Crooning & Swooning Christmas Hits

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Santa Baby
Eartha Kitt3:25
2Baby, It’s Cold Outside
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1949-04-28)
alto saxophone and alto saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1949-04-28)
double bass:
Billy Hadnott (on 1949-04-28)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morris (1940-50s jazz drummer) (on 1949-04-28)
electric guitar:
James Jackson (jazz/jump blues guitarist) (on 1949-04-28)
piano:
Bill Doggett (on 1949-04-28)
tenor saxophone:
Josh Jackson (tenor saxophone player) (on 1949-04-28) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1949-04-28)
trumpet:
Aaron Izenhall (on 1949-04-28), Bob Mitchell (1940s–50s jazz trumpeter) (on 1949-04-28) and Harold Mitchell (on 1949-04-28)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1949-04-28) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1949-04-28)
cover recording of:
Baby, It’s Cold Outside (Neptune’s Daughter) (on 1949-04-28)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), MPL UK Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM)
part of:
The 22nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 22)
Ella Fitzgerald (with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five)2:43
3O Come All Ye Faithful
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
cover 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)
Perry Como2:46
4Good King Wenceslas
Nelson Eddy3:06
5We Three Kings of Orient Are
choir vocals:
Jeff Alexander Singers
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
conductor:
Ray Sinatra
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
Mario Lanza (with The Jeff Alexander Choir and Ray Sinatra's Orchestra)3:02
6Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Mahalia Jackson2:57
7Christmas Alphabet
The McGuire Sisters2:09
8Little Jack Frost Get Lost
cover recording of:
Little Jack Frost Get Lost
lyricist:
Al Stillman
composer:
Seger Ellis
publisher:
Adaken Music Holding LLC
Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee (with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra)1:52
9It’s a Marshmallow World
Vic Damone2:11
10Christmas Choir
Patti Page (with Jack Rael's Orchestra)2:46
11Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1943-09-27)
lead vocals:
The Andrews Sisters (on 1943-09-27) and Bing Crosby (on 1943-09-27)
orchestra:
Vic Schoen and His Orchestra (on 1943-09-27)
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) (in 1945)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1943-09-27)
cover recording of:
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (on 1943-09-27)
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1932)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1932)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Haven Gillespie Music Publishing, Jobete Music Co., Inc., Leo Feist Ltd, Leo Feist, Inc., SBK United Partnership and The Songwriters Guild
Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters3.52:41
12Frosty the Snowman
vocals:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HNH International Ltd. (not for release label use!) and Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1958)
recording of:
Frosty the Snow Man (on 1950-06-12)
writer:
Steve Nelson (US songwriter who co-wrote “Frosty the Snowman”) and Walter E. Rollins
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Chappell & Co. (in 1950) and Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (on 1950-06-02)
Gene Autry (with The Cass County Boys)2:56