Memories: The Christmas Collection

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Tracklist

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1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1White ChristmasBing Crosby3:04
2The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
producer:
Lee Gillette
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1961-03-30)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1961-03-30)
conductor:
Ralph Carmichael (on 1961-03-30)
orchestrator:
Charles R. Grean and Pete Rugolo
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-20 (number: 8), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-13 (number: 9), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-06 (number: 18) and Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-29 (number: 29)
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (on 1961-03-30)
lyricist:
Mel Tormé and Robert Wells (from 1944 until 1945)
composer:
Mel Tormé (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., MPL Music Publishing Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (from 1946 to present)
Nat King Cole3:12
3Winter WonderlandPerry Como2:31
4Have Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasJudy Garland2:45
5Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Vaughn Monroe3:07
6Jingle Bells
recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
Glenn Miller3:26
7Frosty the SnowmanGene Autry2:56
8Here Comes Santa ClausDoris Day2:41
9That Christmas Feeling
Perry Como3:14
10There’s a Train Out for DreamlandNat King Cole2:40
11Christmas Dreaming (A Little Early This Year)Frank Sinatra2:58
12Merry Christmas
Anne Shelton2:18
13Happy HolidayBing Crosby2:28
14The Santa Claus Express
vocals:
Dan Donovan
conductor:
Henry Hall
The BBC Dance Orchestra3:13
15Christmas Island
The Andrews Sisters2:40
16Santo Natale
David Whitfield2:56
17Christmas in Killarney
The Ramblers2:18
18The First Nowell
Dick Haymes2:56
2CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Santa Claus Is Coming to TownFrank Sinatra2:36
2Sleigh Ride
executive producer:
Joseph Szurly
producer:
Israel Horowitz
creative direction:
Penny Bennett and Carla Leighton
conductor:
Leroy Anderson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1955)
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)
Leroy Anderson3:03
3It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Perry Como2:41
4Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReindeerBing Crosby2:16
5The Little Christmas TreeNat King Cole3:14
6Santa BabyEartha Kitt3:23
7Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1950-09-26)
recording of:
Santa Claus Got Stuck (in My Chimney) (Ella Fitzgerald song) (on 1950-09-26)
writer:
Bill Hardy and Billy Moore, Jr.
Ella Fitzgerald3:08
8(It’s Gonna Be) A Lonely Christmas
The Orioles3:20
9Winter Weather
recording of:
Winter Weather
lyricist and composer:
Ted Shapiro
Peggy Lee & Art Lund3:02
10Christmas Alphabet
vocals:
Dickie Valentine
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (in 1955)
cover recording of:
Christmas Alphabet (1954 song)
writer:
Buddy Kaye and Jules Loman
publisher:
Budd Music Corp. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
recording of:
Christmas Alphabet (1954 song)
writer:
Buddy Kaye and Jules Loman
publisher:
Budd Music Corp. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
Dickie Valentine2:07
11St. Nicholas Waltz
Lita Roza2:34
12I’m Sending a Letter to Santa Claus
Vera Lynn3:21
13Christmas Night in Harlem
Jack Teagarden3:25
14Cradle Song
Glenn Miller3:37
15The Fairy on the Christmas Tree
The BBC Dance Orchestra2:58
16The Birthday of a KingJudy Garland3:09
17Away in a Manger
Anne Shelton3:01
18O Little Town of Bethlehem
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)
Dick Haymes2:19
3CD
#TitleArtistLength
1God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
Bing Crosby?:??
2Silent 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)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Frank Sinatra?:??
3The Virgin’s Slumber Song (Maria Wiegenlied)
Mario Lanza?:??
4It Came Upon the 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 (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
Frank Sinatra?:??
5Good King Wenceslas / We Three Kings of Orient Are / Angels We (medley)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1949-05-31)
lead vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1949-05-31)
orchestra:
Simon Rady & His Orchestra and Choir (on 1949-05-31)
conductor:
Simon Rady (on 1949-05-31)
medley including a recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High (on 1949-05-31)
lyricist:
[unknown]
composer:
[traditional]
translator:
James Chadwick (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
medley including a recording of:
Good King Wenceslas (on 1949-05-31)
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum
medley including a recording of:
