Crooning & Swooning Christmas Hits

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Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Santa BabyEartha Kitt3:25
2Baby, It’s Cold Outside
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1949-04-28)
alto saxophone and alto saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Louis Jordan (on 1949-04-28)
double bass:
Billy Hadnott (on 1949-04-28)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morris (on 1949-04-28)
electric guitar:
James Jackson (on 1949-04-28)
piano:
Bill Doggett (on 1949-04-28)
tenor saxophone:
Josh Jackson (on 1949-04-28) and Louis Jordan (on 1949-04-28)
trumpet:
Aaron Izenhall (on 1949-04-28), Bob Mitchell (on 1949-04-28) and Harold Mitchell (on 1949-04-28)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1949-04-28) and Louis Jordan (on 1949-04-28)
cover recording of:
Baby, It’s Cold Outside (1948 song by Frank Loesser) (on 1949-04-28)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., Kobalt Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, MPL Communications Ltd., MPL UK Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM)
part of:
The 22nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1949 winner)
Ella Fitzgerald (with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five)2:43
3O Come All Ye Faithful
vocals:
Perry Como (on 1946-08-20)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”) (on 1946-08-20)
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)
Perry Como2:46
4Good King Wenceslas
Nelson Eddy3:06
5We Three Kings of Orient Are
choir vocals:
Jeff Alexander Singers
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza
conductor:
Ray Sinatra
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
Mario Lanza (with The Jeff Alexander Choir and Ray Sinatra's Orchestra)3:02
6Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Mahalia Jackson2:57
7Christmas Alphabet
The McGuire Sisters2:09
8Little 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 Lee (with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra)1:52
9It’s a Marshmallow World
cover recording of:
A Marshmallow World
lyricist:
Carl Sigman (in 1949)
composer:
Peter de Rose (in 1949)
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd.
Vic Damone2:11
10Christmas Choir
Patti Page (with Jack Rael's Orchestra)2:46
11Santa Claus Is Coming to TownBing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters2:41
12Frosty the SnowmanGene Autry (with The Cass County Boys)2:56