Essential Christmas: Original Hits by the Original Artists

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

Tracklist

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1Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
cover recording of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (on 1947-07-03)
writer:
Ralph Blane (in 1943) and Hugh Martin (in 1943)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Leo Feist, Inc.
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)
Frank Sinatra42:36
2What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
producer:
Robbie Buchanan and Barry Manilow
vocals:
Barry Manilow
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 2002)
cover recording of:
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp. (in 1947) and MPL Music Publishing Inc. (in 1947)
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM)
Barry Manilow33:47
3Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Carly Simon3:10
4The Gift
additional guest vocals:
Susan Ashton and Collin Raye
recording of:
Gift
writer:
James Brickman and Thomas Stevenson Douglas
Jim Brickman53:45
5White Christmas
cover recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 15)
Rosemary Clooney with Percy Faith & His Orchestra3:29
6Little Drummer Boy
Patti Page2:56
7I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
composer:
John Baptiste Calkin (composer)
is based on:
Christmas Bells
Harry Belafonte3:04
8I'll Be Home for Christmas
cover 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
Johnny Mathis with Percy Faith & His Orchestra4:03
9We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Kenny G2:36
10Panis Angelicus
miscellaneous support:
Chris Laws (engineer, keyboardist & songwriter) (task: Protools)
programming:
Chris Laws (engineer, keyboardist & songwriter)
engineer:
Chris Laws (engineer, keyboardist & songwriter) and Daniel Martin Pursey (engineer)
producer:
Steve Mac (British pop producer/songwriter Steve McCutcheon)
mixer:
Ren Swan
orchestrator:
Dave Arch (pianist, conductor, arranger and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Simco Limited (not for release label use, for copyright/licensor use only) (in 2005)
recorded at and mixed at:
Rokstone Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12 : V. Panis Angelicus
lyricist:
St. Thomas Aquinas
composer:
César Franck (Belgian-born French composer) (in 1860)
part of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12
Il Divo3:46
11It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Julie Andrews3:36
12The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
vocals:
Mel Tormé ("The Velvet Fog")
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1970)
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)
Mel Tormé3:12
13The First Noel
recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Susan Boyle2:58
14Silent Night
Jackie Evancho3:31