Annotation

"Buck Ram, who previously wrote a poem and song with the same title, was credited as a co-writer of the song following a lawsuit." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'll_Be_Home_for_Christmas

Annotation last modified on 2016-10-28 23:56 UTC.

Relationships

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.
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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Barry-manilow-ill-be-home-for-christmas-lyrics [info]
https://genius.com/Bing-crosby-ill-be-home-for-christmas-if-only-in-my-dreams-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/7893 [info]
Wikidata:Q1754895 [info]
later parody versions:I’ll Be Home for Christmas (parody version)
I’ll Be Home the Day After Christmas
later translated versions:Jeg kommer hjem til jul
Ziemsvētkos būt mājās
later versions:Ik verlang naar Kerstmis
arrangements:I’ll Be Home for Christmas (arr. Chris Walden)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1943-10-01I'll Be Home for Christmas (1943-10-01 recording)Bing Crosby3:00
1943-10-01I'll Be Home for ChristmasBing Crosby2:34
1943-10-01I'll Be Home For ChristmasBing Crosby2:56
1943-10-01I’ll Be Home for ChristmasBing Crosby2:54
1943-10-01I’ll Be Home for ChristmasBing Crosby2:56
1943-10-01I’ll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams) (Decca matrix L3203-A)Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra2:56
1943-10-01I’ll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra2:53
1944-12-07I’ll Be Home for Christmas (mx. VP 1253)Bing Crosby2:46
1957-07-17I’ll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)coverFrank Sinatra3:13
1957-09-05 – 1957-09-07I’ll Be Home for ChristmascoverElvis Presley1:54
1957-09-07I’ll Be Home for ChristmascoverElvis Presley1:54
1957-09-07I’ll Be Home for ChristmascoverElvis Presley1:55
1964-06-24 – 1964-06-30I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1991 remix)coverThe Beach Boys2:45
1966-08-17 – 1966-08-18I’ll Be Home for ChristmascoverPercy Faith His Orchestra and Chorus3:57
1976-10-06Christmas Medleycover and medleyThe Salsoul Orchestra12:08
1985-12-23I’ll Be Home for ChristmascoverRonnie Milsap3:16
1987-12-28 – 1987-12-30I’ll Be Home for ChristmascoverLeon Redbone2:40
1991-06 – 1991-08I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverJohnny Cash4:18
1993-12-15I'll Be Home for Christmas (live, 1993-12-15: Andy Williams Moon River Theatre, Branson, MO, USA)liveAndy Williams2:58
1995-12-23I’ll Be Home for ChristmasliveJosé Carreras, Natalie Cole, Plácido Domingo, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen, Wiener Symphoniker3:48
1997I'll Be Home for ChristmasKevin Mahogany3:43
2000-12-21I’ll Be Home for Christmascover and liveTony Bennett and Plácido Domingo2:43
2003I’ll Be Home for Christmas (2003 recording)coverMichael Bublé3:40
2003I’ll Be Home for Christmas / It’s Just Another New Year’s Eve (live, 2003: A&E’s A Barry Manilow Christmas)cover, live and medleyBarry Manilow?:??
2005-11-08I’ll Be Home for ChristmascoverJennifer Hanson3:19
2008I’ll Be Home for ChristmascoverTony Bennett featuring The Count Basie Big Band2:12
2009I'll Be Home for Christmas (live at the Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, Nv/2009)liveTwisted Sister3:58
2011I'll Be Home For Christmascover and liveMonti Beton & Johann K.2:35
2013I’ll Be Home for ChristmasKelly Clarkson2:54
2014-08 – 2015-07I'll Be Home For ChristmasinstrumentalThe Count Basie Orchestra feat. Ellis Marsalis and Plas Johnson4:31
2021-12-11I’ll Be Home for Christmas (live, 2021-12-11: A Very QT Christmas 2021)cover and liveAustinShow4:16
2022-12-02I’ll Be Home For Christmas (live, 2022-12-02: A Very QT Christmas 2022)cover and liveAustinShow4:03
2022I’ll Be Home for ChristmascoverBackstreet Boys3:06
2023-12-16I'll Be Home for Christmas (live, 2023-12-16: Fine Arts Theatre, Beverly Hills, CA, USA)cover and liveAustinShow4:19
(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays / I’ll Be Home for Christmasinstrumental and medleyThe Organ Masters2:35
