What a Wonderful Christmas

~ Release by Anne Murray (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1CD
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1Joy to the World
recording of:
Joy to the World (Peter Cardinali arrangement)
composer:
George Frideric Handel
arranger:
Peter Cardinali
publisher:
Balmur Music and Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing
arrangement of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
2:09
2The Coventry Carol (Brass Quintet)/White Christmas3:43
3It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
cover 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)
2:48
4Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow3:00
5Winter Wonderland3:13
6O Little Town of Bethlehem
cover 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)
3:11
7The Coventry Carol/Christmas in Killarney
medley including a cover recording of:
Christmas in Killarney
writer:
James Cavanaugh, John Redmond and Frank Weldon
medley including a recording of:
Coventry Carol
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19028)
2:45
8This Season Will Never Grow Old
cover recording of:
This Season Will Never Grow Old
lyricist and composer:
Rita MacNeil
3:10
9Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas3:14
10O Come All Ye Faithful
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Music Canada
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)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
4:26
11Do You Hear What I Hear?2:49
12It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas2:47
13Sweet Little Jesus Boy
cover recording of:
Sweet Little Jesus Boy
lyricist and composer:
Robert MacGimsey
publisher:
Carl Fischer LLC
3:50
14I'll Be Home for Christmas3:36
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1The Santa (medley)
medley including a partial cover recording of:
Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
lyricist and composer:
Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman and Harriett Melka
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co., EMI Davis Music Australia Pty Limited, Remick Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp. and Gene Autry Music Publishing, Inc. (on 1947-11-20)
medley including a partial cover recording of:
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
lyricist and composer:
Tommie Connor
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly, E. H. Morris & Co. Ltd., Herman Music, Inc., Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. and Regent Music
medley including a partial cover recording of:
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
additional lyricist:
Vaughn Horton
lyricist:
Emily Huntington Miller
composer:
James Ramsey Murray
arranger:
Vaughn Horton
is based on:
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
medley including a partial cover recording of:
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
lyricist:
Emily Huntington Miller
composer:
James Ramsey Murray
medley including a partial 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
medley including a partial cover recording of:
Up on the House Top (Christmas song)
lyricist and composer:
Benjamin R. Hanby (in 1864)
5:41
2Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer / Frosty the Snowman
medley including a cover recording of:
Frosty the Snow Man
writer:
Steve Nelson and Walter E. Rollins
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Warner/Chappell North America Limited, Chappell & Co. (in 1950) and Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (on 1950-06-02)
medley including a 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)
3:40
3Away in a Manger
recording of:
Away in a Manger (Jim Ed Norman arrangement)
lyricist:
Martin Luther
composer:
Carl Mueller
arranger:
Jim Ed Norman
publisher:
Balmur Music and Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing
is based on:
Away in a Manger (Mueller variation)
3:01
4We Three Kings
cover recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
3:02
5Silver Bells2:44
6The Little 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, International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music, Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
3:46
7The First Noel
recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional]
3:20
8Go Tell It on the Mountain2:50
9Christmas Wishes
recording of:
Christmas Wishes
writer:
Art Podell and Randy Sparks
2:32
10Hark! Herald the Angels Sing
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 26)
2:59
11Mary's Little Boy Child / Oh My Lord
cover recording of:
Mary’s Boy Child
lyricist and composer:
Jester Hairston
publisher:
Bourne Music Ltd. and J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
3:57
12O Holy Night
recording of:
O Holy Night (Peter Cardinali arrangement)
composer:
Adolphe Adam
arranger:
Peter Cardinali
publisher:
Balmur Music and Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing
arrangement of:
O Holy Night
cover recording of:
O Holy Night (Peter Cardinali arrangement)
composer:
Adolphe Adam
arranger:
Peter Cardinali
publisher:
Balmur Music and Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing
arrangement of:
O Holy Night
3:08
13The Coventry Carol (Choral) / The Christmas Song
medley including a recording of:
Coventry Carol
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19028)
medley including a cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
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)
3:34
14Silent 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
4:23