Christmas Hits, 50 Original Classics

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1That Christmas Feeling
Perry Como3:14
2Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney
recording of:
Santa Claus Got Stuck (in My Chimney) (Ella Fitzgerald song)
writer:
Bill Hardy and Billy Moore, Jr. (40s American jazz pianist/arranger/composer)
Ella Fitzgerald3:08
3Mrs. Santa Claus
recording of:
Mrs. Santa Claus
writer:
Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish
Nat King Cole2:09
4Snow
cover recording of:
Snow (from the 1954 film “White Christmas”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp.
Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Peggy Lee & Trudy Stevens2:42
5Christmas in Killarney
recording of:
Christmas in Killarney
writer:
James Cavanaugh, John Redmond (singer, songwriter) and Frank Weldon
Bing Crosby2:45
6Christmas and You
Dave King and His Orchestra3:14
7St. Nicholas Waltz
Lita Roza2:34
8C‐H‐R‐I‐S‐T‐M‐A‐S
recording of:
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
lyricist:
Jenny Lou Carson (in 1949)
composer:
Eddy Arnold (in 1949)
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) (on 1949-10-30)
Eddy Arnold2:29
9Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian Christmas Song)
cover recording of:
Mele Kalikimaka
lyricist and composer:
Robert Alex Anderson (in 1949)
publisher:
Lichelle Music Company, Lovely Hula Hands Music LLC, Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Bing Crosby2:59
10There’s a Train Out for Dreamland
recording of:
There’s a Train Out for Dreamland
writer:
Frederich H. Heider and Carl Kress
Nat King Cole2:41
11That’s What Christmas Means to Me
Eddie Fisher3:27
12The Merry Christmas Polka
The Andrews Sisters2:52
13Little Jack Frost Get Lost
cover recording of:
Little Jack Frost Get Lost
lyricist:
Al Stillman
composer:
Seger Ellis
publisher:
Adaken Music Holding LLC
Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee1:50
14I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus
cover recording of:
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
lyricist and composer:
Tommie Connor (English songwriter)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd., Herman Music, Inc., Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Regent Music (BMI)
The Beverley Sisters32:32
15O Come All Ye Faithful
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
Frank Sinatra2:38
16God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
Bing Crosby2:18
17The First Nowell
Dick Haymes2:58
18The Birthday of a King
recording of:
The Birthday of a King
composer:
William Harold Neidlinger
Judy Garland3:09
19Cradle Song
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:38
20O Little Town of Bethlehem
Dick Haymes2:22
21Medley: Good King Wenceslas / We Three Kings / Angels We Have Heard on High
Bing Crosby3:23
22Medley: Deck the Halls / Away in a Manger / I Saw Three Ships
Bing Crosby3:26
23Star of the East
recording of:
Star of the East
lyricist:
George Cooper (poet)
arranger:
Amanda Kennedy
is based on:
Star of the Sea (Tune for "Star of the East")
Judy Garland3:06
24Silent Night
Deanna Durbin2:40
25O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël)
Mario Lanza4:06