The Christmas Waltz - Amy Grant and Marc Martel

Stream or Download “The Christmas Waltz“: In early 2020, we were scouring Holiday song lists for a tune that would compliment my ever expanding repertoire of recorded Christmas music, and also something to which Amy Grant would enjoy lending her signature voice. With the song selection criteria growing increasingly narrow, having already recorded most of my favorites I grew up singing and listening to - let alone Amy’s extensive list of recorded songs - this was proving to be a challenge. But it was my manager, Josh, who hit the bullseye in suggesting this shockingly unknown-to-me song, which was written expressly for Frank Sinatra in 1954, as a B-side to his recording of “White Christmas.” As the waltz time signature is intrinsic to this beautiful holiday ballad, we knew we wanted to go all-out orchestral with the arrangement, so we enlisted the massive skills of Nashville-based artist/producer, Cody Fry, who created such a beautiful, nostalgic arra