Christmas at Court (Book II): An All-American Christmas. Movement I: An Old-Fashioned ChristmasThe San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus7:32
I'll Be Coming Home for ChristmasThe Beach Boys2:44
I'll Be HomecoverDennis Sichner6:51
I'll be Home for ChristmascoverGeneviève Racette2:44
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverPercy Faith & His Orchestra3:59
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverMacy Gray & The California Jet Club4:17
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverJoni James2:57
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverPhil Driscoll4:08
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverJackie Evancho3:53
I'll Be Home for ChristmasBing Crosby2:38
I'll Be Home for ChristmasFrank Sinatra3:12
I'll Be Home for Christmascover and instrumentalAl Caiola & Riz Ortolani2:57
I'll Be Home for ChristmasPerry Como3:16
I'll Be Home for ChristmasBing Crosby2:22
I'll Be Home for ChristmasAnne Murray3:38
I'll Be Home for ChristmasAndy Williams3:21
I'll Be Home for ChristmasThe Milk Carton Kids2:11
I'll Be Home for ChristmasAnne Murray?:??
I'll Be Home for ChristmasPerry Como?:??
I'll Be Home for ChristmasGlen Campbell3:00
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverLiza Anne2:27
I'll Be Home for Christmascover and liveChris Isaak2:47
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverCascada2:56
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverLani Misalucha3:37
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverChris Isaak2:48
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverChris Isaak2:49
I'll Be Home for ChristmasBing Crosby & Frank Sinatra?:??
I'll Be Home for ChristmasFrank Sinatra3:11
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverKat Parsons?:??
I'll Be Home for ChristmasJerry Vale2:22
I'll Be Home for ChristmasCarpenters3:50
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverEnzo Stuarti2:26
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverSarah Darling2:46
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverThe Continentals?:??
I'll Be Home for ChristmasThe Beach Boys2:44
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverHarriet2:36
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverGlen Campbell3:23
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverHelen Reddy2:50
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverRaul Malo3:35
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverBlake Shelton3:26
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverJ Rabbit4:03
I'll Be Home for ChristmasThe Beach Boys2:45
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverJohnny Cash4:18
I'll Be Home for ChristmasDecembersongs3:19
I'll Be Home for ChristmasinstrumentalSeeburg Music Library2:26
I'll Be Home for ChristmasBlake Shelton3:43
I'll Be Home for ChristmasThe Four Rascals1:56
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverJohnny Mathis4:03
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverChicago3:27
I'll Be Home for ChristmasPat Boone1:48
I'll Be Home for ChristmasinstrumentalJan August2:15
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverBrian McKnight3:15
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverStraight No Chaser3:05
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverJack Jones2:56
I'll Be Home for Christmascover and instrumentalWillis Jackson3:20
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverThe Marshall Tucker Band2:33
I'll Be Home for ChristmasThe Beach Boys2:45
I'll Be Home for ChristmasinstrumentalThe World's Greatest Jazzband of Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart1:49
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverSleeping at Last2:13
I'll Be Home for ChristmasinstrumentalThe London Sound 70 Orchestra and Chorus2:45
I'll Be Home for ChristmasThe Beach Boys2:44
I'll Be Home for ChristmasThe Beach Boys2:45
I'll Be Home for ChristmasBing Crosby2:57
I'll Be Home for ChristmasRay Martin, His Orchestra and Chorus2:16
I'll Be Home for ChristmascoverStarflyer 592:12
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