Bing Crosby Christmas

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Annotation

119215-03446-001-1109

Annotation last modified on 2023-02-15 02:02 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Silent 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
2:19
2Medley: Deck The Halls / Away In A Manger / O Little Town Of Bethlehem / The First Noel
recorded in:
Hollywood, United States (on 1951-12-16)
vocals:
Bing Crosby
orchestra:
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
recording of:
Medley: Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly / Away in a Manger / O Little Town of Bethlehem / The First Noel
medley of:
Deck the Halls
medley of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
medley of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
medley of:
The First Nowell
4:45
3The First Noel
recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional arranger:
Sir John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
version of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
2:36
4God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
2:19
5Faith Of Our Fathers
choir vocals:
Max Terr’s Mixed Chorus (on 1942-06-08)
lead vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1942-06-08)
orchestra:
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra (on 1942-06-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1945)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, United States (on 1942-06-08)
recording of:
Faith of Our Fathers (tune: O Mensch, bewein) (on 1942-06-08)
writer:
Frederick W. Faber (hymn writer), Henri F. Hemy and James Walton (James Douglas Walton; US blues singer and harmonica player (1922-2000))
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
2:57
6Jingle Bells
recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
2:39
7Adeste Fideles
1:04
8Twelve Days Of Christmas
recorded in:
Hollywood, United States (on 1949-05-10)
lead vocals:
The Andrews Sisters (on 1949-05-10) and Bing Crosby (on 1949-05-10)
orchestra:
Vic Schoen and His Orchestra (on 1949-05-10)
recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas (on 1949-05-10)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Frederic Austin (in 1909)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
is based on:
On the Twelfth Day
3:26
9O Come All Ye Fathful
2:09