Christmas Past and Present

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Annotation

Budget 2-disc Christmas compilation also includes a DVD of 1935 version of Scrooge

Annotation last modified on 2010-12-28 03:49 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Step Into Christmas
producer:
Gus Dudgeon
piano and lead vocals:
Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)
recording of:
Step Into Christmas (on 1973-11-11)
lyricist:
Bernie Taupin
composer:
Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)
publisher:
Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Universal/Dick James Music Ltd. (fka Dick James Music Ltd.)
Elton John2.94:30
2Every Time Christmas Comes Around
additional recording engineer:
Martin Christensen (engineer) and Ross Pallone
recording engineer:
Ben Fowler and Grady Walker
miscellaneous support:
Lisa Patton Brown (task: production coordinator) and Kathy Whitley (task: production coordinator)
engineer:
Chuck Turner (task: pro‐tools engineer)
executive producer:
Tony Brown (US producer, pianist and keyboardist)
producer:
Marc Harris and Michael McDonald (R&B & soul singer)
mixer:
Ben Fowler
baritone guitar and electric guitar:
Eric Struthers
baritone saxophone:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist)
bass:
Tommy Sims (r&b, ccm)
drums (drum set):
Rick Jordan (American drummer)
electric piano, piano [acoustic piano], background vocals and lead vocals:
Michael McDonald (R&B & soul singer)
Hammond organ [B3] and synthesizer [synths]:
Marc Harris
keytar and solo saxophone:
Kirk Whalum
percussion:
Crystal Talifero (American multi‐instrumentalist and vocalist)
tenor saxophone:
Sam Levine (session musician, multi-instrumentalist)
trombone:
Barry Green (trombonist)
trumpet:
Mike Haynes (trumpet/flugelhorn)
additionally recorded at:
57 Varieties in Los Angeles, California, United States
recorded at:
Bingham Bend Studio in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee, United States
mixed at:
The Rec Room in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Every Time Christmas Comes Around
writer:
Marc Harris and Michael McDonald (R&B & soul singer)
Michael McDonald3:34
3Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
producer:
Chip Davis (founder of Mannheim Steamroller)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
American Gramaphone, LLC (holder of the American Gramaphone imprint - file no releases here!) (in 1988)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement)
arranger:
Chip Davis (founder of Mannheim Steamroller)
publisher:
Dots and Lines Ink
arrangement of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
Mannheim Steamroller33:30
4Hot Rod Sleigh
recording engineer:
Ron Reynolds
producer:
Nelson Larkin and Harold Shedd
recorded at:
Scruggs Sound Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States and Sound Stage (Nashville, TN studio) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (lead vocals [overdubs])
mixed at:
Alpine Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Hot Rod Sleigh
writer:
Toby Keith (US country singer & guitarist)
Toby Keith33:39
5What Child Is This
cover 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)
The Moody Blues2:23
6One Man's Dream
Yanni2:43
7The Christmas Song
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)
Marvin Gaye2:37
8O 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)
Donna Summer4:41
9Silent Night
producer:
Clay McMurray (producer, songwriter, engineer) and Barrett Strong
cover 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
The Temptations2:24
10Why Christmas
co-producer:
Michael McCary, Brian McKnight, Nathan Morris (Boyz II Men) and Shawn Stockman
producer:
Wanya Morris
recording of:
Why Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Wanya Morris
Boyz II Men4:53
11Merry Christmas Baby
cover recording of:
Merry Christmas Baby
writer:
Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore (US blues guitarist, Three Blazers)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., St. Louis Music Corp., Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–) and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
B.B. King3:56
12Baby It's Cold Outside
producer:
Jeff Kievit
performer:
Bobby Caldwell (US singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist) and Vanessa Williams (US pop/R&B vocalist/producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) (in 1996)
cover recording of:
Baby, It’s Cold Outside (1948 song by Frank Loesser)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., Kobalt Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), MPL UK Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
part of:
The 22nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1949 winner)
Vanessa Williams54:50
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