Christmas Songs That Will Live Forever

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Winter Wonderland
Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops Orchestra3:00
2White Christmas
lead vocals:
Andy Williams (US pop/jazz vocalist)
vocals:
Andy Williams (US pop/jazz vocalist) (in 1963)
arranger:
Robert Mersey
recording of:
White Christmas (in 1963)
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), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司 (1995–2019)), 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:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 15)
Andy Williams2:31
3A Marshmallow World
recording of:
A Marshmallow World
lyricist:
Carl Sigman (in 1949)
composer:
Peter de Rose (in 1949)
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd.
Brenda Lee2:33
4Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
recording of:
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
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., Imagen Music, Producers Music Publishing Co., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Ed Ames2:31
5Silver Bells
Crystal Gayle4:10
6Frosty the Snowman
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
cover recording of:
Frosty the Snow Man
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)
recording of:
Frosty the Snow Man
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)
Perry Como2:22
7Jingle Bells
Mitch Miller and the Gang2:08
8It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford
producer:
Andy Wiswell
conductor:
Peter Matz
arranger:
Peter Matz
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (on 1966-06-08)
lyricist and composer:
Meredith Willson (in 1951)
publisher:
Frank Music Corp. and Meredith Willson Music LLC
Kate Smith1:59
9Sleigh Ride
The Philadelphia Orchestra3:06
10Deck the Halls
Julie Andrews2:33
11O Little Town of Bethlehem
Mario Lanza2:46
12Ave Maria
choir vocals:
Vienna Boys Choir
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Helmuth Froschauer (conductor and chorus master)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Records (UK) Limited (1987-1996) (in 1979)
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
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
Plácido Domingo & A Vienna Choir Boy5:29
13Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Pat Boone2:59
14What Child Is This? / The Holly and the Ivy
vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1962-10-05)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1962-10-05)
compilation of:
The Holly and the Ivy by Bing Crosby and What Child Is This? by Bing Crosby
medley including a recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy (on 1962-10-05)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
medley including a recording of:
What Child Is This? (on 1962-10-05)
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25608)
version of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
Bing Crosby3:21
15Angels We Have Heard on High
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer)
conductor:
Ralph Carmichael
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
cover recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
James Chadwick (bishop) (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
Ella Fitzgerald1:46
16The Chosen One Montage
medley including a recording of:
Away in a Manger (unknown version)
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
medley including a 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)
medley including a recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
medley including a 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
medley including a recording of:
The Chosen One (Rogers/Hartman/Glassmeyer)
medley including a recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
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)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
version of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
medley including a recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
Kenny Rogers15:43
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
The Lettermen2:48
2I'll Be Home for Christmas
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
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
Doris Day42:27
3(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
Bobby Vee2:07
4The Christmas Song
Henry Mancini3:33
5Blue Christmas
Lawrence Welk Orchestra & Chorus2:00
6Pretty Paper
Glen Campbell2:35
7Christmas in My Hometown
Sonny James2:39
8The Christmas Waltz
Jimmy Rogers2:14
9Happy Holiday
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
conductor:
Sid Feller
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1965)
cover recording of:
Happy Holiday (on 1965-07-09)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp., Warner Chappell Ltd., 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
Peggy Lee1:58
10Baby, It's Cold Outside
producer:
Lee Gillette
lead vocals:
Dean Martin (American singer/actor) (on 1959-08-06)
conductor:
Gus Levene (on 1959-08-06)
arranger:
Frank Loesser
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol (UK) Ltd. (in 1959) and Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1959)
cover recording of:
Baby, It’s Cold Outside (Neptune’s Daughter) (on 1959-08-06)
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)
Dean Martin3.52:23
11We Wish You a Merry Christmas
The Philadelphia Orchestra2:04
12Here We Come A-Caroling (The Wassail Song)
The Roger Wagner Chorale2:21
13It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Mario Lanza2:55
14Good King Wenceslas
The Philadelphia Orchestra2:34
15God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Robert Shaw Chorale1:18
16Adeste Fideles
The Philadelphia Orchestra3:54
17O Come, Emmanuel
Mormon Tabernacle Choir2:19
18Caroling, Caroling
Tennessee Ernie Ford2:27
19The Twelve Days of Christmas
producer:
Ed Welker
conductor:
Robert DeCormier
arranger:
C.C. Carter, Robert De Cormier and Milt Okun
recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Frederic Austin (in 1909)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
is based on:
On the Twelfth Day
Harry Belafonte3:50
▼ CD 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
The Norman Luboff Choir2:51
2Jingle Bell Rock
John Anderson2:11
3Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers
recording of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., St. Nicholas Music Publishing Co. (on 1949-05-09) and St. Nicholas Music Inc. (from 1950 to present)
Perry Como2:57
4Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
The Forester Sisters2:25
5Here Comes Santa Claus
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians1:53
6Jolly Old St. Nicholas
recording of:
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
lyricist:
Emily Huntington Miller
composer:
James Ramsey Murray
Eddy Arnold2:19
7A Holly Jolly Christmas
Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra1:56
8I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
The Lennon Sisters2:07
9'Twas the Night Before Christmas
The Harry Simeone Chorale6:56
10Toyland
Lorrie Morgan3:32
11Do You Hear What I Hear?
The Norman Luboff Choir3:42
12I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians2:41
13I Wonder as I Wander
Robert Shaw Chorale2:40
14The Little Drummer Boy
The Norman Luboff Choir3:10
15Hallelujah Chorus
The Philadelphia Orchestra4:22
16O Tannenbaum
The Regensburg Choir2:17
17Carol of the Bells
National Philharmonic Orchestra1:51
18The Coventry Carol
Canadian Brass2:22
19Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops Orchestra1:36
20Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
Billy Nalle3:18

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ASIN:US: B004BV173I [info]