The Christmas Song (1946-08-19: New York, NY, USA)

~ Recording by Nat King Cole

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1The Christmas Song3:11Nat “King” ColeThe Christmas SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDL-57055, CDL-57056
1.2The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeWhite Christmas: 24 Famous Christmas SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
NoëlNL 901
1.17The Christmas Song3:13Nat “King” ColeIt’s Christmas: 18 Original Christmas HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CD EMTV 49, CDP 793646-2
1.1The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeChristmas by the FiresideVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1989
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDL-57208
1.1The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeChestnuts Roastin'Nat King ColeAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)CDL-57542
1.1The Christmas Song3:10Nat King ColeThe Great Stars Sing the Great Songs of ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)S21-57983
1.1The Christmas Song3:10Nat King ColeYou're All I Want For ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeLet it Snow! American Christmas ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)S21-18863
1.1The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeLet it Snow! American Christmas ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)S41-18863
1.1The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeLet It Snow! American Christmas ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
AEI Music Consumer ProductsS21-18863
1.16The Christmas Song3:13Nat “King” ColeThe Quintessence, Vol. 2: New York – Hollywood 1944–1946Nat King ColeAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 227
1.1The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeA Gift of Christmas: A Superstar Celebraton of CaringVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Buddha Records (1998–2002, formerly known as Buddah Records)BG2 99681
1.4The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeNow Jazz X'mas MillenniumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2000-10-25
3.1The Christmas Song3:12Nat King ColeThe Best Nat ‘King’ Cole, Dean Martin, Tom Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Matt Monro, Peggy Lee, Louis Armstrong …and Friends Album in the World …Ever! Vol. 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Virgin TVVTDCDX 333
1.8The Christmas Song3:12Nat King ColeChristmas Party MixVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CMDL 154
1.17The Christmas Song3:12Nat King ColeRoute 66Nat King ColeAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2002-04-09
Dreyfus JazzFDM 36716-2
1.8The Christmas Song3:12Nat King ColeThe Time-Life Treasury of ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-09-17
Time–Life Music
1.1The Christmas Song3:12Nat King ColeLifetime of Romance: ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-09-28
Time–Life Music
2.12The Christmas Song3:12Nat King ColeBest Ever Christmas MixVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2004-11-23
EMI Music Australia (defunct holding company, not for release label use!)7243 874768 2 0
2.13The Christmas Song3:13Nat King ColeThe Great Vocalists of Jazz & Entertainment: It’s Only a Paper MoonNat King ColeAlbum + Compilation
History (TIM AG imprint)203032-302
1.1The Christmas Song3:14Nat King ColeThe Greatest Hits of ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
K-tel Entertainment (UK) LtdECD 3900
1.1The Christmas Song3:12Nat King ColeJazz Christmas: Noël JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2005-01-25
Body & SoulBS 2632
1.14The Christmas Song3:10Nat King ColeChristmas ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Impuls InternationalIMP 2005864
1.1The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeDear Santa: Holiday Music Collection, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008), Lions Gate Records (logo is stylized lion profile and full name in uppercase)A27109, LGM 001
1.3The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeHome For The Holidays: The Ultimate Christmas CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Green Hill
5.22The Christmas Song3:12Nat King ColeNat King ColeNat King ColeAlbum + Compilation
Membran Music Ltd.222756-321
2.9The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeLe Disque de NoëlVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2006-10-11
Wagram Music (imprint/distributor)
1.3The Christmas Song3:12Nat King ColeChristmas Hits, 50 Original ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD244
10.2The Christmas Song3:12Nat King ColeSanta’s Christmas CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2008-12-16
Membran Media GmbH
1.2The Christmas Song3:10Nat King ColeLetters to SantaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-11-02
Concord Music Group (formed in 2004 with the merger of Concord Records and Fantasy Records)23190666
1.14The Christmas Song3:12Nat King ColeIt's ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2009-11-09
Not Now MusicNOT2CD325
1.14The Christmas Song3:12Nat King ColeIt's Christmas (special edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2009-11-13
Not Now Music
4.10The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeThe Golden Age of Christmas MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.6The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeChristmas SwingVarious ArtistsAlbum
TCM (Tchibo Certified Merchandise)287876
1.4The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)3:11Nat King ColeCrooners at Christmas TimeVarious ArtistsAlbum
Payless Entertainment LimitedPELX2CD28
2.16The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeEssentials noëlVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2014-10-14
Wagram Music (imprint/distributor)
3.11The Christmas Song3:10Nat King ColeCool Cats & Diamond DollsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2017-11-10
Ministry of SoundMOSCD505
1.1The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeA Magical Christmas, with the Stars of Easy ListeningVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Marks & Spencer
1.24The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeChristmas Joy 2002Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeIt’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Williams-SonomaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeJust ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.12The Christmas Song3:10Nat King ColeWhite ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
da music (imprint of Deutsche Austrophon GmbH)CD 77277
1.8The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeZeit für Musik: Die schönsten WeihnachtsliederVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.9The Christmas Song3:12Nat King ColeChristmas SwingVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Prism Leisure (budget UK-based compilation label)PLATCD 10S
Bootleg
1.1The Christmas Song3:12Nat King ColeClive’s Christmas CompilationVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
1.1The Christmas Song3:09Nat King ColeSounds of the HolidaysVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
RCA Special Products (a label of BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.)
1.4The Christmas Song3:11Nat King ColeCrooners at Christmas TimeVarious ArtistsAlbum
  • -2007
1.12The Christmas Song3:13Nat King ColeChristmas in the AirVarious ArtistsAlbum
1.8The Christmas Song3:13Nat King ColePower Trakks 100Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

recording of:The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (cover)

Related works

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

lyricist:Robert Wells (songwriter) (in 1945-07)
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1945-07)
composer:Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1945-07)
publisher:Chappell/Morris Ltd.
MPL Music Publishing Inc.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd.
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
Warner Chappell
Warner Chappell Ltd.
Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–)
Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
referred to in medleys:Mix 3 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 1)
Megamix 3 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 2)
Mix Three (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 2)
A Merry Little Sing‐Along (Medley) (order: 4)
later translated versions:Joululaulu (Hiljaa leijaa maahan hiutaleet)
Joyeux Noël
Julesangen
Min barndoms jul
Viele bunte Päckchen
クリスマスの歌
later versions:Captain’s Roastin’
Het kerstlied
is the basis for:The Christmas Song
arrangements:Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (lo‐fi arrangement)
Rimfrostjul (The Christmas Song, "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") (translated)
The Christmas Song (arr. John Rutter)
The Christmas Song (Carla Bley arrangement)
The Christmas Song
The Christmas Song (arr. Chris Walden)
The Christmas Song (arr. Peter Knight)
The Christmas Song (arr. for Béla Fleck & the Flecktones)
The Christmas Song (John Zorn arr.)