20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection: The Best of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

~ Release by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

A compilation with the same track listing exists, released as Our Very Best Christmas.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleLength
1Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
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
2:08
2Let It Snow
cover recording of:
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn (in 1945-07)
composer:
Jule Styne (in 1945-07)
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Chappell/Morris Ltd., Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Imagen Music, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Producers Music Publishing Co., Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp.
1:43
3Christmas Everyday
recording of:
Christmas Everyday
lyricist and composer:
William Robinson, Jr.
publisher:
EMI Music, Jobete Music and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
2:41
4I'll Be Home for Christmas
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
lyricist:
Kim Gannon
additional writer:
Buck Ram
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Edward B. Marks Music Co., Gannon and Kent Music Co., Piedmont Music Company, Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music
sub-publisher:
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 and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
2:28
5Noël
2:25
6O' Holy Night
cover 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”)
2:12
7Deck the Halls / Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
medley including a recording of:
Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
translated version of:
Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle
medley including a cover recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant
composer:
[traditional]
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
4:06
8I Can Tell When Christmas Is Near
3:06
9I Believe in Christmas Eve
2:07
10The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
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)
3:52
11Jingle Bells
cover recording of:
Jingle Bells
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)
2:50
12It's Christmas Time
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (in 1970)
recording of:
It's Christmas Time
writer:
Syretta Wright and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
EMI Music and Jobete Music
3:30
13Go Tell It on the Mountain
cover recording of:
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
lyricist:
John Wesley Work
composer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
3:47
14Away in a Manger / Coventry Carol
2:27
15Peace on Earth (Good Will Toward Men)
3:08
16Christmas Lullaby
4:19

Credits

Release

ASIN:US: B0000C23EE [info]

Release group

part of:20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection (order: 3)