The Great Songs of Christmas

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Tracklist

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1The Christmas Song
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
lyricist:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
composer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., MPL Music Publishing Inc., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Warner Chappell Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
Peggy Lee2:32
2White Christmas
Al Green2:35
3Angels We Have Heard on High
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer)
conductor:
Ralph Carmichael
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
cover recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
James Chadwick (bishop) (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
Ella Fitzgerald1:46
4Pat-A-Pan / While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1962-10-05)
orchestra:
Jack Halloran Orchestra (on 1962-10-05)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1962-10-05)
compilation of:
Pat-A-Pan by Bing Crosby and While the Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby2:52
5The First Noel
Suzy Bogguss3:29
6Gesu Banbino
Kathleen Battle, New York Choral Artists, The Boys Choir of Harlem, Orchestra of St. Luke’s3:43
7Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (From "The Nutcracker")
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
P.I. Tchaikovsky1:53
8I Wish You a Merry Christmas
The King’s Singers1:35
9Away in a Manger
recording of:
Away in a Manger (Jim Ed Norman arrangement)
lyricist:
Martin Luther (German theologian of the Reformation)
composer:
Carl Mueller
arranger:
Jim Ed Norman
publisher:
Balmur Music and Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing
is based on:
Away in a Manger (Mueller variation)
Lacy J. Dalton2:17
10Is Est Ne
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players2:08
11O' Tannenbaum
Empire Brass2:55
12Here We Come A-Caroling / Deck the Halls / We Wish You a Merry Christmas
The New Christy Minstrels2:21
13Audl Lang Syne
recording of:
Auld Lang Syne (Brian Wilson arr.)
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
publisher:
BriMel Music
arrangement of:
Auld Lang Syne (original Scots version, lyrics by Robert Burns)
The Beach Boys1:20
14Winter Wonderland
producer:
Lee Gillette
lead vocals:
Dean Martin (American singer/actor) (in 1959)
conductor:
Gus Levene (in 1959)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1959)
cover recording of:
Winter Wonderland (in 1959)
lyricist:
Richard B. Smith (wrote lyrics to “Winter Wonderland”)
composer:
Felix Bernard
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., EMI Music (Electric & Musical Industries Music, do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Francis, Day & Hunter, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Chappell Music Inc., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Dean Martin3.51:55
15Silent Night
The Lettermen2:12
16Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1962-10-05)
orchestra:
Jack Halloran Orchestra (on 1962-10-05)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1962-10-05)
compilation of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing by Bing Crosby and It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by Bing Crosby
cover recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol) (on 1962-10-05)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
cover recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version) (on 1962-10-05)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
recording of:
The Merry Christmas Medley: We Wish You a Merry Christmas / Angels From the Realms of Glory / Hark the Herald Angels Sing / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
arranger:
Sid Bass
publisher:
Saturday Music, Inc.
medley of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (sung to the French carol tune “Iris” (Les anges dans nos campagnes))
medley of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
medley of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
medley of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
Bing Crosby3:05
17Jingle Bells
Pirates of the Mississippi2:27
18O Holy Night
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Glen Campbell3:59
19God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players2:30
20O Little Town of Bethlehem
producer:
Lee Gillette
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1960)
conductor:
Ralph Carmichael (in 1960)
arranger:
Edith Bergdahl and Nat King Cole
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
Nat King Cole2:19
21Here We Come A-Wassailing
The King’s Singers2:12
22What Child Is This?
Al Martino2:08
23We Three Kings
The Roger Wagner Chorale, Sinfonia of London2:39
24The Birthday of a King
Gordon MacRae2:52
25O Sanctissima
Virgil Fox3:11
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ASIN:US: B0006M4N2I [info]