The Rat Pack Christmas Album

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Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Have Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasFrank Sinatra2:36
2Winter WonderlandFrank Sinatra1:24
3White Christmas
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1944-11-14)
bass:
Ward Lay (on 1944-11-14)
cello:
Emmerick Gara (on 1944-11-14), George Poliakin (on 1944-11-14) and Avron Twerdowky (on 1944-11-14)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Blowers (on 1944-11-14)
French horn:
Karl Chlupsa (on 1944-11-14)
guitar:
Matty Golizio (on 1944-11-14)
harp:
Ruth Hill (on 1944-11-14)
piano:
Billy Rowland (on 1944-11-14)
trombone:
John D'Agostino (on 1944-11-14), Andy Russo (on 1944-11-14) and Charlie Small (on 1944-11-14)
trumpet:
Carl Poole (on 1944-11-14), Sammy Shapiro (on 1944-11-14) and Melvin "Red" Solomon (on 1944-11-14)
viola:
Morris Kahan (on 1944-11-14), Sol Pfaeff (on 1944-11-14) and Sol Rumberg (on 1944-11-14)
violin:
Julius Brand (on 1944-11-14), Frederick Buldrini (on 1944-11-14), Sid Harris (on 1944-11-14), Leonard Kanter (on 1944-11-14), Murray Kellner (on 1944-11-14), Bernard Kundell (on 1944-11-14), William Lockwood (on 1944-11-14), Arthur Loesserman (on 1944-11-14), Harold Micklin (on 1944-11-14), Seymour Miroff (on 1944-11-14), Gene Orloff (on 1944-11-14) and Raoul Polikian (on 1944-11-14)
woodwind:
Artie Baker (on 1944-11-14), Harry Feldman (on 1944-11-14), Bernie Kaufman (on 1944-11-14), Pete Pumiglio (on 1944-11-14) and Hank Ross (on 1944-11-14)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (on 1944-11-14)
vocals:
Jewel Bowman (on 1944-11-14), Kathleen Carnes (on 1944-11-14), Pauline Dugart (on 1944-11-14), John Hubert (on 1944-11-14), Phil Reep (on 1944-11-14), Claude Reese (on 1944-11-14), Bobby Tucker (on 1944-11-14), The Bobby Tucker Singers (on 1944-11-14), Rae Whitney (on 1944-11-14) and Darrel Woodyard (on 1944-11-14)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-11-14) and Bobby Tucker (on 1944-11-14)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
cover recording of:
White Christmas (on 1944-11-14)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control, EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
Frank Sinatra3:28
4Light a Candle in the Chapel
alto saxophone:
Fred Stulce (on 1942-07-02)
bass:
Phil Stevens (on 1942-07-02)
cello:
Harold Bemko (on 1942-07-02)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1942-07-02)
guitar:
Clark Yocum (on 1942-07-02)
harp:
Ruth Hill (on 1942-07-02)
piano:
Milt Raskin (on 1942-07-02)
saxophone:
Harry Schuchman (on 1942-07-02)
tenor saxophone:
Heinie Beau (on 1942-07-02), Don Lodice (on 1942-07-02) and Bruce Snyder (on 1942-07-02)
trombone:
George Arus (on 1942-07-02), Dave Jacobs (on 1942-07-02) and Jimmy Skiles (on 1942-07-02)
trumpet:
Jimmy Blake (on 1942-07-02), Ziggy Elman (on 1942-07-02), Danny Vanelli (on 1942-07-02) and Jimmy Zito (on 1942-07-02)
viola:
Leonard Atkins (on 1942-07-02) and Sam Ross (on 1942-07-02)
violin:
Alex Beller (on 1942-07-02), William Ehrenkrantz (on 1942-07-02), Seymour Miroff (on 1942-07-02), Raoul Polikian (on 1942-07-02), Leonard Posner (on 1942-07-02) and Bernie Tinterow (on 1942-07-02)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (on 1942-07-02)
orchestra:
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (on 1942-07-02)
conductor:
Tommy Dorsey (on 1942-07-02)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recorded at:
RCA Studio 2 in New York, New York, United States (on 1942-07-02)
recording of:
Light a Candle in the Chapel (on 1942-07-02)
writer:
Ed G. Nelson, Duke Leonard and Harry Pease
publisher:
Fisher Music Corp. and Mills Music, Inc.
Frank Sinatra3:07
5Silver BellsDean Martin3:10
6Silent 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
Dean Martin3:09
7Rock‐A‐Bye Your Baby With a Dixie MelodySammy Davis Jr.3:45
8Jingle Bells
conductor:
Axel Stordahl
performer:
Ken Lane Singers (on 1946-08-08)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
Jingle Bells (on 1946-08-08)
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)
Frank Sinatra2:39
9O Come All Ye Faithful
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”) (on 1946-08-08)
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)
Frank Sinatra2:38
10While the Angelas Was Ringing
recording of:
While the Angelus Was Ringing
lyricist and composer:
Gilles
translator:
Dick Manning
translated version of:
Les Trois Cloches
Frank Sinatra2:46
11Santa Claus Is Coming to TownFrank Sinatra2:34
12It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like ChristmasDean Martin2:24
13One for My Baby
Sammy Davis Jr.5:32
14My Shining Hour
recording of:
My Shining Hour (The Sky’s the Limit)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1943)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1943)
publisher:
MPL Communications Inc. (ended), Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. and Harwin Music Corporation
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
The Sky’s the Limit (1943 film)
Sammy Davis Jr.1:55
15Christmas DreamingFrank Sinatra2:59
16The Lord’s Prayer
recording of:
The Lord’s Prayer
lyricist:
[traditional]
composer:
Albert Hay Malotte (in 1935)
Frank Sinatra2:59
17O Little Town of Bethlehem
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Gordon Jenkins arr.)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner
arranger:
Gordon Jenkins
publisher:
St. James Music
arrangement of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
Frank Sinatra5:18
18Let’s Start the New Year Right
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-12-26)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (on 1945-12-26)
vocals:
The Bob Mitchell Boys' Choir (on 1945-12-26)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-12-26)
recording of:
Let’s Start the New Year Right (on 1945-12-26)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp.
Frank Sinatra1:46
19It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version) (on 1947-12-28)
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 Sinatra3:32
20Ave Maria
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’)
lyricist:
[anonymous]
composer:
Franz Schubert
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
Frank Sinatra3:22

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ASIN:UK: B0006333B4 [info]