Timeless Christmas

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1When a Child Is Born
Brook Benton3:46
2Marshmallow World
recording of:
A Marshmallow World
lyricist:
Carl Sigman (in 1949)
composer:
Peter de Rose (in 1949)
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd.
Bing Crosby & Ella Fitzgerald2:56
3Silver Bells
cover recording of:
Silver Bells
lyricist and composer:
Ray Evans (US lyricist) and Jay Livingston
publisher:
Famous Music (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Famous Music Publishing Limited, Jay Livingston Music Inc., Paramount Music Corporation and Sony/ATV Harmony (in 1950)
Dean Martin3:12
4Santa Claus Is Coming to TownFrank Sinatra2:35
5Ruldolph 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)
Bing Crosby2:24
6Please Come Home for Christmas
recording of:
Please Come Home for Christmas
writer:
Charles Brown (blues musician) and Gene Redd (Senior; vibraphonist & trumpeter, bandleader and A&R man)
publisher:
BMG Platinum Songs US, Lark Music Inc., C. Mose Music (in 1960), Fort Knox Music Inc. (in 1960) and Trio Music Company (in 1960)
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック, 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
The Platters2:27
7Silent 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
Nat King Cole1:29
8Let’s Start the New Year Right
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-12-26)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-12-26)
vocals:
The Bob Mitchell Boys' Choir (on 1945-12-26)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-12-26)
recording of:
Let’s Start the New Year Right (on 1945-12-26)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp.
Frank Sinatra1:47
9Winter Wonderland
Patti LaBelle2:02
10Silver Bells
Rosemary Clooney3:03
11The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot
Johnny Adams2:40
12It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version) (on 1947-12-28)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
Frank Sinatra3:30
13The Bells of St Mary’s
Johnny Adams2:42
14Faith in Our Fathers
choir vocals:
Max Terr’s Mixed Chorus (on 1942-06-08)
lead vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1942-06-08)
orchestra:
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra (on 1942-06-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1945)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1942-06-08)
cover recording of:
Faith of Our Fathers (tune: O Mensch, bewein) (on 1942-06-08)
writer:
Frederick W. Faber (hymn writer), Henri F. Hemy and James Walton
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
Bing Crosby2:55
15Merry Christmas All
Brook Benton2:35
16Ave Maria
Primo Leone2:56
17Twelve Days of Christmas
recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas (Cahn/Van Heusen lyric version, introduced by Frank Sinatra in 1968)
additional lyricist:
Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
The Songwriters Guild, Warner/Chappell and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
version of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Bing Crosby3:24
18White Christmas
Dick Haymes2:37
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