The Great Songs of Christmas, Album Seven

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Annotation

This is an old vinyl release. Side A contains tracks 1 to 10, Side B contains tracks 11 to 20.

Annotation last modified on 2004-11-25 00:31 UTC.

Tracklist

▼12" Vinyl 1
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1Santa Claus is Coming to Town
recording engineer:
Dae Bennett (in 2008)
producer:
Phil Ramone
mixer:
Dae Bennett
double bass [bass]:
Paul Langosch (in 2008)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Harold Jones (jazz drummer) (in 2008)
guitar:
Gray Sargent (in 2008)
piano:
Monty Alexander (in 2008)
solo tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Andy Snitzer (in 2008)
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist) (in 2008)
orchestra:
Count Basie Big Band (in 2008)
conductor:
Bill Holman (in 2008)
arranger:
Bill Holman
cover recording of:
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (in 2008)
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
music quoted on:
Lit vert
Tony Bennett2:42
2Toyland
recording of:
Toyland
composer:
Victor Herbert (composer)
librettist:
Glen MacDonough
part of:
Babes in Toyland
Sally Ann Howes3:03
3This Christmas I Spend With You
Robert Goulet2:35
4Deck the Hall With Boughs of Holly
conductor:
George Szell (conductor, pianist, composer)
recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan
music quoted on:
Christmas
The Cleveland Orchestra2:13
5Do You Hear What I Hear
recording of:
Do You Hear What I Hear?
lyricist:
Noël Regney (in 1962)
composer:
Gloria Shayne Baker (in 1962)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd. and Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
lyrics quoted on:
Do You Feel What I Feel?
Diahann Carroll2:18
6The Christmas Song
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
writer:
Mel Tormé ("The Velvet Fog") (from 1944 until 1945) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Warner Chappell Ltd. and E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
Tony Bennett2:19
7'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Steve Lawrence2:51
8God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
The Brothers Four1:35
9The First Noel
recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
John Davidson1:41
10The Lord's Prayer
Barbra Streisand2:42
11Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
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)
The Harry Simeone Chorale1:50
12Home for the Holidays
Jerry Vale2:36
13O Little Town of Bethlehem
Sally Ann Howes1:57
14Let Me Be the First (To Wish You a Merry Christmas)
Steve Lawrence2:23
15Patapan
conductor:
George Szell (conductor, pianist, composer)
recording of:
Patapan
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
The Cleveland Orchestra2:31
16O Come, All Ye Faithful
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)
Jerry Vale2:06
17Here We Come A-Caroling
recording of:
Here We Come A-wassailing
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (in 1850)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 209)
The New Christy Minstrels2:01
18Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
John Davidson2:10
19Christmas Is
recording of:
Christmas Is (1960s song)
lyricist:
Spence Maxwell
composer:
Percy Faith
The Harry Simeone Chorale2:23
20Silent Night
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)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
The New Christy Minstrels2:42

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ASIN:US: B000LY9VEQ [info]