Sounds of the Season: The Nat King Cole Holiday Collection

~ Release by Nat King Cole (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Nat’s Christmas Wishes
producer:
Lee Gillette
spoken vocals:
Nat King Cole
conductor:
Ralph Carmichael
Nat King Cole0:16
2Buon Natale
cover recording of:
Buon Natale (Merry Christmas to You)
writer:
Frank Linale and Bob Saffer
Nat King Cole with Anthony Hamilton1:35
3Silent 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
Nat King Cole with Shelby Lynne2:10
4The First Noel
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)
Nat King Cole with Ne‐Yo1:58
5O Holy Night
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Nat King Cole with Faith Evans2:58
6O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
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)
Nat King Cole with Los Lonely Boys2:29
7Hark! The Herald 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)
Nat King Cole with LeToya Luckett1:50
8Nat’s Introduction
Nat King Cole0:22
9The Christmas Song
producer:
Fred Salem
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1961-03-30) and Natalie Cole (in 1998)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1998)
conductor:
Bob Krogstad (in 1998)
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)
Nat King Cole with Natalie Cole3:43

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part of:Sounds of the Season (order: 8)