Christmas Crooners & Divas

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Annotation

N.B. The printed track list doesn't match the content of the CD for CD2 tracks 7–9

Tracklist

1▶CD: Crooners
2▼CD: Divas
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1Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
cover recording of:
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1932)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1932)
publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, EMI Music Publishing Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Haven Gillespie Music Publishing, Jobete Music Co., Inc., Leo Feist Ltd, Leo Feist, Inc., SBK United Partnership and The Songwriters Guild
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 and 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
Peggy Lee2:19
2Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
cover recording of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Marks
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music, Warner/Chappell Music Ltd., St. Nicholas Music Publishing Co. (on 1949-05-09) and St. Nicholas Music Inc. (from 1950 to present)
arrangement of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer (for voice, choir and orchestra, Elms)
Lena Horne2:39
3I’d Like You for Christmas
producer:
Bobby Troup
lead vocals:
Julie London
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Liberty
recording of:
I’d Like You for Christmas (in 1957)
writer:
Bobby Troup
Julie London2:36
4What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
producer:
Tom Morgan
bass:
Jimmy Bond
celesta and piano:
Jack Wilson
cello:
Edgar Lustgarten
drums (drum set):
Kenny Dennis
guitar:
Joe Pass
strings:
George Poole
vocals:
Nancy Wilson
remixer:
Malcolm Addey
arranger:
Gerald Wilson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (in 1995)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc., Frank Music Corp. (in 1947) and MPL Music Publishing Inc. (in 1947)
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM)
Nancy Wilson2:25
5Must Be Santa
recording of:
Must Be Santa
writer:
William A. Fredricks and Hal Moore
publisher:
Intuitive Music, Woodwyn Music Co. and Hollis Music, Inc. (from 1960 to present)
Alma Cogan2:13
6The First Noël
cover recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
additional arranger:
Sir John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 36)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
version of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
Ella Fitzgerald1:49
7Little Donkey
recording of:
Little Donkey
lyricist and composer:
Eric Boswell
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
Vera Lynn3:28
8Snowy White Snow & Jingle Bells
Dorothy Squires2:48
9The Christmas Tree
Eve Boswell2:53
10The Fairy on the Christmas Tree
recording of:
The Fairy on the Christmas Tree
lyricist:
Roma Campbell-Hunter
composer:
Harry Parr-Davies
Gracie Fields3:05
11Christmas Evermore
Mary Margaret O'Hara4:14
12Christmas Time in Ireland
recording of:
Christmastime in Ireland
lyricist and composer:
Eilís Máire Boland
Ruby Murray2:53
13I’m a Little Christmas Cracker
Diana Decker1:58
14Christmas Card
performer:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
Christmas Cards
writer:
Jack Fishman
Alma Cogan2:50
15Away in a Manger
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald
conductor:
Ralph Carmichael
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
cover recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous]
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
translated version of:
Y Preseb
Ella Fitzgerald2:12
16(Everybody’s Waiting for) The Man With the Bag
producer:
Frank De Vol
lead vocals:
Kay Starr
recording of:
(Everybody’s Waitin’ for) The Man With the Bag (on 1950-10-11)
writer:
Dudley Brooks, Hal Stanley and Irving Taylor
publisher:
Morley Music Corp.
Kay Starr2:43
17Deck the Halls
cover recording of:
Deck the Halls (on 1960-06-19)
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant
composer:
[traditional]
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
Peggy Lee2:10
18Once in Royal David’s City
Cleo Laine3:09
19Silent Night
cover 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)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Lena Horne2:57
20Sleigh Ride
recording of:
Sleigh Ride
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1950)
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1948-02-10)
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited, EMI Mills Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd and Woodbury Music
version of:
Sleigh Ride (original instrumental version)
Vera Lynn & The Mike Sammes Singers5:37