - Dot LP reissued by Universal in digital in 2021 |
1963 | image | buy | |
| Lindberg, John Trio | Christmas Special (EP) - name of the group at this point was the John Lindberg Rockabilly Trio... |
2006 | image | buy | |
| Lindberg, John Trio | Rock This Christmas - by now they were simply the John Lindberg Trio... |
2012 | image | buy | |
| Lins, Ivan | Um Novo Tempo | 2000 | image | buy | |
| Little Big Town | The Christmas Album | 2024 | image | buy | |
| Little River Band | We Call It Christmas - originally marketed directly through the band's website |
2007 | image | buy | |
| Little River Band | A Little River Band Christmas - same as above with new title and cover plus two bonus tracks |
2011 | image | buy | |
| Little, Big Tiny | Christmas With Big Tiny Little - Coral LP record |
1961 | image | buy | |
| Little, Big Tiny | Ragtime Christmas - Universal CD reissue of above with new cover and title, minus two tracks |
1995 | image | buy | |
| Living Guitars | The Joy of Christmas - RCA LP included in 2016 Real Gone 2-for-1 CD reissue |
1969 | image | buy | |
| Living Sisters | Harmony Is Real: Songs For A Happy Holiday - modern folk quartet featuring Little Feat singer Lowell George's daughter, Inara George |
2014 | image | buy | |
| Living Strings | The Sound of Christmas - RCA LP included in 2016 Real Gone 2-for-1 CD reissue; digital edition issued 2017 |
1970 | image | buy | |
| Living Strings | The Spirit Of Christmas - Dulcima CD containing the complete RCA albums The Spirit of Christmas (1963), White Christmas (1968), and A Christmas Songbook (1974) |
2009 | image | buy | |
| Living Voices | Sing Christmas Music - digital edition issued 2016 |
1962 | image | buy | |
| Living Voices | The Little Drummer Boy - digital edition issued 2016 |
1965 | image | buy | |
| Living Voices | Sing Christmas Music/The Little Drummer Boy - Real Gone CD containing both albums |
2015 | image | buy | |
| Lloyd, Bill | The Day After Christmas (EP) - digital compilation with two older songs and two new recordings |
2012 | image | buy | |
| Locke, Kimberley | Christmas | 2007 | image | buy | |
| Lofgren, Nils | Season's Greetings From Nils & Amy (EP) - three tracks from the late-90's Merry Arizona series plus two new songs |
2021 | image | buy | |
| Loggins, Kenny | December - reissued as budget CD in 2008 |
1998 | image | buy | |
| Loggins, Kenny | Christmas Time Is Here - budget CD reissue of above with new cover & title minus three tracks |
2001 | image | buy | |
| Lombardo, Guy | Jingle Bells - Decca LP including songs from 1952 10-inch EP |
1956 | image | buy | |
| Lombardo, Guy | New Year's Eve With Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - Decca LP compiling mid-50's recordings; mostly non-seasonal party songs |
1961 | image | buy | |
| Lombardo, Guy | Sing The Songs Of Christmas - 2007 DRG CD reissue of Capitol LP; reissued as digital album by Capitol in 2010 |
1967 | image | buy | |
| Lombardo, Guy | Auld Lang Syne - MCA reissue of above with similar cover, new title, fewer tracks |
1998 | image | buy | |
| Lonely Hearts Band - aka Tommy Marolda |
St. Nick's Christmas: Classic Christmas Songs With A Dash Of Pepper | 2003 | image | buy | |
| Lonestar | This Christmas Time | 2000 | image | buy | |
| Looney Tunes | Have Yourself A Looney Tunes Christmas | 1994 | image | buy | |
| Looney Tunes | Kwazy Christmas | 2000 | image | buy | |
| Los Campesinos! | When Christmas Comes - also available on limited edition vinyl |
2014 | image | buy | |
| Los Lobos | Llego Navidad - aka "Christmas Is Here" |
2019 | image | buy | |
| Los Lonely Boys | Christmas Spirit | 2008 | image | buy | |
| Los Ramons | Navidad Mas Chingona! | 2004 | image | buy | |
| Los Straitjackets | 'Tis The Season For Los Straitjackets | 2002 | image | buy | review |
| Los Straitjackets | Yuletide Beat - widely released as digital album; limited edition CD & vinyl sold through band's website |
2009 | image | buy | review |
| Los Straitjackets | Complete Christmas Songbook - as advertised, includes complete contents of both albums above plus assorted singles and odd tracks |
2018 | image | buy | review |
| Lounge-O-Leers | Christmas Party Album | 1998 | image | buy | |
| Louvin Brothers | Christmas With The Louvin Brothers - Capitol LP; many sources list as 'Country Christmas' |
1961 | image | buy | review |
| Louvin Brothers | Christmas With The Louvin Brothers - 1997 CD reissue with new cover art and two 1960 bonus tracks |
1961 | image | buy | review |
| Louvin Brothers | Christmas With The Louvin Brothers - 2007 digital edition retains new cover art but loses bonus tracks |
1961 | image | buy | review |