We Three Kings (on 1949-05-31)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
Bing Crosby?:??
6Deck the Halls / Away in a Manger / I Saw Three Ships (medley)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1949-05-31)
lead vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1949-05-31)
orchestra:
Simon Rady & His Orchestra and Choir (on 1949-05-31)
conductor:
Simon Rady (on 1949-05-31)
medley including a recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick) (on 1949-05-31)
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
medley including a recording of:
Deck the Halls (on 1949-05-31)
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant
composer:
[traditional]
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
medley including a recording of:
I Saw Three Ships (on 1949-05-31)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
Bing Crosby?:??
7O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)
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)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
Deanna Durbin?:??
8Cantique de Noel
tenor vocals:
Georges Thill
recording of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
lyricist:
Placide Cappeau
composer:
Adolphe Adam (in 1847)
is based on:
Minuit, chrétiens (Poem)
Georges Thill?:??
9Coventry Carol
Elisabeth Schumann?:??
10Mary Had a Baby, Yes, Lord
Paul Robeson?:??
11The Star of Bethlehem
Richard Crooks?:??
12Once in Royal David’s City / Good King Wenceslas / It Came Upon (medley)
London Church Carol Choir?:??
13Christmas Bells at Eventide
conductor:
Ray Noble
Gracie Fields?:??
14The Star of the East
vocals:
Judy Garland (on 1941-07-20)
recording of:
Star of the East (on 1941-07-20)
lyricist:
George Cooper
arranger:
Amanda Kennedy
is based on:
Star of the Sea (Tune for "Star of the East")
Judy Garland?:??
15Ave Maria
recording of:
Ave Maria (catch-all for arrangements of the Bach / Gounod work)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach and Charles Gounod
publisher:
Lam Larghetto Music (from 1993 to present)
arrangement of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Deanna Durbin?:??
16Petit Papa Noel
Tino Rossi?:??
17Guardian Angels
Mario Lanza?:??
18Joy to the World
recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel
Bing Crosby?:??
4CD
#TitleArtistLength
1That’s What Christmas Means to MeEddie Fisher3:27
2I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa ClausThe Beverley Sisters2:31
3Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian Christmas Song)Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters2:59
4Christmas and YouDave King3:14
5Mrs. Santa ClausNat King Cole2:08
6(All I Want for Christmas) Is My Two Front Teeth
vocals:
George Rock (on 1947-12-06)
recording of:
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth (on 1947-12-06)
lyricist and composer:
Donald Yetter Gardner (in 1944)
Spike Jones and His City Slickers3:12
7C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
recording of:
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
lyricist:
Jenny Lou Carson (in 1949)
composer:
Eddy Arnold (in 1949)
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (on 1949-10-30)
Eddy Arnold2:30
8Blue ChristmasErnest Tubb2:48
9The Merry Christmas Polka
The Andrews Sisters2:52
10I’ll Be Home for ChristmasBing Crosby3:01
11Snow
Bing Crosby2:43
12The Little Boy That Santa Claus ForgotLita Roza3:03
13Christmas Eve in Fairyland
Gracie Fields2:52
14Christmas Swing
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1937-12-27)
double bass:
Louis Viola (on 1937-12-27)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (on 1937-12-27)
violin:
Michel Warlop (on 1937-12-27)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (number: 0LA 2216-1) and Swing (number: OLA 2216-1)
recording of:
Christmas Swing (on 1937-12-27)
composer:
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli2:49
15Little Jack Frost Get Lost
cover recording of:
Little Jack Frost Get Lost
lyricist:
Al Stillman
composer:
Seger Ellis
publisher:
Adaken Music Holding LLC
Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee1:50
16The Mistletoe Kiss PolkaMargaret Whiting2:35
17It’s Christmas Time Again
harp:
Stella Castellucci (on 1953-09-16)
piano:
Marty Paich (on 1953-09-16)
additional background vocals:
Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires (on 1953-09-16)
orchestra:
Victor Young and His Orchestra (on 1953-09-16)
conductor:
Victor Young (on 1953-09-16)
recording of:
It’s Christmas Time Again (on 1953-09-16)
writer:
Sonny Burke, John Elliot and James K. Harwood
publisher:
Bourne Co.
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部
cover recording of:
It’s Christmas Time Again
writer:
Sonny Burke, John Elliot and James K. Harwood
publisher:
Bourne Co.
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部
Peggy Lee3:00
18Let’s Start the New Year RightBing Crosby2:35

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ASIN:UK: B000VT2NZ0 [info]