Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)

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Annotation

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Relationships

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) (order: 957)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Bing-crosby-silent-night-lyrics [info]
other databases:https://www.generasia.com/wiki/Silent_Night,_Holy_Night [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/7896 [info]
Wikidata:Q23726780 [info]
referred to in medleys:Jingle Bells Medley (Psalty’s Christmas Calamity)
Christmas Medley: Holy Night / Snow Falls Over the Ground / Hear Ye the Message (Boney M. medley) (order: 2)
Medley: The First Noël / Silent Night / O Holy Night (order: 2)
Kuklapolitan Christmas Carol Medley (order: 3)
Megamix 2 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 4)
Mix Two (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 4)
What Child Is This? / O Come, O Come Emmanuel / The First Noel / Silent Night, Holy Night (order: 4)
A Christmas Festival (order: 7)
Mix 3 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 8)
Noëls pour cordes (Christmas Carols for Strings) (order: 9)
later parody versions:It’s a Fanboy Christmas
Luna’s Silent Night
Sensitive Night (Community, "Comparative Religion")
Silent Night (Aqua Teen Hunger Force version)
Silent Night
later versions:Silent Night (arr. Lindner)
Silent Night (Elvis Presley version)
Silent Night
translated version of:Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
is the basis for:Holy Night
On an Old Christmas Song (Silent Night, Holy Night)
Silent Night (Damien Rice song)
Silent Night
Silent Night
Silent Night (version written for Chanticleer and Dawn Upshaw)
Squiddly Night (Homestuck Gaiden)
has revision:7 O’Clock News/Silent Night
arrangements:Silent Night (arr. Rose)
Silent Night (arr. Rutter)
Silent Night (arr. Johnson, orch. Volpi)
Silent Night (arr. Stephen Cleobury)
Silent Night (arr. Aly and AJ)
Silent Night (arr. Scott Kritzer)
Silent Night (arr. Willcocks)
Silent Night (arr. Walker)
Silent Night (arr. Rathbone)
Silent Night
Silent Night (arr. Van)
Silent Night (arr. Gordon Jenkins)
Silent Night (arr. David Foster)
Silent Night (arr. Pembroke College Girls' Choir)
Silent Night (arr. Feller)
Silent Night (arr. Darlington)
Silent Night (arr. Reynolds)
Silent Night (Sarah McLachlan arrangement)
Silent Night (arr. Clarence)
Silent Night (arr. Chris Walden)
Silent Night (arr. Siegel / Linse)
Silent Night (arr. Berry & Howard)
Silent Night (arr. Benson)
Silent Night (Christian Lee Hutson version)
Silent Night (arr. Lisle Mitnik)
Silent Night (arr. J. Paterson)
Silent Night (lo‐fi arrangement)
Silent Night (arr. Bowers-Broadbent)
Silent Night (arr. David Drury)
Silent Night, Holy Night (arranged by Malcolm Sargent)
Sleep in Heavenly Peace (Silent Night) (arr. Ray Ellis)
Three More Carols: No. 2. Silent Night
lyrics quoted in:Maybe This Year

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1928-09-19Silent Night, Holy Night (matrix no. W98585-3)Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra4:00
1935-02-11Silent Night (1935-02-11 recording)Bing Crosby2:42
1935-02-21Silent Night (first version) (1935-02-21 recording)Bing Crosby2:41
1935-11-13Silent NightBing Crosby3:03
1935-11-13Silent NightBing Crosby3:02
1942-06-08Silent Night, Holy Night (1942-06-08 recording)Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra2:42
1942-06-08Silent Night, Holy NightBing Crosby2:45
1944-12-21Silent Night (mx. VP 1221)Bing Crosby2:34
1945-08-27Silent Night (playback)coverFrank Sinatra3:16
1945-08-27Silent Night (mx. J616-USS 1046 (v-disc edit))coverFrank Sinatra3:24
1945-08-27Silent Night, Holy Night (studio master)coverFrank Sinatra3:17
1946-08-20Silent NightPerry Como with Organ and Choir conducted by Russ Case3:51
1947-03-19Silent Night (1947-03-19 recording)Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra2:39
1947-03-19Silent NightBing Crosby2:38
1947-12-15Silent Night / Come Unto Him / Closinglive and medleyFred Waring & His Pennsylvanians3:24
1947Silent NightBing Crosby2:44
1949-09-14Silent Night, Holy Night (1949-09-14)Sister Rosetta Tharpe & The Rosette Gospel Singers acc. James Roots Quartet2:41
1950-08-16The Story of the First Christmascover and medleyPerry Como8:09
1951-09-28Silent NightcoverMario Lanza3:29
1951-12-16Silent Night (1951 radio recording)Bing Crosby2:17
1953-05-19Silent Night (1953)coverHank Snow3:19
1954-05-03Silent NightBing Crosby1:36
1954Silent NightinstrumentalGeorge Melachrino and Orchestra?:??
