Happy Xmas

~ Release by Eric Clapton (see all versions of this release, 12 available)

Tracklist

▼ Digital Media 1
# Title Rating Length
1 White Christmas 3 2:58
2 Away in a Manger (Once in Royal David’s City) 2 4:44
3 For Love on Christmas Day 2 3:36
4 Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday 3 3:38
5 Christmas Tears 3 4:23
6 Home for the Holidays 3 4:00
7 Jingle Bells 2 5:58
8 Christmas in My Hometown 2 2:52
9 It’s Christmas 3 4:44
10 Sentimental Moments 3 4:07
11 Lonesome Christmas 3 3:51
12 Silent Night 2 4:03
13 Merry Christmas Baby 2 4:12
14 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 1 3:29
15 A Little Bit of Christmas Love 2:43
16 You Always Hurt the One You Love 3:56

Credits

Digital Media 1

fiddle:
Dirk Powell (tracks 1–14)
violin [first violins leader]:
Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist) (tracks 1–14)
violin [second violins leader]:
Emlyn Singleton (violinist) (tracks 1–14)
cello [first cellos leader]:
Tim Gill (cellist) (tracks 1–14)
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner (tracks 1–14)
drums (drum set) programming:
Paul Waller (tracks 1–14)
strings arranger:
Nick Ingman (tracks 1–14)
viola [first violas leader]:
Pete Late (tracks 1–14)
organ [Hammond B3]:
Tim Carmon (tracks 1–14)
guitar:
Doyle Bramhall II (track 1)
Dirk Powell (tracks 1–14)
Eric Clapton (tracks 1–14)
guitar technician:
Dan Dearnley (tracks 1–14)
bass:
Nathan East (tracks 1–14)
electric piano [Fender Rhodes]:
Walt Richmond (tracks 1–14)
double bass:
Mary Scully (double bassist) (tracks 1–14)
percussion:
Simon Climie (tracks 1–14)
keyboard:
Toby Baker (tracks 1–14)
Walt Richmond (tracks 1–14)
Simon Climie (tracks 1–14)
piano:
Tim Carmon (track 1)
Dirk Powell (tracks 1–14)
Walt Richmond (tracks 1–14)
accordion:
Dirk Powell (tracks 1–14)
Wurlitzer electric piano:
Tim Carmon (track 1)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1892) (track 2)
arranger:
Walt Richmond (track 12)
Eric Clapton (tracks 1–2, 7, 12)
Simon Climie (tracks 1–2, 7, 12)
Salif Keita (track 7)
Manfila Kante (track 7)
assistant engineer:
Jacob Dennis (tracks 1–14)
Darryl Johnson (tracks 1–14)
Poppy Kavanagh (engineer) (tracks 1–14)
Rowan McIntosh (engineer) (tracks 1–14)
assistant mixer:
Joel Evenden (tracks 1–14)
background vocals:
Sharon White (UK background vocalist) (tracks 1–14)
choir vocals:
Metro Voices (tracks 1–14)
choir vocals arranger:
Nick Ingman (tracks 1–14)
chorus master:
Jenny O’Grady (tracks 1–14)
composer:
William Bell (track 4)
Doris Fisher (track 16)
Booker T. Jones (track 4)
Hugh Martin (track 14)
Rosco Gordon (track 15)
Sonny James (track 8)
Franz Xaver Gruber (1818) (track 12)
James Lord Pierpont (1850) (track 7)
William James Kirkpatrick (1895) (track 2)
Irving Berlin (1938 – 1940) (track 1)
conductor:
Nick Ingman (tracks 1–14)
engineer:
Alan Douglas (Scottish born engineer) (tracks 1–14)
lyricist:
Ralph Blane (track 14)
Rosco Gordon (track 15)
Sonny James (track 8)
Allan Roberts (track 16)
[anonymous] (Special Purpose Artist) (track 2)
Josef Mohr (1816) (track 12)
James Lord Pierpont (1850) (track 7)
Irving Berlin (1938 – 1940) (track 1)
mixer:
Simon Climie (tracks 1–14)
producer:
Eric Clapton (tracks 1–14)
Simon Climie (tracks 1–14)
programming:
Simon Climie (tracks 1–14)
translator:
John Freeman Young (1859) (track 12)
vocals:
Eric Clapton (tracks 1–14)
Melia Clapton (track 12)
Sophie Clapton (track 12)
Simon Climie (tracks 1–14)
writer:
Lou Baxter (track 13)
Brandon Davis (songwriter) (track 9)
Ralph Freed (track 10)
Lowell Fulson (track 11)
Lloyd Glenn (track 11)
Anthony Hamilton (US R&B/soul singer & producer) (tracks 6, 9)
