It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

~ Recording by Ella Fitzgerald

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:20Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald's ChristmasElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)T 2805
1.2It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:20Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald's ChristmasElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)ST 2805
1.2It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:20Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald's ChristmasElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)C2 0777 7 94452 2 6
1.14It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:20Ella FitzgeraldA Christmas Treasury: 25 Best-Loved Holiday ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets72438-17792-2-4
5.14It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:20Ella FitzgeraldThe Great Songs of ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
GSC Music18118, 18119, 18204, S21-18055-18118, S21-18056#18119
1.6It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:20Ella FitzgeraldMerry Christmas From Cole and FitzgeraldNat King Cole & Ella FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-07-29
EMI-Capitol Special Markets177382A
1.2It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:21Ella FitzgeraldSings ChristmasElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Empire Music87728
2.6It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:21Ella FitzgeraldA Cool ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Pottery Barn
1.2It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:20Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald's ChristmasElla FitzgeraldAlbum
  • US2000-08-01
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)27674
1.6It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:20Ella FitzgeraldTraditional Christmas, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Compass Productions (budget compilations)A 32327
1.10It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:22Ella FitzgeraldHoliday SoulVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rock River Communications
1.2It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:20Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald's ChristmasElla FitzgeraldAlbum
  • -2006-09-26
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)63924
3.1It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:20Ella FitzgeraldCool YuleVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Canada36688
1.2It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:20Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald's ChristmasElla FitzgeraldAlbum
  • US2007-09-18
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)000152A
1.2It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:20Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald’s Christmas (2006 Remastered)Ella FitzgeraldAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.12It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:20Ella FitzgeraldQuality's Treasury of ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.7It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:21Ella FitzgeraldSeason's Greetings: Holiday Rhythm & BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
3.3It Came Upon A Midnight Clear3:20Ella FitzgeraldThe Time Life Platinum Christmas Collection: Treasury of Christmas IIIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.14It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:18Ella FitzgeraldHappy Holidays, Volume 26Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
1.8It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:20Ella FitzgeraldWe Wish You A Merry Christmas, Volume IIIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets72438-19355-2-1
1.13It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:19Ella FitzgeraldA New York ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Special Markets

Relationships

vocals:Ella Fitzgerald
conductor:Ralph Carmichael
arranger:Ralph Carmichael
recording of:It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version) (cover)

Related works

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)

lyricist:Edmund Sears
composer:Richard Storrs Willis
referred to in medleys:Noëls pour cordes (order: 4)
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 (order: 4)
later translated versions:Pār mazo ciemu ielejā (Latvian version of "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear")
is based on:CAROL (hymn tune)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
is the basis for:Paraphrase on ‘It Came upon the Midnight Clear’
arrangements:It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (arr. Scott Kritzer)
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Gordon Jenkins arr.)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (arr. C. J. Franklin)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (arr. Barry Manilow)
Midnight Clear