Christmas With Bill & Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Cracker Barrel release)

~ Release by Bill & Gloria Gaither and their Homecoming Friends (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Angels We Have Heard on High / Hark the Herald Angels Sing
The Homecoming Friends2:45
2Deck the Halls / Jingle Bells / Feliz Navidad
Anthony Burger2:50
3Go Tell It on the Mountain
recording of:
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
lyricist:
John Wesley Work (John Wesley Work, Jr.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
Lynda Randle2:58
4What Child Is This?
guitar:
Kevin Williams (gospel guitar)
recording of:
What Child Is This?
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25608)
version of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
Sheri Easter3:13
5Mary, Did You Know?
recording of:
Mary, Did You Know?
lyricist:
Mark Alan Lowry (comedian, southern gospel music)
composer:
Lee Rufus Greene III
publisher:
Gaither Music Co. (publisher), Rufus Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Word Music, Inc. and Word Music, LLC
Mark Lowry & Gaither Vocal Band4:09
6O Holy Night
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
David Phelps4:52
7O Little Town of Bethlehem
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
Squire Parsons2:16
8White Christmas
recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司 (1995–2019)), 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: 15)
Jake Hess3:17
9Winter Wonderland
saxophone:
Sam Levine (session musician, multi-instrumentalist)
recording of:
Winter Wonderland
lyricist:
Richard B. Smith (wrote lyrics to “Winter Wonderland”)
composer:
Felix Bernard
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Francis, Day & Hunter, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Chappell Music Inc., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
The Homecoming Friends2:32
10Rejoice With Exceeding Great Joy
recording of:
Rejoice With Exceeding Great Joy
lyricist and composer:
Lanny Lavon Wolfe
The Martins3:04
11Silent Night, Holy 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
Buddy Greene4:34