The Days of Christmas Past

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Annotation

"62 Yuletide Favourites on 3 CDs
Carols ~ Crooners ~ Children's Songs"

Three CDs packaged in a tin.

Annotation last modified on 2017-04-20 16:40 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD: Christmas Carols
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1We Wish You a Merry Christmas
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
2Away in a Manger
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer) (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
translated version of:
Y Preseb
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
3The Holly and the Ivy
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
4Ding Dong Merrily on High
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
arranger:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
is based on:
Branle de l’official
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
5Good King Wenceslas
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
Good King Wenceslas
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum (13th-century carol)
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
6Coventry Carol
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
Coventry Carol
lyricist:
Robert Croo (16th-century lyricist of "The Coventry Carol") (in 1534)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19028)
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
7God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
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)
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
8We Three Kings
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
9Sussex Carol
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 597)
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
10Deck the Halls
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant (musician, artist and author)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
11Once in Royal David's City
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 34)
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
12In the Bleak Midwinter
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst version)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1906)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 28)
is based on:
Cranham (hymn tune)
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
part of:
3 Hymns for the English Hymnal
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
13O Come All Ye Faithful
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
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)
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
14The First Noel
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 682)
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
15Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
16I Saw Three Ships
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
17Silent Night
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
arranger:
Robert Strauss (multi-instrumentalist, producer, vocalist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
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
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
18It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author)
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (arr. Sir Arthur Sullivan)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author)
arranger:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
19While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
composer:
Christopher Tye (English composer & organist, c. 1505–1573)
arranger:
George Kirbye
is based on:
Song of the Angels, at the Nativity of Our Blessed Saviour
is based on:
Winchester Old
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
20O Little Town of Bethlehem
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “Forest Green”, as sung in the UK and the Episcopal Church in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1906)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1906)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 32)
is based on:
The Ploughboy's Dream
version of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
The Blossom Street Singers?:??
2▼CD: Christmas Crooners
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1White Christmas
choir vocals:
Ken Darby Singers (on 1942-05-29)
lead vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1942-05-29)
orchestra:
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra (on 1942-05-29)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1942-05-29)
part of:
Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 57)
recording of:
White Christmas (on 1942-05-29)
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:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), 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 (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
Bing Crosby53:06
2Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
recording of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
lyricist:
Ralph Blane (in 1943)
composer:
Hugh Martin (in 1943)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Publishing, EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Loew’s Incorporated (in 1943, in 1944) and Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1971, in 1972)
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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
Frank Sinatra2:48
3It's Beginning to Look Christmas
cover recording of:
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
Meredith Willson (in 1951)
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., Kobalt Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, Meredith Willson Music LLC, MPL Communications Australia and MPL Music Publishing
Dean Martin2:24
4The First Noël
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:
John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
Bing Crosby52:35
5Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
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 (not for release label use!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), 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 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
Frank Sinatra2:36
6The Twelve Days of Christmas
recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas (Cahn/Van Heusen lyric version, introduced by Frank Sinatra in 1968)
additional lyricist:
Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
The Songwriters Guild, Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
version of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters3:24
7Silent Night
cover 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
Dean Martin3:16
8Jingle 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)
Nat King Cole2:32
9Hark the Herald Angels Sing
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
Frank Sinatra2:25
10Happy Holiday
background vocals:
The Music Maids and Hal (on 1942-06-01)
lead vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1942-06-01)
orchestra:
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra (on 1942-06-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1942)
recording of:
Happy Holiday (on 1942-06-01)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp., Warner Chappell Ltd., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Bing Crosby2:28
11Adeste Fideles
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
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)
Frank Sinatra2:41
12God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
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, California, United States (on 1942-06-08)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here) (on 1942-06-08)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
Bing Crosby52:17
13O Little Town of Bethlehem
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Gordon Jenkins arr.)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner
arranger:
Gordon Jenkins
publisher:
St. James Music
arrangement of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
Frank Sinatra3:08
14When the Saints Go Marching In
recording of:
When the Saints Go Marching In
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13983)
version of:
When the Saints Go Marching In
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra2:45
15Silver Bells
cover recording of:
Silver Bells (Christmas song)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Evans (American songwriter) and Jay Livingston
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Famous Music Publishing Limited (renamed into BMG FM Music Ltd. on 2013-05-13), Jay Livingston Music Inc., Paramount Music Corporation, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd. and Sony/ATV Harmony (in 1950)
sub-publisher:
Sony/ATV Harmony Canada and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
Dean Martin3:12
16While the Angelus Was Ringing
recording of:
While the Angelus Was Ringing
lyricist and composer:
Gilles (Swiss composer/vocalist/actor Jean Villard Gilles)
translator:
Dick Manning (American songwriter)
translated version of:
Les Trois Cloches
Frank Sinatra2:48
17The Christmas Blues
recording of:
The Christmas Blues (in 1957)
writer:
Sammy Cahn and David Jack Holt
Dean Martin42:56
18Frosty the Snowman
recording of:
Frosty the Snow Man
writer:
Steve Nelson (US songwriter who co-wrote “Frosty the Snowman”) and Walter E. Rollins (songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Chappell & Co. (in 1950) and Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) (on 1950-06-02)
Nat King Cole2:20
19Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
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. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Frank Sinatra2:39
20Let's Start the New Year Right
recording of:
Let’s Start the New Year Right
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp.
Bing Crosby2:41
21The Christmas Song
vocals:
Nat King Cole
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1956)
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
lyricist:
Robert Wells (songwriter) (in 1945-07) and Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1945-07)
composer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1945-07)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., MPL Music Publishing Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Ltd., Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
Nat King Cole3:13
22Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1950-09-26)
recording of:
Santa Claus Got Stuck (in My Chimney) (Ella Fitzgerald song) (on 1950-09-26)
writer:
Bill Hardy and Billy Moore, Jr. (40s American jazz pianist/arranger/composer)
Ella Fitzgerald33:07
3▼CD: Children’s Christmas Songs
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Jingle Bells
The Noeltunes1:42
2Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
The Noeltunes1:51
3Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
The Noeltunes3:14
4Away in a Manger
The Noeltunes2:17
5Here Comes Santa Claus
The Noeltunes1:53
6We Wish You a Merry Christmas
The Noeltunes1:17
7Merry Christmas Everybody
The Noeltunes3:25
8All I Want for Christmas Is You
The Noeltunes3:04
9Little Donkey
The Noeltunes1:27
10Frosty the Snowman
The Noeltunes2:08
11I Wish It Could Be Christmas
The Noeltunes3:28
12Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
The Noeltunes1:56
13I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
The Noeltunes2:12
14When Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney
recording of:
When Santa Got Stuck Up the Chimney
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Grafton
The Noeltunes1:55
15All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
The Noeltunes1:21
16Good King Wenceslas
The Noeltunes2:57
17White Christmas
The Noeltunes3:04
18While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
The Noeltunes2:37
19I Saw Three Ships
The Noeltunes2:35
20Silent Night
The Noeltunes2:30