The First Noel
~ Recording by Johnny Mathis, Percy Faith & His Orchestra
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.9 | The First Noel | 3:50 | Johnny Mathis | Merry Christmas | Johnny Mathis | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CL 1195 |
| 1.13 | The First Noel | 3:46 | Johnny Mathis with Percy Faith and His Orchestra | When a Child Is Born | Johnny Mathis | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 83266, CBS 83266, S CBS 83266 |
| 1.13 | The First Noel | 3:50 | Johnny Mathis with Percy Faith and His Orchestra | When a Child Is Born | Johnny Mathis | Album + Compilation |
| IMP (UK Pickwick Group label) | PCD 889 |
| 1.9 | The First Noel | 3:50 | Johnny Mathis, Percy Faith & His Orchestra | Merry Christmas | Johnny Mathis | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 8021 |
| 1.13 | The First Noel | 3:50 | Johnny Mathis with Percy Faith and His Orchestra | When a Child Is Born | Johnny Mathis | Album + Compilation |
| IMP (UK Pickwick Group label) | PWKS 596 |
| 1.9 | The First Noel | 3:50 | Johnny Mathis | Merry Christmas | Johnny Mathis | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 63564 |
| 1.3 | The First Noel | 3:48 | Johnny Mathis | The Ultimate Christmas Album, Volume 7 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment Custom Marketing Group, Collectables (US reissue label) | A 740844, COL‐CD‐1249 |
| 1.9 | The First Noel | 3:48 | Johnny Mathis | Merry Christmas | Johnny Mathis | Album |
| Hallmark Music & Entertainment | 707502 |
| 4.1 | The First Noel | 3:48 | Johnny Mathis | Seven Classic Albums | Johnny Mathis | Album + Compilation |
| Real Gone | RGMCD091 |
| 1.10 | The First Noel | 3:49 | Johnny Mathis & Percy Faith & His Orchestra | The Complete Christmas Collection: 1958-2010 | Johnny Mathis | Album + Compilation |
| Real Gone Music (US reissue label founded by Gordon Anderson and Gabby Castellana. DO NOT CONFUSE WITH THE UK/EUROPE OUT-OF-COPYRIGHT LABEL.) | RGM-0400 |
| 6.9 | The First Noel | ?:?? | Johnny Mathis | The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection | Johnny Mathis | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Legacy (this is a dubious label; please verify if it's not Legacy (Recordings) or some other instead that you want) | |
| 1.9 | The First Noel | 3:50 | Johnny Mathis | Merry Christmas | Johnny Mathis | Album | Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | ||
| 1.9 | The First Noel | 3:50 | Johnny Mathis | Merry Christmas (mastered for iTunes) | Johnny Mathis | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 8021 |
| 1.9 | The First Noel | 3:50 | Johnny Mathis | Merry Christmas (made in Japan) | Johnny Mathis | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 8021 |
Relationships
| vocals: | Johnny Mathis |
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| orchestra: | Percy Faith Orchestra (Faith's orchestra before his death in 1976) |
| conductor: | Percy Faith |
| recording of: | The First Noël |
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Related works
The First Noël
| publisher: | William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833) |
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| additional lyricist: | Davies Gilbert (in 1823) |
| lyricist and composer: | [traditional] (special purpose artist) |
| additional arranger: | Sir John Stainer (in 1871) |
| arranger: | Davies Gilbert (in 1823) |
| referred to in medleys: | I Heard the Bells / Noel / Good Christian Men Rejoice (order: 2) What Child Is This? / O Come, O Come Emmanuel / The First Noel / Silent Night, Holy Night (order: 3) |
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| later parody versions: | 我要珠珠 |
| later translated versions: | The First Noel (Korean version) |
| later versions: | First Noël |
| version of: | The First Nowell |
| part of: | Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film) |
| is the basis for: | Midnight Noel Paraphrase on ‘The First Noel’ |
| arrangements: | The First Noel (Bob Dylan arrangement) The First Noel (arrangement by Elvis Presley) The First Noel (arr. Aly and AJ) The First Noel (Pentatonix arrangement) The First Noel (Gordon Jenkins arr.) The First Noel (The Mighty Fine Band arrangement) The First Noel (Psalty) |