One Wish: The Holiday Album

~ Release by Whitney Houston (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The First Nöel
producer:
Troy Taylor
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
arranger:
Troy Taylor
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA/Jive Label Group (add no releases here!) (in 2003)
cover 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)
Whitney Houston33:15
2The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
producer:
Troy Taylor
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA/Jive Label Group (add no releases here!) (in 2003)
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
lyricist:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
composer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Warner Chappell Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
Whitney Houston33:13
3Little Drummer Boy
producer:
Mervyn Warren
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
arranger:
Mervyn Warren
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA/Jive Label Group (add no releases here!) (in 2003)
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
Whitney Houston featuring Bobbi Kristina Brown34:30
4One Wish (for Christmas)
producer:
Gordon Chambers (American singer-songwriter, and producer)
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA/Jive Label Group (add no releases here!) (in 2003)
recording of:
One Wish (for Christmas)
writer:
Gordon Chambers (American singer-songwriter, and producer), Barry Eastmond and Freddie Jackson
Whitney Houston3.54:12
5Cantique de Nöel (O Holy Night)
producer:
Mervyn Warren
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
arranger:
Mervyn Warren
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA/Jive Label Group (add no releases here!) (in 2003)
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”)
Whitney Houston43:48
6I’ll Be Home for Christmas
producer:
Mervyn Warren
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
arranger:
Mervyn Warren
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA/Jive Label Group (add no releases here!) (in 2003)
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
Whitney Houston33:45
7Deck the Halls / Silent Night
producer:
Mervyn Warren
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
arranger:
Mervyn Warren
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA/Jive Label Group (add no releases here!) (in 2003)
medley including a recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan
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
Whitney Houston24:30
8Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
producer:
Mervyn Warren
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
arranger:
Mervyn Warren
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA/Jive Label Group (add no releases here!) (in 2003)
cover recording of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
writer:
Ralph Blane (in 1943) and Hugh Martin (in 1943)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Publishing, EMI United Partnership Ltd., Loew’s Incorporated (in 1943, in 1944) and Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1971, in 1972)
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), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
Whitney Houston54:49
9O Come O Come Emmanuel
producer:
Mervyn Warren
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
arranger:
Mervyn Warren
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA/Jive Label Group (add no releases here!) (in 2003)
recording of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Neale lyrics)
lyricist and translator:
John Mason Neale
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861 edition (first edition)) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
translated version of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
Whitney Houston43:07
10Who Would Imagine a King
producer:
Whitney Houston and Mervyn Warren
choir vocals:
The Nativity Choir
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
1996 Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) and RCA/Jive Label Group (add no releases here!) (in 2003)
recording of:
Who Would Imagine a King
writer:
Hallerin Hilton Hill and Mervyn Warren
publisher:
Buena Vista Music Co. and Hallerin Hilton Hill Music
Whitney Houston43:30
11Joy to the World
producer:
Whitney Houston and Mervyn Warren
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA/Jive Label Group (add no releases here!) (in 2003)
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)
Whitney Houston44:42