O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)

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Annotation

This version was composed by Lewis Redner and is most commonly known in the US. The name of the tune is called "St Louis". This differs from the version which follows the tune called "Forest Green".

Annotation last modified on 2013-07-19 15:20 UTC.

Relationships

lyricist:Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/46638 [info]
Wikidata:Q96278390 [info]
referred to in medleys:Christmas Medley (Bing Crosby version) (order: 3)
Medley: Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly / Away in a Manger / O Little Town of Bethlehem / The First Noel (order: 3)
Noëls pour cordes (order: 8)
later translated versions:Oi Betlehem, sä pienoinen
Tu mazā, klusā Betlēme (Latvian version of "O Little Town of Bethlehem")
later versions:Little Town (Cliff Richard carol -- the traditional words set to new music)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Kenneth Jennings arrangement)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “Forest Green”, as sung in the UK and the Episcopal Church in the U.S.)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (version performed by Elvis Presley)
O' Little Town of Bethlehem (Bob Dylan arrangement)
is based on:St. Louis (hymn tune)
is the basis for:Grandma's Christmas Card
O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. The Joy Strings)
Paraphrase on ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’
Suite on Famous Christmas Carols: V. O Little Town of Bethlehem
arrangements:O Little Town of Bethlehem (Culloton arrangement)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Gordon Jenkins arr.)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (The Mighty Fine Band trad. arr.)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (adapted by Jack Gold)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. Feller)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1945-12-05Medley: O, Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy to the World / White ChristmasmedleyFrank Sinatra5:16
1947-12-28O Little Town of Bethlehem (1947 original studio master)coverFrank Sinatra3:06
1947-12-28O Little Town of BethlehemFrank Sinatra with Axel Stordahl & His Orchestra3:04
1947-12-28O Little Town of BethlehemFrank Sinatra3:06
1957-09-05 – 1957-09-07O Little Town of BethlehemcoverElvis Presley2:36
1957Adeste Fideles / Joy to the World / O Little Town of BethlehemmedleyThe Jack Halloran Singers4:12
1957O Little Town of BethlehemThe Jack Halloran Singers?:??
1957O Little Town of BethlehemFrank Sinatra2:07
1972-12-28Oh Little Town Of BethlehemliveOld St. Mary's Choir?:??
1991-06 – 1991-08O Little Town of BethlehemJohnny Cash3:42
1992-09O Little Town of BethleheminstrumentalAndré Gagnon3:58
2001-01O Little Town of BethleheminstrumentalEddie Higgins Trio4:44
2002-01O Little Town of BethlehemDale Warland Singers4:12
2002-03 – 2002-04O Little Town of BethlehemCrash Test Dummies4:13
2003-09 – 2003-10O Little Town of BethlehemcoverFrode Alnæs, Arild Andersen & Stian Carstensen3:03
2003O Little Town of BethlehemAntti Sarpila3:15
2019-12-24O Little Town of BethlehemliveChoir of King’s College, Cambridge, Dónal McCann, Daniel Hyde4:48
2020-12-19O Little Town of Bethlehem (Live Stream at St. Johns The Evangelist Church, Oxford, UK, 2020-12-19)cover and liveSteve Hogarth?:??
Joy to the World / Angels We Have Heard on High / O Come, O Come Emmanuel / God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen / We Three Kings / O Little Town of Bethlehem / Carol of the Bells / Wassail SongmedleyRobert Shaw Chorale10:02
Little Town of BethlehemJim Brickman2:16
Little Town of BethlehemSawyer Brown3:14
Little Town of Bethlehemcover[unknown]1:29
Little Town of BethlehemDoug Munro and La Pompe Attack with Ken Peplowski, Cyrille-Aimée Daudel, Howie Bujese, Ernie Pugliese & Michael Goetz4:11
Little Town of Bethlehemcover and instrumentalThe Moog Machine1:57
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming / Oh Little Town of Bethlehem / Oh, Come Little Childrencover and instrumentalRoger Williams?:??
Medley: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / O Little Town of Bethlehem / Silent NightmedleyJohn Gary4:59
Medley: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear / Away in a Manger / O Little Town of Bethlehem / Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed ReindeermedleyFrank Sinatra & Bing Crosby6:57
