The Great Songs of Christmas

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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 Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Ltd., Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
Peggy Lee2:32
2White Christmas
recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), 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)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
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
recording of:
Gesù bambino
lyricist:
Frederick Martens (US lyricist, early 20th century)
composer:
Pietro Yon (organist & composer) (in 1917)
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 (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer) (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
translated version of:
Y Preseb
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 (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Francis, Day & Hunter, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Chappell Music Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd., 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)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
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 (American church author)
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:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
medley of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (sung to the French carol tune “Iris” (Les anges dans nos campagnes))
medley of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
medley of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
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 (French 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]