Christmas (Original recording remastered)

~ Release by Harry Belafonte (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1A Star in the East
producer:
Ed Welker
conductor:
Robert DeCormier
recording of:
A Star in the East
writer:
Robert De Cormier, Jesse Stool and Milt Okun
4:19
2The Gifts They Gave
producer:
Ed Welker
conductor:
Robert DeCormier
recording of:
The Gifts They Gave
writer:
Robert De Cormier, Jesse Stool and Milt Okun
version of:
The Friendly Beasts
4:01
3The Son of Mary
producer:
Ed Welker
conductor:
Robert DeCormier
recording of:
The Son of Mary
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Robert De Cormier, Jesse Stool and Milt Okun
arrangement of:
What Child Is This?
3:25
4The 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.
3:50
5Where the Little Jesus Sleeps
producer:
Ed Welker
conductor:
Robert DeCormier
recording of:
Where the Little Jesus Sleeps
writer:
Robert De Cormier, Jesse Stool and Milt Okun
2:09
6Medley: The Joys of Christmas / O Little Town of Bethlehem / Deck the Halls / The First Noel
producer:
Ed Welker
medley including a recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
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
7Mary'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.
54:25
8Christmas Is Coming
producer:
Ed Welker
conductor:
Robert DeCormier
recording of:
Christmas Is Coming
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Robert De Cormier, Jesse Stool and Milton T. Okun
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
arrangement of:
Christmas Is Coming
1:43
9Mary, Mary
producer:
Ed Welker
conductor:
Robert DeCormier
recording of:
Mary, Mary
writer:
Dave Barnes (cowrote Mary, Mary) and Robert Corman
3:25
10Jehovah the Lord Will Provide
producer:
Ed Welker
conductor:
Robert DeCormier
recording of:
Jehovah the Lord Will Provide
writer:
Robert De Cormier, Jesse Stool and Milt Okun
3:00
11Medley: We Wish You a Merry Christmas / God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen / O Come All Ye Faithful / Joy to the World
producer:
Ed Welker
conductor:
Robert DeCormier
medley including a 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)
medley including a 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)
medley including a 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)
medley including a recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4:30
12I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
producer:
Ed Welker
arranger:
Robert De Cormier
recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
composer:
John Baptiste Calkin (composer)
is based on:
Christmas Bells
3:04
13Goin' Down Jordan
producer:
Ed Welker
recording of:
Goin' Down Jordan
writer:
Irving Burgie and Theophilus Woods
publisher:
Caribbean Music Corp., Cherry Lane Music Co. and Clara Music Publ. Corp.
3:53
14Amen
recording of:
Amen (gospel song popularized by The Impressions)
lyricist and composer:
Jester Hairston
3:07
15Glory Manger
recording of:
Glory Manger
writer:
Harry Belafonte, William Eaton (US producer & arranger) and Leonard de Paur (African-American composer)
4:40
16The Baby Boy
engineer:
Bob Sirapson
producer:
Bob Bollard
bass:
Norman Keenan
cuatro:
Ernest Calabria
guitar:
Ernest Calabria and Millard Thomas
vocals:
Harry Belafonte (in 1961)
conductor and chorus master:
Ralph Hunter
performer:
Trinidad Steel Drum Band
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (from 1961 to present)
recording of:
The Baby Boy (in 1961)
writer:
Michael Alexander (recorded by The Hollies, Belafonte, Bassey) and R. Clavery
publisher:
Clara Music Publ. Corp.
3:26
17Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair)
vocals:
Harry Belafonte (on 1952-08-01)
recording of:
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) (on 1952-08-01)
lyricist:
Jack O. Segal (US songwriter) (in 1949)
composer:
Evelyn Danzig (in 1949)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Helton Music and Mills Music Limited
2:46
18Silent Night
producer:
Ed Welker
conductor:
Robert DeCormier
arranger:
Robert De Cormier and Jesse Stool
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
3:36

Credits

Release

liner notes:Joseph F. Laredo
compiler:Paul Williams (reissue and compilation producer)
ASIN:US: B003O5MOM0 [info]