Best of The Great Songs of Christmas, Album Ten

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Tracklist

112" Vinyl
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1First Noel
recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
John Davidson1:41
2Carol of the Bells
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1963-09-03)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1963-09-03)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (on 1963-09-03)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (on 1963-09-03)
arranger:
Eddie Sauter
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1963-09-03)
recording of:
Carol of the Bells (on 1963-09-03)
lyricist:
Peter J. Wilhousky
composer:
Микола Дмитрович Леонтович (Mykola Leontovych)
is based on:
Щедрик (The Little Swallow)
New York Philharmonic2:37
3Joy to the World
Anna Moffo1:38
4The Lord's Prayer
Richard Tucker2:50
5Away in a Manger
Mahalia Jackson2:31
6Ave Maria
Isaac Stern?:??
7Silent Night
engineer:
Jack Lattig and Rafael O. Valentin
producer:
Ettore Stratta (conductor, producer)
vocals:
Barbra Streisand
conductor:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor)
arranger:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor)
recording of:
Sleep in Heavenly Peace (Silent Night) (arr. Ray Ellis) (on 1966-06-26)
lyricist:
John Freeman Young
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber
arranger:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor)
publisher:
Emanuel Music Corp. (ended) and BJS Music Corp.
arrangement of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
Barbra Streisand3:01
8Happiest Christmas
Petula Clark3:00
9The Christmas Song
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
lyricist:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
composer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (from 1944 until 1945)
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 (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
Tony Bennett2:19
10The Little Drummer Boy
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”) (from 1966-08-17 until 1966-08-18)
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 (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
Percy Faith & His Orchestra & Chorus3:00
11Do You Hear What I Hear?
vocals:
Andy Williams (US pop/jazz vocalist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1965)
recording of:
Do You Hear What I Hear?
lyricist:
Noël Regney (in 1962)
writer:
Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker
composer:
Gloria Shayne Baker (in 1962)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly and Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Andy Williams2:50
12Toyland
recording of:
Toyland
composer:
Victor Herbert (American composer)
librettist:
Glen MacDonough
part of:
Babes in Toyland
Doris Day3:03
13The Night Before Christmas
Steve Lawrence2:51
14We Wish You a Merry Christmas
The Ray Conniff Singers0:37

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ASIN:US: B000FNF0V6 [info]