The Christmas Songs

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Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1White Christmas
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1947-03-19)
choir vocals:
Ken Darby Singers (on 1947-03-19)
lead vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1947-03-19)
orchestra:
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra (on 1947-03-19)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HNH International Ltd. (not for release label use!) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations)
recording of:
White Christmas (on 1947-03-19)
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), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 15)
Bing Crosby4.253:03
2Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Al Martino2:44
3Christmas Waltz
Peggy Lee2:52
4Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
producer:
Lee Gillette
lead vocals:
Dean Martin (American singer/actor)
arranger:
Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Dean Martin Family Trust, Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1959) and Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 2002)
cover recording of:
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (in 1959)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn (in 1945-07)
composer:
Jule Styne (in 1945-07)
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Chappell/Morris Ltd., Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Producers Music Publishing Co., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Dean Martin4.51:56
5The Christmas Song
Glen Campbell3:00
6Silent Night
cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
The Cats3:17
7It's Gonna Be a Cold Christmas
cover recording of:
It’s Gonna Be a Cold Cold Christmas
writer:
Roger Greenaway and Geoff Stephens
Donna Lynton2:45
8Christmas Is My Favorite Time of the Year
recording of:
Christmas Is My Favorite Time of the Year
lyricist and composer:
Peter McCann
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
Kenny Rogers2:43
9I'll Be Home for Christmas
producer:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder)
lead vocals:
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co-founder)
conductor:
Benjamin Barrett
arranger:
Dick Reynolds (musician, songwriter, and trombonist best known as arranger for the Four Freshmen)
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
lyricist:
Kim Gannon
additional writer:
Buck Ram
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Gannon and Kent Music Co. and Piedmont Music Company
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
The Beach Boys42:44
10Jingle Bells
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)
Jo Stafford2:25
11Do You Hear What I Hear?
cover recording of:
Do You Hear What I Hear?
lyricist:
Noël Regney (in 1962)
composer:
Gloria Shayne Baker (in 1962)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd. and Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
lyrics quoted on:
Do You Feel What I Feel?
Gladys Knight & the Pips3:57
12Silent Night
producer:
Lee Gillette
lead vocals:
Nat King Cole
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Nat King Cole2:09
13Ave Maria
background vocals:
The Rita Williams Singers
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
orchestra:
Geoff Love and His Orchestra
arranger:
Raymond Long
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (Special Purpose Artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
music quoted on:
Weiss Heim
Shirley Bassey3:52
14Sleigh Ride
recording of:
Sleigh Ride
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1950)
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1948-02-10)
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and Woodbury Music (aka Woodbury Music Company)
version of:
Sleigh Ride (original instrumental version)
Vera Lynn3:03