RCA Christmas Recordings (1949–1967)

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Annotation

Copyright: This compilation ℗ 2016 Sony Music Entertainment

Annotation last modified on 2025-11-29 05:09 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1C‐H‐R‐I‐S‐T‐M‐A‐S (1949)
recording of:
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S (on 1949-04-05)
lyricist:
Jenny Lou Carson (in 1949)
composer:
Eddy Arnold (in 1949)
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) (on 1949-10-30)
2:30
2Will Santy Come to Shanty Town (1950)
recording of:
Will Santy Come to Shanty Town (on 1949-09-13)
writer:
Eddy Arnold, Ed Nelson, Jr. (songwriter, son of Ed Nelson) and Steve Nelson (US songwriter who co-wrote “Frosty the Snowman”)
3:01
3C‐H‐R‐I‐S‐T‐M‐A‐S (1950)
recording of:
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S (on 1950-04-27)
lyricist:
Jenny Lou Carson (in 1949)
composer:
Eddy Arnold (in 1949)
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) (on 1949-10-30)
2:31
4White Christmas (1950)
cover recording of:
White Christmas (on 1950-08-21)
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)
2:57
5Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1950)
cover recording of:
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (on 1950-08-21)
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)
2:17
6Christmas Can’t Be Far Away (1954)
recording of:
Christmas Can't Be Far Away (on 1954-09-13)
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
3:01
7I’m Your Private Santa Claus
recording of:
I’m Your Private Santa Claus (on 1954-09-16)
writer:
Cy Coben (songwriter)
2:05
8A Present for Santa Claus
2:12
9Sittin’ on Santa Claus’ Lap
2:23
10Christmas Greeting
0:11
11Christmas Can’t Be Far Away (1962)
recording of:
Christmas Can't Be Far Away (on 1962-03-06)
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
2:22
12Will Santy Come to Shanty Town (1962)
recording of:
Will Santy Come to Shanty Town (on 1962-03-06)
writer:
Eddy Arnold, Ed Nelson, Jr. (songwriter, son of Ed Nelson) and Steve Nelson (US songwriter who co-wrote “Frosty the Snowman”)
2:22
13Jingle Bell Rock
cover recording of:
Jingle Bell Rock (on 1962-03-07)
writer:
Joe Beal and Jim Boothe
publisher:
Anne Rachel Music Corp, Carlin, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Essex Music of Australia Pty. Ltd.
2:16
14White Christmas (1962)
cover 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:
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)
2:26
15Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1962)
cover recording of:
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (on 1962-03-06)
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)
31:54
16C‐H‐R‐I‐S‐T‐M‐A‐S (1962)
recording of:
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S (on 1962-03-05)
lyricist:
Jenny Lou Carson (in 1949)
composer:
Eddy Arnold (in 1949)
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) (on 1949-10-30)
2:17
17I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
2:28
18Winter Wonderland
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., Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
2:23
19Up on the Housetop
2:03
20It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
2:10
21Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
recording of:
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
lyricist:
Emily Huntington Miller
composer:
James Ramsey Murray
2:19
22O Little Town of Bethlehem
2:39
23Silent Night
2:03
24The Angel and the Stranger
2:54
25This World of Ours (Cette Nutt La)
2:44
26New Year’s Greeting
0:08