Medley: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear / The Little Lord Jesus / O Little Town Of Bethlehem / Rudolph The Red Nosed ReindeermedleyBing Crosby & Frank Sinatra6:40
Medley: Joy To The World, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Good King Wenceslas, O Little Town Of Bethlehem, The First NowellmedleyPlácido Domingo5:23
Medley: O Little Town of Bethlehem / Away in a MangermedleyKatharine McPhee3:20
Medley: Oh Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy to the WorldmedleyThe Williams Brothers?:??
Medley: Silent Night / O Holy Night / O Little Town of Bethlehemcover and medleyHenry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus6:43
Medley: The Joys of Christmas / O Little Town of Bethlehem / Deck the Halls / The First NoelmedleyHarry Belafonte5:25
Medley: We Three Kings of Orient Are / O Little Town of BethlehemmedleyElla Fitzgerald3:38
Medley: We Three Kings of Orient Are / O Little Town of BethlehemmedleyElla Fitzgerald3:37
O Come All Ye Faithful / O Little Town Of Bethlehem / Away In A Mangercover and instrumentalJim Hendricks & Bob Burns5:51
O Little Towhn of BethlehemAllen Vizzutti4:31
O Little Town of BethlahemcoverPoint of Grace with The London Symphony Orchestra4:26
O Little Town of BethlehemMahalia Jackson3:57
O Little Town of BethlehemLewis Henry Redner2:37
O Little Town of BethlehemAlabama3:12
O Little Town of BethleheminstrumentalCaribbean Steel Drum Ensemble1:13
O Little Town of BethlehemBruce Cockburn3:39
O Little Town of BethlehemThe Young Fresh Fellows2:55
O Little Town of BethlehemFrank Sinatra3:05
O Little Town of Bethlehem[unknown]3:36
O Little Town of BethlehemcoverWill Chase4:00
O Little Town of BethlehemcoverClaudja Barry3:16
O Little Town of BethlehemcoverBing Crosby0:57
O Little Town of BethlehemKenny Chesney4:19
O Little Town of BethlehemJackie Evancho4:01
O Little Town of BethlehemJack Jones2:56
O Little Town of BethlehemJohn McDermott4:05
O Little Town of BethlehemThree Chances2:08
O Little Town of BethlehemliveAntti Sarpila Swing Band3:37
O Little Town of Bethlehem[unknown]?:??
O Little Town of BethlehemJohnny Cash3:41
O Little Town of BethlehemJohnny Cash3:29
O Little Town of BethlehemDinah Shore2:23
O Little Town of BethleheminstrumentalGuy Maeda3:15
O Little Town of BethlehemSergio Franchi2:46
O Little Town of BethlehemThe Morriston Orpheus Choir3:04
O Little Town of BethlehemElvis Presley2:37
O Little Town of BethlehemJoni James2:47
O Little Town of BethlehemBarbra Streisand2:59
O Little Town of BethlehemGöteborgsMusiken, Jerker Johansson3:18
O Little Town of BethlehemRosina Coombe?:??
O Little Town of BethlehemJohnny Cash3:41
O Little Town of BethlehemBarbra Streisand2:38
O Little Town of BethlehemcoverAnne Murray3:11
O Little Town of BethlehemConnie Francis3:01
O Little Town of BethlehemCSU Stanislaus Chamber Singers 20112:31
O Little Town of BethlehemcoverPat Boone2:48
O Little Town of BethlehemFrank Sinatra2:33
O Little Town of Bethlehemcover and instrumentalBill Augustine & Malcolm Cecil4:20
O Little Town of BethlehemcoverElvis Presley with Karen Fairchild & Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town2:39
O Little Town of BethlehemMahalia Jackson2:33
O Little Town of BethlehemMario Lanza2:47
O Little Town of BethleheminstrumentalLondon Festival Orchestra, Gordon Langford4:05
O Little Town of BethlehemDick Haymes2:21
O Little Town of BethlehemFrank Sinatra3:07
O Little Town of BethlehemAaron Neville3:57
O Little Town of BethlehemFrank Sinatra?:??
O Little Town of BethlehemKen Pennell3:07
O Little Town of BethlehemFrank Sinatra3:06
O Little Town of BethlehemFrank Sinatra2:04
O Little Town of BethlehemThe Mills Brothers2:18
O Little Town of BethlehemNat King Cole?:??
O Little Town of BethlehemNat King Cole2:19
O Little Town of BethlehemcoverRick Wakeman6:06
O Little Town of BethlehemThe Roches2:54
O Little Town of BethlehemcoverElvis Presley2:37
O Little Town of BethleheminstrumentalRick Wakeman4:13
O Little Town of BethlehemEngelbert Humperdinck3:57
O Little Town of BethlehemElvis Presley2:38
O Little Town of BethlehemSarah McLachlan3:51
O Little Town of BethleheminstrumentalTaylor Davis1:59
O Little Town of BethleheminstrumentalVirgil Fox2:48
O Little Town of BethleheminstrumentalBugge Wesseltoft4:54
O Little Town of BethlehemJohnny Adams4:25
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