Friedrich Holländer (track 10)
Johnny Moore (US blues guitarist, Three Blazers) (track 13)
Dennis Morgan (US songwriter) (track 3)
Sonny Thompson (US R&B bandleader and pianist) (track 5)
R. C. Wilson (track 5)
Kelvin Wooten (tracks 6, 9)
Eric Clapton (track 3)
Simon Climie (track 3)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp. (track 13)
Carbert Music Inc. (track 5)
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (track 1)
Doris Fisher Music Corp. (track 16)
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (tracks 6, 9)
EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (track 14)
EMI United Partnership Ltd. (track 14)
Fort Knox Music Inc. (tracks 5, 11)
Irving Berlin Music Corp. (track 1)
Irving Berlin Music Ltd. (track 1)
Irving Music, Inc. (track 4)
Kobalt Songs Music Publishing (track 3)
Leo Feist, Inc. (track 14)
Little Shop of Morgansongs (track 3)
Musty Attic Music (tracks 6, 9)
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (track 8)
Sony/ATV Harmony (track 10)
Trio Music Company (tracks 5, 11)
Unichappell Music, Inc. (tracks 3, 13)
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) (track 7)
Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) (track 1)
Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. (track 13)
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (track 1)
ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (track 1)
Irving Berlin Music Company (1940 –) (track 1)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 15) (order: 9) (track 1)
arrangements:
Away in a Manger (arr. Willcocks) (track 2)
Away in a Manger (for brass, Graham) (track 2)
Away in a Manger (arr. Rutter) (track 2)
Away in a Manger (arr. Van) (track 2)
Away in a Manger (arr. Johnson and Ricketts) (track 2)
Away in a Manger (arr. Rutter and Parker) (track 2)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (arr. Owain Park) (track 14)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (arr. Peter Knight) (track 14)
Jingle All the Way (track 7)
Jingle Bells (arr. Chilcott) (track 7)
Jingle Bells (Beegie Adair, Roger Spencer arrangements) (track 7)
Jingle Bells (arr. Gordon Langford) (track 7)
Jingle Bells (arr. Barry Manilow) (track 7)
Jingle Bells (arr. Allwood) (track 7)
Jingle Bells (arr. Parry) (track 7)
Jingle a cappella (track 7)
Silent Night (arr. Rose) (track 12)
Silent Night (Gordon Jenkins arr.) (track 12)
Silent Night (arr. Scott Kritzer) (track 12)
Silent Night (Damien Rice song) (track 12)
Silent Night (arr. Walker) (track 12)
Silent Night (arr. Van) (track 12)
Silent Night (arr. Aly and AJ) (track 12)
Silent Night (arr. Rathbone) (track 12)
Silent Night (arr. Johnson, orch. Volpi) (track 12)
Silent Night (arr. Stephen Cleobury) (track 12)
Silent Night (arr. Rutter) (track 12)
Silent Night (arr. Willcocks) (track 12)
Silent Night, Holy Night (arranged by Malcolm Sargent) (track 12)
cover recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick) (track 2)
Christmas in My Hometown (track 8)
Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday (track 4)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (track 14)
Home for the Holidays (track 6)
It’s Christmas (track 9)
Jingle Bells (track 7)
Lonesome Christmas (track 11)
Merry Christmas Baby (track 13)
Sentimental Moments (track 10)
Silent Night (track 12)
White Christmas (track 1)
You Always Hurt the One You Love (track 16)
has revision:
7 O’Clock News/Silent Night (track 12)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (track 2)
is the basis for:
A Lullaby (track 2)
Gonna Snow (track 7)
Holy Night (track 12)
