Haynes Christmas: The Ultimate Guide to the Festive Season

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1White Christmas
vocals:
Jim Reeves (US country & pop singer)
cover recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 15)
Jim Reeves3:16
2The Christmas Song
recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
writer:
Mel Tormé ("The Velvet Fog") (from 1944 until 1945) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Warner Chappell Ltd. and E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
Mel Tormé3:13
3Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
recording of:
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn (in 1945-07)
composer:
Jule Styne (in 1945-07)
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Chappell/Morris Ltd., Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Imagen Music, Producers Music Publishing Co., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Frank Sinatra2:37
4Christmas Bells
recording of:
Christmas Bells
writer:
Harry Filler and Leonard Schroeder
Patti Page2:43
5Deck the Halls
recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan
Vic Damone1:55
6Santa Baby
recording of:
Santa Baby
writer:
Joan Javits, Anthony Springer and Philip Springer
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Tamir Music and TM Music Ltd.
Eartha Kitt3:28
7It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
recording of:
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
writer:
Eddie Pola and George Wyle
publisher:
Barnaby Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI Songs Ltd., IQ Music Ltd. and ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Andy Williams2:44
8It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
recording of:
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Meredith Willson (in 1951)
publisher:
Frank Music Corp. and Meredith Willson Music LLC
Perry Como2:37
9Winter Wonderland
recording of:
Winter Wonderland
lyricist:
Richard B. Smith (wrote lyrics to “Winter Wonderland”)
composer:
Felix Bernard
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Francis, Day & Hunter, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Doris Day2:58
10Snowfall
cover recording of:
Snowfall
writer:
Claude Thornhill and Ruth Thornhill
publisher:
Chappell
Tony Bennett2:51
11Blue Christmas
cover recording of:
Blue Christmas
writer:
Bill Hayes (songwriter) and Jay Johnson (songwriter of "Blue Christmas")
publisher:
Anglo-Pic Music Co. Ltd., Bibo Music Publishing, Inc., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and Universal Polygram International, Inc.
Elvis Presley2:09
12Silver Bells
recording of:
Silver Bells
lyricist and composer:
Ray Evans (US lyricist) and Jay Livingston
publisher:
Famous Music (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Famous Music Publishing Limited, Jay Livingston Music Inc., Paramount Music Corporation and Sony/ATV Harmony (in 1950)
Ray Conniff2:29
13The Secret of Christmas
recording of:
The Secret of Christmas (1959 Christmas song from "Say One for Me")
writer:
Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
AF Encore Fund LLC, Cahn Music Company, EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Leo Feist, Inc. and Van Heusen Music Corp.
Julie Andrews3:22
14My Christmas Prayer
recording of:
My Christmas Prayer
arranger:
Jerome Jerry Bresler and Lyn Duddy
is based on:
Auld Lang Syne (original Scots version, lyrics by Robert Burns)
Bobby Vinton3:17
15Little Drummer Boy
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 Cash2:35
16I’ll Be Home for Christmas
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
lyricist:
Kim Gannon
additional writer:
Buck Ram
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Gannon and Kent Music Co. and Piedmont Music Company
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Dolly Parton43:15
17One Happy Christmas
recording of:
One Happy Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Carmol Taylor
Tammy Wynette2:08
18Christmas for Cowboys
recording of:
Christmas for Cowboys
lyricist and composer:
Steve Weisberg
John Denver2:30
19Silent Night
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Willie Nelson3:44
20Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
recording of:
Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) (on 1947-08-28)
lyricist and composer:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”), Oakley Haldeman and Harriett Melka
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co., Remick Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp. and Gene Autry Music Publishing, Inc. (on 1947-11-20)
Gene Autry2:32
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Credits

Release

manufactured in:the EU
liner notes:Richard Havers (author)
executive producer:Jeremy Yates-Round (Haynes director)
compiler:Phil Penman
distributed by:Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment) (in 2011)
mastered at:Masterpiece Mastering London (Talina Centre location (until 2014)) in Fulham, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/8456183 [info]
ASIN:UK: B005FNRMIU [info]