White Christmas

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Jingle Bells
cover recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
John Denver2:42
2Cold Cold Christmas
Dana3:16
3Sleigh Ride
Glen Campbell2:52
4Air on the G-String
The Mantovani Orchestra2:46
5Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Mormon Tabernacle Choir2:57
6Marvelous Toy
cover recording of:
The Marvelous Toy
lyricist and composer:
Tom Paxton (US folk singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Deep Fork Music, Inc., DreamWorks Songs and Pax Music
John Denver2:51
7Here Comes Santa Claus
Glen Campbell1:37
8Yuletide Medley 2
The Glenn Miller Orchestra5:48
9Christmas Needs Love to Be Christmas
cover recording of:
Christmas Needs Love to Be Christmas
writer:
Tim James (US songwriter and music manager) and Steve McClintock
Andy Williams3:04
10This Time of the Year
recording of:
This Time of the Year (in 1959-06)
writer:
Hollis and Owens (American songwriter and record producer)
Brook Benton2:26
11What 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)
Johnny Cash4:14
12Silent Night
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Mormon Tabernacle Choir4:00
13The First Noel
cover recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 682)
Lynn Anderson4:17
14The Christmas Song
engineer:
Bill McMeekin
vocals:
Paul Anka (Canadian singer, songwriter and actor)
conductor:
Sid Feller
arranger:
Sid Feller
recorded at:
Bell Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
lyricist:
Robert Wells (songwriter) (in 1945-07) and 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. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
Paul Anka3:58
15Little Drummer Boy
cover recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
John Denver3:19