A Fabulous Fifties Christmas, Holiday Memories

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Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Home for the Holidays
choir vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
recording of:
Home for the Holidays (on 1959-07-14)
lyricist:
Al Stillman
composer:
Robert Allen (US songwriter/arranger/pianist)
publisher:
Charlie Deitcher Productions, Inc., Kitty Anne Music Co., Inc., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and ミュージック・セールス (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers2:56
2The Christmas Song
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
writer:
Mel Tormé ("The Velvet Fog") (from 1944 until 1945) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Warner Chappell Ltd. and E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
Nat King Cole3:13
3Mary's Boy Child
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
recording of:
Mary’s Boy Child (on 1956-07-20)
lyricist and composer:
Jester Hairston
publisher:
Bourne Music Ltd.
Harry Belafonte54:25
4Merry Christmas, Baby
Charles Brown2:55
5The Christmas Waltz
Lawrence Welk2:17
6Silver Bells
vocals:
Jimmy Wakely (Country and western singer and songwriter) and Margaret Whiting
recording of:
Silver Bells
lyricist and composer:
Ray Evans (US lyricist) and Jay Livingston
publisher:
Famous Music (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Famous Music Publishing Limited, Jay Livingston Music Inc., Paramount Music Corporation and Sony/ATV Harmony (in 1950)
Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely2:56
7'Twas the Night Before Christmas
solo vocals:
Jack Best (singer) (on 1956-12-24) and Gordon Goodman (on 1956-12-24)
vocals:
Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians (on 1956-12-24)
live recording of:
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (arr. Simeone) (on 1956-12-24)
lyricist:
Clement Clarke Moore
arranger:
Harry Simeone
Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians6:50
8All I Want for Christmas
vocals:
George Rock (on 1947-12-06)
recording of:
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth (on 1947-12-06)
lyricist and composer:
Donald Yetter Gardner (in 1944)
Spike Jones and His City Slickers2.53:09
9Jingle Bells
performer:
Les Paul
instrumental recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
lyrics quoted on:
White Christmas (vocal quartet arrangement, made popular by The Drifters)
music quoted on:
Christmas
music quoted on:
Sounds Like It’s Going to Bundle (Main Humble Bundle Theme Song)
music quoted on:
You Should See My Other Bundle (Humble Indie Bundle 2 Theme)
recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
lyrics quoted on:
White Christmas (vocal quartet arrangement, made popular by The Drifters)
music quoted on:
Christmas
music quoted on:
Sounds Like It’s Going to Bundle (Main Humble Bundle Theme Song)
music quoted on:
You Should See My Other Bundle (Humble Indie Bundle 2 Theme)
Les Paul1:36
10The Chipmunk Song
The Chipmunks2:21
11I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas
performer:
Johnny Duffy Trio
recording of:
I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Harry Stewart (Yogi Yorgession)
Yogi Yorgesson3:15
12O Holy Night
The Four Aces2:01