<P> A Charlie Brown Christmas is a 1965 studio album by American composer / conductor Vince Guaraldi ( later credited to the jazz group the Vince Guaraldi Trio ) . The album was released in December 1965 in the United States by Fantasy Records . It is the soundtrack to the CBS Christmas television special of the same name . Guaraldi was contacted by television producer Lee Mendelson several years prior to compose music for a documentary on the comic strip Peanuts and its creator , Charles M. Schulz . Although the special went unaired , these selections were released in 1964 as Jazz Impressions of `` A Boy Named Charlie Brown '' . Coca - Cola commissioned a Christmas special based on Peanuts in 1965 and Guaraldi returned to score the special . </P>
<P> A Charlie Brown Christmas is a 1965 studio album by American composer / conductor Vince Guaraldi ( later credited to the jazz group the Vince Guaraldi Trio ) . The album was released in December 1965 in the United States by Fantasy Records . It is the soundtrack to the CBS Christmas television special of the same name . Guaraldi was contacted by television producer Lee Mendelson several years prior to compose music for a documentary on the comic strip Peanuts and its creator , Charles M. Schulz . Although the special went unaired , these selections were released in 1964 as Jazz Impressions of `` A Boy Named Charlie Brown '' . Coca - Cola commissioned a Christmas special based on Peanuts in 1965 and Guaraldi returned to score the special . </P>
who wrote the music for a charlie brown christmas
who wrote the music for a charlie brown christmas
Vince Guaraldi the Vince Guaraldi Trio
Vince Guaraldi the Vince Guaraldi Trio