1957-09-05Silent NightcoverFrankie Lymon2:32
1957-09-06Christmas Message From Elvis / Silent NightcoverElvis Presley2:18
1957It Came Upon a Midnight Clear / The First Noel / Silent NightmedleyThe Jack Halloran Singers3:56
1957Silent NightThe Jack Halloran Singers?:??
1958Silent NightcoverThe Golden Gate Quartet2:40
1959-07-13The Story of the First Christmas: O Little Town of Bethlehem / Come, Come, Come to the Manger / The First Noël / O Come, All Ye Faithful / We Three Kings of Orient Are / Silent Night (1959 recording, stereo)cover and medleyPerry Como with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers10:00
1961-06Silent NightLeontyne Price, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Großstadtkinderchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan3:42
1962-03-29Silent Night, Holy NightRobert Page, Temple University Choirs, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy3:17
1963-09 – 1963-10Silent NightcoverPhil Spector, Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans, Darlene Love, The Crystals & The Ronettes2:10
1963Silent Night, Holy NightAndy Williams2:16
1964-09-29Silent NightinstrumentalJimmy Smith4:04
1965-07-13Silent NightcoverBrenda Lee3:28
1966-05-24Silent Night (1966)coverHank Snow3:37
1966-11-14 – 1966-11-16Silent NightSpike Milligan3:07
1967-06-17Sleep in Heavenly Peace (Silent Night)liveBarbra Streisand2:59
1967-12-01Medley: Silent Night / Hark the Herald Angels SingmedleyBee Gees2:44
1968-08-01Caroling, Caroling / The First Noel / Hark! the Herald Angels Sing / Silent NightmedleyPerry Como4:51
1969-10-20Silent NightcoverBill Anderson3:22
1972-08-14 – 1972-08-16Silent NightinstrumentalGary Mann2:23
1973-07-30 – 1973-07-31Silent NightChoir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, George Guest3:20
1976-09-27Silent NightcoverThe Salsoul Orchestra1:05
1979-12-26Silent Night (Brian Solo) (live, 1979-12-26: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK)cover and liveQueen6:02
1981-08Silent NightDr. John3:43
1983-05-11 – 1983-05-12Silent NightFranz Xaver Gruber2:02
1983Silent NightChet Atkins2:04
1984-03-19 – 1984-03-20Silent NightChoir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury2:36
1984-03-20Silent NightChoir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury2:36
1985-03Silent Night (1985-03 studio)Kiri Te Kanawa3:02
1985-05-19Silent NightJohn Hugh Thomas, BBC Welsh Chorus, Robin Stapleton3:29
1985-12Silent Night (1985-12 live)liveKiri Te Kanawa, London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carl Davis2:59
1986-01-07Silent Night, Part 1instrumentalChet Baker3:00
1986-07-31 – 1986-08-01Silent NightChoir of St John’s College, Cambridge, George Guest3:44
1986Silent NightJessye Norman, American Boychoir, The New York Choral Society, Empire Chamber Ensemble, Robert De Cormier4:57
1991-06 – 1991-08Silent NightcoverJohnny Cash3:26
1991-12-08Silent Night (live, 1991-12-08: Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA)Kathleen Battle, Wynton Marsalis Septet, Wynton Marsalis4:59
1991-12-08Silent Night (live, 1991-12-08: Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA)liveKathleen Battle, Wynton Marsalis Septet, Wynton Marsalis4:59