| Louvin Brothers | Christmas With The Louvin Brothers - 2020 digital edition adds back bonus tracks and restores original cover art |
1961 | image | buy | review |
| Love Tractor | Before & After Christmas - lengthy, goofy album that includes a nearly complete re-recording of Vince Guaraldi's Charlie Brown Christmas |
2006 | image | buy | |
| Love, Darlene | It's Christmas, Of Course - former member of the Phil Spector stable of artists |
2007 | image | buy | |
| Love, G. & Special Sauce | Coming Home For Christmas | 2017 | image | buy | |
| Love, G. & Special Sauce | Coming Back Home For Christmas | 2021 | image | buy | |
| Love, Mike | Reason For The Season - Beach Boys singer and resident egomaniac |
2018 | image | buy | |
| Loveless, Patty | Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas | 2002 | image | buy | |
| Lovemongers - aka Heart |
Here Is Christmas - subsequently reissued repeatedly as Heart Presents A Lovemongers Christmas |
1998 | image | buy | |
| Lovett, Lyle | Songs For The Season (EP) | 2011 | image | buy | |
| Low | Christmas - recorded 1997-1999 |
1999 | image | buy | |
| Lowe, Nick | Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family - power pop elder statesman with Los Straitjackets |
2013 | image | buy | |
| Lowe, Nick | The Quality Holiday Revue Live | 2015 | image | buy | |
| Lowe, Nick | Quality Street: 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - red vinyl with bonus 45 |
2023 | image | buy | |
| Luboff, Norman Choir | Songs of Christmas - Columbia choral classic; includes earlier 1952 recordings |
1956 | image | buy | |
| Luboff, Norman Choir | Christmas with the Norman Luboff Choir - 1964 RCA LP; digital edition issued 2017 |
1964 | image | buy | |
| Luboff, Norman Choir | Songs Of Christmas/Christmas With The Norman Luboff Choir - Real Gone 2-for-1 CD reissue of Columbia and RCA LP's |
2016 | image | buy | |
| Lukather, Steve | Santamental - reissued by Favored Nations in 2005 |
2003 | image | buy | |
| Lunch at Allen's | Zuzu's Petals: A Lunch at Allen's Christmas - a collective of Canadian singer/songwriters Marc Jordan, Murray McLauchlan, Ian Thomas, and Cindy Church; the title is a reference to the film It's A Wonderful Life; also the name of a minor 90's indie rock band |
2012 | image | buy | |
| Luzer | The Yule Rock EP | 2004 | image | buy | |
| Lyman, Arthur | Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) | 1963 | image | buy | review |
| Lyman, Arthur | With A Christmas Vibe - CD reissue of above, new cover & title |
1996 | image | buy | review |
| Lyman, Arthur | Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) - CD reissue of original LP |
2006 | image | buy | review |
| Lyman, Arthur | Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) - same as above with amended cover |
2008 | image | buy | review |
| Lynn, Loretta | Country Christmas - never formally reissued on CD, but later made available for download and streaming |
1966 | image | buy | |
| Lynn, Loretta | Christmas Without Daddy - budget CD reissue of above with new cover and title, minus four tracks |
1995 | image | buy | |
| Lynn, Loretta | 20th Century Masters: Christmas Collection - original 12 tracks from 'Country Christmas,' remastered & repackaged |
2005 | image | buy | |
| Lynn, Loretta | White Christmas Blue - new album produced by Lynn's daughter and Johnny Cash's son |
2016 | image | buy | |
| Lynne, Shelby | Merry Christmas | 2010 | image | buy | |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | Christmas Time Again - reissued several times with no changes to track listing or artwork... |
2000 | image | buy | |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | Christmas - budget CD combines tracks from above with .38 Special's Wild-Eyed Christmas Night (2001) |
2002 | image | buy | |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | Christmas & Hits Duos - slipcase with Christmas Time Again plus All Time Greatest Hits (2000) |
2008 | image | buy | |
| Lyons, Ruth | Ten Tunes Of Christmas - Lyons with the cast of her popular Cincinatti TV show, the 50-50 Club; includes 1957 single "Let's Light The Christmas Tree"; also issued as a 7-inch boxed set with three EP's and very different artwork |
1958 | image | buy | |
| Lyons, Ruth | It's Christmastime Again - 12 tracks including new recordings of four songs from above |
1963 | image | buy | |
| Lyons, Ruth | Christmas Remembered (1987) - selections from above plus Ruth's two new spoken pieces; benefited her Children's Christmas Fund; she died the following year... |
1987 | image | buy | |
| Lyons, Ruth | Christmas Music Of Ruth Lyons - 18-track CD with selections from original two LP's |
1995 | image | buy |