Silent Night: Songs for Christmas

~ Release by Mahalia Jackson (see all versions of this release, 7 available)

Tracklist

12" Vinyl 1
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A1Sweet Little Jesus Boy
producer:
Irving Townsend
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recording of:
Sweet Little Jesus Boy
lyricist and composer:
Robert MacGimsey
publisher:
Carl Fischer LLC
5:19
A2A Star Stood Still (Song of the Nativity)4:12
A3Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
producer:
Irving Townsend
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
3:39
A4Christmas Comes to Us All Once a Year2:34
A5Joy to the World
producer:
Irving Townsend
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer)
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
2:25
B1O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
producer:
Irving Townsend
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
4:46
B2O Little Town of Bethlehem
producer:
Irving Townsend
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
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)
3:57
B3What Can I Give
producer:
Irving Townsend
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recording of:
What Can I Give
5:21
B4Go Tell It on the Mountain
producer:
Irving Townsend
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
cover recording of:
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
lyricist:
John Wesley Work (John Wesley Work, Jr.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
2:48
B5Silent Night, Holy Night
producer:
Irving Townsend
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
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)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
1.655:04