1992-09-22 – 1992-09-23Silent NightWorcester Cathedral Choir, Donald Hunt4:33
1993-12-11Silent Night (live, 1993-12-11: Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA, USA)cover, live and medleyBad Religion3:20
1993-12-11Silent Night (live, 1993-12-11: Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA, USA)liveBad Religion3:29
1993-12-11Silent Night (live, 1993-12-11: Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA, USA; includes intro)cover, live and medleyBad Religion3:56
1993-12-15Silent Night (live, 1993-12-15: Andy Williams Moon River Theatre, Branson, MO, USA)liveAndy Williams1:13
1995-07 – 1996-07Silent NightKiri Te Kanawa, The Abbey Road Ensemble, Jonathan Tunick2:51
1995-10-29Silent NightliveIlulissani Erinarsoqatigiit, Ilulissat Nipaat, Elsebeth Brodersen & Berthel Sandgreen3:23
1998-06-17Silent NightinstrumentalJimmy Ponder5:29
1999-12-21Silent Nightcover and liveR.M.C. Band?:??
2000-12-21Silent NightliveCharlotte Church3:33
2000-12-21Silent NightliveVanessa Williams, Plácido Domingo, Charlotte Church and Tony Bennett3:49
2001-02-09 – 2001-02-25Silent NightChoir of Trinity Church, Wall Street, Owen Burdick3:22
2001-12-15Silent NightliveRunrig?:??
2001-12Silent Nightcover and liveLoreena McKennitt3:18
2002-03 – 2002-04Silent NightCrash Test Dummies3:16
2002-12-18Silent Night (live, 2002-12-18: Maida Vale Studios, London, England)liveBelle and Sebastian?:??
2002-12-18Silent Night (live, 2002-12-18: Peel Christmas Session)liveBelle and Sebastian?:??
2002-12-18Silent Night (live, 2002-12-18: Maida Vale Studios, London, England)cover and liveBelle and Sebastian2:32
2002-12-18Silent Night (live, 2002-12-18: Peel Christmas Session)liveBelle and Sebastian?:??
2002Silent NightOctober Project2:23
2002Silent NightinstrumentalThe Ventures4:32
2002Silent Night (2002 version)instrumentalChris Botti5:00
2003-05Silent NightcoverThe Gents3:50
2003-11-22Every New Day / Amazing Grace / Silent Night (live, 2003‐11‐22: Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO, USA)cover, live and partialFive Iron Frenzy13:31
2003-12-21Silent NightliveChildren's Chorus of Washington, Joan Gregoryk2:09
2004Silent NightJoni Madden?:??
2004Silent NightPaulini3:28
2005Silent NightJoni Madden8:46
2006-05-24Silent NightinstrumentalEddie Higgins Trio5:39
2006Silent Night (2006 version)cover and instrumentalChris Botti5:45
2007Silent NightGuy Sebastian3:37
2008-12-24Silent Night (live, 2008-12-24: Nippon Budokan, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan)liveTHE ALFEE?:??
2009-12Silent Night, Holy Night (BoA THE LIVE 2009 X'mas)cover and liveBoA?:??
2010Silent NightcoverAnnie Lennox3:48
2011-05-18 – 2011-05-20Silent NightThe Oxford Choir3:11
2011-05Silent NightCantus, Øystein Baadsvik, Trondheim Symfoniorkester, Torodd Wigum3:20
2011-12-15 – 2011-12-16Silent NightThe Australian Voices, Gordon Hamilton3:11
2013-02-05 – 2013-02-07Silent NightThe Oxford Choir, Bob Chilcott4:38
2013-05-13 – 2013-05-15Silent Night (Stille Nacht)Ensemble Galilei3:46
2013Silent NightcoverKelly Clarkson featuring Reba and Trisha Yearwood4:09
2014-01-08 – 2014-01-12Silent nightThe Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton3:50
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