A Christmas Treasury: 25 Best-Loved Holiday Classics

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Annotation

Also available as: Label: Cema Special Markets - Catalog #: S21-17792. Same barcode, different artwork.

Annotation last modified on 2012-12-26 21:15 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I Wish You a Merry Christmas
vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1962-10-05)
orchestra:
Bob Thompson and his Orchestra (on 1962-10-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1962-10-05)
cover recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (on 1962-10-05)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
Bing Crosby1:54
2Deck the Halls
The King’s Singers1:35
3Away in a Manger
Kathleen Battle1:53
4Hallelujah Chorus
organ:
Eric Chadwick (chorus master, organist)
choir vocals:
Huddersfield Choral Society (from 1959-06-15 until 1959-06-19)
orchestra:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1959-06-15 until 1959-06-19)
conductor:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor) (from 1959-06-15 until 1959-06-19)
chorus master:
Herbert Bardgett (chorus master / conductor / organist)
arranger:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
recorded at:
Huddersfield Town Hall in Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1959-06-15 until 1959-06-19)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah” (catch-all for arrangements) (from 1959-06-15 until 1959-06-19)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
arrangement of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah”
The Huddersfield Choral Society4:42
5While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott5:18
6O Come All Ye Faithful
cover recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
Al Martino2:30
7The Little Drummer Boy
Lena Horne3:16
8Feliz Navidad
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2026-01-03 (number: 11), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-27 (number: 14), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-20 (number: 16), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-13 (number: 17), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-06 (number: 23), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-29 (number: 49) and Offizielle deutsche Charts – Single-Jahrescharts 2025 (number: 87)
recording of:
Feliz Navidad (Spanish/English)
lyricist and composer:
José Feliciano (born 1945, not Cheo Feliciano)
publisher:
DeJamus Ltd., J & H Publishing Co. and J-H Publishing
José Feliciano33:06
9We Three Kings
cover recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
The Beach Boys4:04
10Brahms' Lullaby
Nat King Cole3:10
11Lo! How a Rose E'er Blooming
New York Choral Artists2:25
12Wassail Song
The Roger Wagner Chorale2:20
13Joy to the World
Virgil Fox2:08
14It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer)
conductor:
Ralph Carmichael
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
cover recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author)
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)
Ella Fitzgerald33:20
15God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
choir vocals:
Taverner Choir
orchestra:
Taverner Players
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott2:29
16The First Noel
Empire Brass3:10
17What Child Is This
recording of:
What Child Is This?
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25608)
version of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
Tanya Tucker4:08
18Angels We Have Heard on High
The New Christy Minstrels3:29
19The Nutcracker Suite
Les Brown and His Band of Renown6:33
20Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
producer:
Dave Cavanaugh
lead vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
cover recording of:
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (on 1960-06-19)
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1932)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1932)
publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Haven Gillespie Music Publishing, Jobete Music Co., Inc., Leo Feist Ltd, Leo Feist, Inc., SBK United Partnership and The Songwriters Guild
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
Peggy Lee2:18
21White Christmas
conductor:
Gus Levene (in 1959)
arranger:
Irving Berlin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1959)
cover recording of:
White Christmas (in 1959)
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:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
Dean Martin42:31
22Jingle Bells
Fred Waring2:43
23O Holy Night
The Lettermen2:36
24Good King Wenceslas
The Roger Wagner Chorale3:06
25Silent Night
Wayne Newton2:47

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