Ultimate Christmas

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1We Three Kings
cover recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
Dolly Parton42:47
2Little Drummer Boy
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1963) and Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1963)
cover recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
Johnny Cash52:34
3O 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)
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)
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
Art Garfunkel32:08
4Joy to the World
arranger:
John Andrew Schreiner
cover recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer)
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
Aretha Franklin3:03
5God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
Kenny G4:34
6Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
producer:
Irving Townsend
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
Mahalia Jackson3:38
7O Holy Night
lead vocals:
Paul Potts
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Paul Potts34:24
8Go Tell It on the Mountain
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
arranger:
Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1974)
recording of:
Go Tell It on the Mountain (trad. arr. by Paul Simon)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
version of:
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
Simon & Garfunkel2:05
9It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears
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)
The Manhattan Transfer35:56
10Ding! Dong! Merrily on High
Roger Whittaker4:47
11Bells Are Ringing
recording of:
Bells are Ringing
writer:
Carpenter and Jennings (supporting guitarist for Mary Chapin Carpenter)
Mary Chapin Carpenter3:31
12Good King Wenceslas
recording of:
Good King Wenceslas
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum
The Ames Brothers2:18
13In the Bleak Midwinter
Julie Andrews3:51
14Deck the Halls
recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan
Vic Damone1:55
15We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Patti Page2:01
16Do You Hear What I Hear
cover recording of:
Do You Hear What I Hear?
lyricist:
Noël Regney (in 1962)
composer:
Gloria Shayne Baker (in 1962)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd. and Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Gladys Knight & the Pips3:59
17Silver Bells
Jerry Vale3:21
18The Twelve Days of Christmas
producer:
Ed Welker
conductor:
Robert DeCormier
arranger:
C.C. Carter, Robert De Cormier and Milt Okun
recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Frederic Austin (in 1909)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
Harry Belafonte3:49
19O Christmas Tree
Mario Lanza1:50
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part of:Ultimate (Sony Music series) (order: 11)