Christmas Greatest Hits

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistLength
1White ChristmasBing Crosby3:00
2Silent Night, Holy Night
producer:
Irving Townsend
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson
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
Mahalia Jackson5:05
3Santa Claus is Coming to TownNat “King” Cole2:27
4It 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)
Rosemary Clooney2:44
5Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReindeerGene Autry2:58
6The First Noel
organ:
Philip Moore
choir vocals:
The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral
conductor:
Allan Wicks
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)
The Canterbury Choir2:40
7Joy to the World
cover recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel
Jackie Wilson2:03
8Winter WonderlandThe Strings of Paris2:44
9Mistletoe and HollyFrank Sinatra1:56
10You’re All I Want for ChristmasBrook Benton2:31
11Ole Santa
arranger:
Belford Hendricks
recording of:
Ole Santa
lyricist and composer:
Clyde Otis
Dinah Washington2:42
12Silver BellsGene Autry2:13
13Please Come Home for ChristmasThe Platters2:27
14The Christmas SongVic Damone3:31
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