Nothing but the Best

~ Release by Frank Sinatra (see all versions of this release, 11 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD
2▼CD: 12 Songs of Christmas
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1White Christmas
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
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)
Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians3:45
2It's Christmas Time Again
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
cover recording of:
It’s Christmas Time Again
writer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader), John Elliot (1914-1972 US film songwriter mostly Westerns, aka Jack Ellott) and James K. Harwood (songwriter)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
Bing Crosby & Fred Waring2:49
3Go Tell It on the Mountain
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1964-06-19)
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
instruments:
Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians (on 1964-06-19)
vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1964-06-19) and Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1964-06-19)
arranger:
Jack Halloran
cover recording of:
Go, Tell It on the Mountain (on 1964-06-19)
lyricist:
John Wesley Work (John Wesley Work, Jr.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
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.
Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby & Fred Waring3:24
4An Old Fashioned Christmas
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1964-06-16)
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
instruments:
Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians (on 1964-06-16)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1964-06-16)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 1975)
recording of:
An Old Fashioned Christmas (on 1964-06-16)
composer:
Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
The Songwriters Guild and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Frank Sinatra & Fred Waring33:45
5When Angels Sang of Peace
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
recording of:
When Angels Sang of Peace
writer:
John Dolph and Tom Waring
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians2:58
6The Little Drummer Boy
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1964-06-16)
arranger:
Jack Halloran and Dick Reynolds (musician, songwriter, and trombonist best known as arranger for the Four Freshmen)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 1975)
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”) (on 1964-06-16)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
Frank Sinatra & Fred Waring33:05
7I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1964-06-16)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 1975)
recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (on 1964-06-16)
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American poet)
composer:
Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd. and St. Nicholas Music Inc.
is based on:
Christmas Bells
cover recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American poet)
composer:
Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd. and St. Nicholas Music Inc.
is based on:
Christmas Bells
Frank Sinatra & Fred Waring32:37
8Do You Hear What I Hear
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
cover recording of:
Do You Hear What I Hear?
lyricist:
Noël Regney (in 1962)
writer:
Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker
composer:
Gloria Shayne Baker (in 1962)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly and Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians3:10
9The Secret of Christmas
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
recording of:
The Secret of Christmas (1959 Christmas song from "Say One for Me")
writer:
Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
AF Encore Fund LLC, Cahn Music Company, EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Leo Feist, Inc. and Van Heusen Music Corp.
Bing Crosby & Fred Waring3:47
10The Twelve Days of Christmas
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
cover recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Frederic Austin (English baritone and composer) (in 1909)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians3:50
11Christmas Candles
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
recording of:
Christmas Candles
writer:
Jay Clinton, Dean Kay and Vincent O'Dea
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons
Bing Crosby & Fred Waring2:39
12We Wish You the Merriest
producer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader)
vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1964-06-19) and Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1964-06-19)
arranger:
Harry Betts and Jack Halloran
recording of:
We Wish You the Merriest (on 1964-06-19)
composer:
Les Brown (American big band & jazz musician)
Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby & Fred Waring2:18