Jingle Bell Swing (track 7)
Jingle Bells (track 7)
Jingle Bells Fantasy (track 7)
Kulkuset fantasia / Fantasy on Jingle Bells (track 7)
Silent Night (track 12)
Trikkevise (track 7)
Året rundt (track 7)
later parody versions:
Dschingenkhan (track 7)
Jingle Bells (Daniel Ingram lyrics) (track 7)
Jingle Bells Deep (Aqua Teen Hunger Force version) (track 7)
Jingle Bells, Batman Smells (Children's schoolyard parody of Batman and Jingle Bells) (track 7)
Silent Night (track 12)
Silent Night (Aqua Teen Hunger Force version) (track 12)
Snowdown Skins (track 7)
Yingle Bells (track 7)
Čin čin čin (track 7)
銀白聖誕 (track 1)
黃阿燦過聖誕 (track 7)
later translated parody versions:
Bjällerklang rap (track 7)
Klokkeklang (track 7)
later translated versions:
Als klokken in de nacht luiden (track 1)
Biele Vianoce (White Christmas) (track 1)
Bjelleklang (track 7)
Bjällerklang (track 7)
Bjældeklang (track 7)
Der Alter Tzigayner / White Christmas (track 1)
Ej upplysta gårdar (track 2)
Jag drömmer om en jul hemma (track 1)
Jingle Bells (track 7)
Kulkuset (track 7)
Käy kanssamme Jeesus (track 2)
Noël blanc (track 1)
Rap jul (track 1)
Rolničky, rolničky (Jingle Bells) (track 7)
Valkea joulu (track 1)
Weiße Weihnacht (track 1)
White Christmas (Maburaho) (track 1)
Wit kerstfeest (track 1)
Zvaniņš skan (Alfrēds Krūklis version) (track 7)
ジングルベル (Shōji Miyazawa's translation) (track 7)
ジングルベル (transl. Otawa Takashi) (track 7)
ジングルベル（鈴が鳴る） (track 7)
ホワイトクリスマス (Tomoko Nakayama’s translation) (track 1)
聖誕歌聲 (track 7)
聖誕鈴聲 (track 7)
later versions:
Jingle Bells (Lechner / Trabitsch) (track 7)
Jingle Bells (Die Toten Hosen arrangement) (track 7)
Jingle Bells (track 7)
Ring the Bells (track 7)
Silent Night (Lindner version) (track 12)
Silent Night (Elvis Presley version) (track 12)
Swingle Bells (track 7)
Vive le vent (track 7)
Zvaniņš skan (Latvian version of "Jingle Bells") (track 7)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film) (track 14)
recording of:
A Little Bit of Christmas Love (track 15)
Christmas Tears (track 5)
For Love on Christmas Day (track 3)
referred to in medleys:
A Christmas Festival (track 7)
Christmas Train (medley) (track 7)
Holiday Cheer (track 14)
Mix 4 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 1) (track 1)
Happy Holiday / White Christmas (order: 2) (track 1)
Medley: Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly / Away in a Manger / O Little Town of Bethlehem / The First Noel (order: 2) (track 2)
Medley: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear / Away in a Manger / The First Noel (order: 2) (track 2)
Mix 3 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 2) (track 14)
Medley (Christmas with Frank Ferrari) (order: 4) (track 7)
Megamix 2 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 4) (track 12)
Mix 4 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 4) (track 7)
Weihnachts-Medley (order: 4) (track 7)
What Child Is This? / O Come, O Come Emmanuel / The First Noel / Silent Night, Holy Night (order: 4) (track 12)
Medley (Christmas with Frank Ferrari) (order: 5) (track 1)
Mix 3 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 8) (track 12)
Noëls pour cordes (order: 9) (track 12)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (track 12)

Release

phonographic copyright by:EPC Enterprises LLC (in 2018)
licensed to:Universal Music Operations Limited (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK)
part of:Apple Digital Masters (order: 994)
purchase for download:https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/id1442257618 [info]
https://www.qobuz.com/ch-de/album/-/qd4oildh8s8ha [info]