O, Little Town of Bethlehem
~ Recording by Nat King Cole
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.5 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:18 | Nat King Cole | The Magic of Christmas | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | SW 1444 |
| 1.5 | O, Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:18 | Nat King Cole | The Magic of Christmas | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | SW-1444 |
| 1.5 | O, Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:18 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | SW 1967 |
| 1.5 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | ?:?? | Nat King Cole | The Magic of Christmas With Children | Nat King Cole and the Children's Chorus | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | L 6517 |
| 1.5 | O, Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:18 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | SM-1967 |
| 1.5 | O, Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:18 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | 4MX-1967 |
| 1.5 | O, Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | D 104667 |
| 1.5 | O, Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:20 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CDP 7 46318 2, CDP 7 48318 2 |
| 1.5 | O, Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:20 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song (BMG club edition) | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | CDP 7 46318 2, D 104667 |
| 2.12 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:17 | Nat “King” Cole | The Christmas Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CDL-57055, CDL-57056 |
| 1.21 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | Christmas With Nat & Dean | Nat King Cole & Dean Martin | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7 94669 2 |
| 1.21 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | Christmas With Nat & Dean | Nat King Cole & Dean Martin | Album + Compilation |
| Music for Pleasure | CD-MFP 5902 |
| 1.3 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:20 | Nat King Cole | Chestnuts Roastin' | Nat King Cole | Album + Compilation |
| CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.) | CDL-57542 |
| 1.7 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | Christmas Favorites | Nat King Cole | Album + Compilation |
| CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.) | 07777-57729-1-3 |
| 1.7 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | The Nat King Cole Christmas Album | Nat King Cole | Album + Compilation |
| Music for Pleasure | CD MFP 5976 |
| 1.20 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | 25 All-Time Holiday Favorites: A Bountiful Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.) | S21-17784 |
| 1.20 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | A Bountiful Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.) | S21-17784 |
| 2.20 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | The Great Songs of Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| GSC Music | 18118, 18119, 18204, S21-18055-18118, S21-18056#18119 |
| 1.7 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | Christmas Favorites | Nat King Cole | Album + Compilation |
| EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets | 07777-57729-2-0 |
| 1.21 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | Christmas With Nat & Dean | Nat King Cole & Dean Martin | Album + Compilation |
| Disky Communications B.V. | DC 863082 |
| 1.7 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | The Nat King Cole Christmas Album | Nat King Cole | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | |
| 1.7 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets | 07777-57729-2-0 |
| 1.8 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | The Dillard's Christmas Collection 1996 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.7 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | The Nat King Cole Christmas Album | Nat King Cole | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 724349684225 |
| 1.6 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:22 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song (24-bit Digitally Remastered) | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | 72435-21251-2-8 |
| 1.21 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | Christmas Together | Nat King Cole & Dean Martin | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | 497 5382 |
| 1.6 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song (24-bit Digitally Remastered) | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | 09463-31227-2-7 |
| 1.7 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | Merry Christmas | Nat King Cole | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | |
| 1.6 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | The Definitive Christmas Collection (Nordstrom release) | Nat King Cole | Album |
| EMI Music Special Markets | 509995-11414-2-4 |
| 1.7 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | 509996 85260 23 |
| 1.7 | O Little Town Of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | 509996 85260 23 |
| 1.7 | O Little Town Of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | |
| 3.18 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:20 | Nat King Cole | The Golden Age of Christmas Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.13 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | Christmas Legends (Remastered) | Nat King Cole | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.42 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:18 | Nat King Cole | 100 Classic Christmas Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Mascara Music | |
| 2.3 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | Home for Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.5 | O, Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Marathon Media International Ltd. (not for release label use! credit only as music licensor, see also Marathon Music International) | |
| 1.5 | O, Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Audio Fidelity | AFZ 225 |
| 2.5 | O, Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Audio Fidelity | AFZ 225 |
| 1.5 | O, Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | The Magic of Christmas | Nat King Cole | Album + Compilation |
| Avid Entertainment | |
| 1.5 | O, Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | |
| 1.5 | O, Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song (expanded edition) | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | |
| 1.5 | O, Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | |
| 1.5 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | Christmas With Nat King Cole | Nat King Cole | Album + Compilation |
| CHX009 | |
| 1.10 | O Little Town Of Bethlehem | 2:17 | Nat King Cole | Christmas Only: The Timeless Classic Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| More Music (publisher) | |
| 1.10 | O Little Town Of Bethlehem | 2:17 | Nat King Cole | Christmas Only: The Timeless Classic Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Goldammer | |
| 1.5 | O, Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:23 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | DSS 4 |
| 1.21 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | Christmas With Nat and Dean | Nat King Cole & Dean Martin | Album + Compilation | EMI Gold | ||
| 1.5 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:20 | Nat King Cole | Christmas with Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Lou Rawls | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.7 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | |
| 1.7 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:21 | Nat King Cole | The Magic of Christmas | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.4 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | Christmas With Nat King Cole | Nat King Cole | Album + Compilation |
| Noël | NL 25222 |
| 1.1 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Volume III | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets | 72438-19355-2-1 |
| 5.5 | O Little Town Of Bethlehem | 2:17 | Nat King Cole | Christmas Legends - 20 Classic Original Christmas Albums | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Intense Media | 60030 |
| 1.5 | O, Little Town of Bethlehem | 2:19 | Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | SW-1967 |
Relationships
| producer: | Lee Gillette |
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| vocals: | Nat King Cole (in 1960) |
| conductor: | Ralph Carmichael (in 1960) |
| arranger: | Edith Bergdahl Nat King Cole |
| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/2llzl0846rDPosmTV2F733 [info] |
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| recording of: | O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.) |
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Related works
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
| lyricist: | Phillips Brooks (in 1868) |
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| composer: | Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868) |
| 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 (Christmas Carols for Strings) (order: 8) |
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| later translated versions: | Bethlehem 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 tune) 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 (Walford Davies tune) O Little Town of Bethlehem (version performed by Elvis Presley) |
| is based on: | St. Louis (hymn tune) |
| is the basis for: | Grandma's Christmas Card O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. The Joy Strings) O Little Town Of Destrehan 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) O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. Gene Puerling) O Little Town of Bethlehem (Sarah McLachlan arrangement) O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. Chris Walden) O Little Town Of Bethlehem (arr. J. Paterson) O’ Little Town of Bethlehem (Bob Dylan arrangement) |
| music quoted in and lyrics quoted in: | Bethlehem |
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