American Wintertime - A Holiday Album

~ Release by Harry Belafonte (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Record Company – Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH

Annotation last modified on 2019-07-19 18:56 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Christmas Is Coming
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)
1:37
2Mary's Boy Child
vocals:
Harry Belafonte
recording of:
Mary’s Boy Child (on 1956-07-20)
lyricist and composer:
Jester Hairston
publisher:
Bourne Music Ltd. and J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
54:23
3Swing Low
recording of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
lyricist and composer:
Wallace Willis (in 1862)
publisher:
E.C. Music (UK work publisher for Eric Clapton), Throat Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5435)
3:59
4The First Noel
producer:
Ed Welker
medley including a recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant (musician, artist and author)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
medley including a recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
medley including a recording of:
The First Noel (Gordon Jenkins arr.)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Gordon Jenkins
arrangement of:
The First Noël
5:25
5Michael Row The Boat Ashore
recording of:
Michael Row the Boat Ashore (arr. Belafonte)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Harry Belafonte
publisher:
Clara Music Publ. Corp.
arrangement of:
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
3:57
6Goin' Down Jordan
recording of:
Goin' Down Jordan
writer:
Irving Burgie and Theophilus Woods
publisher:
Caribbean Music Corp., Cherry Lane Music Co. and Clara Music Publ. Corp.
3:38
7Joy To The World
4:30
8Oh Freedom
arranger:
Harry Belafonte, Gene Corman and Milton Okun
recording of:
Oh Freedom
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:19
9I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
producer:
Ed Welker
arranger:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American poet)
composer:
John Baptiste Calkin (composer)
is based on:
Christmas Bells
23:03
10My Lord What A Mornin'
recording of:
My Lord, What a Morning (spiritual)
publisher:
Hinshaw Music (a member of the Fred Bock Publishing Group)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sue Ellen Page (composer and arranger of choral music)
4:26
11Buked And Scorned
4:42
12The Twelve Days Of Christmas
producer:
Ed Welker
conductor:
Robert DeCormier (American composer and conductor)
arranger:
C.C. Carter, Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) and Milt Okun
recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Frederic Austin (English baritone and composer) (in 1909)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
3:49
13Stars Shinin' (By 'N By)
1:34
14Silent Night
producer:
Ed Welker
conductor:
Robert DeCormier (American composer and conductor)
arranger:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) and Jesse Stool
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
13:38