Music For A Soulful Christmas

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
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 Cole3:11
2Jingle All the Way
conductor:
Jack Parnell
recording of:
Jingle All the Way (on 1966-08-01)
lyricist:
James Lord Pierpont and Al Stillman
composer:
James Lord Pierpont
arranger:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor)
arrangement of:
Jingle Bells
Lena Horne2:36
3Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Lou Rawls3:42
4The Christmas Waltz
cover recording of:
The Christmas Waltz (on 1968-04-03)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Barton Music Corp., Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), EMI Music Publishing (WP) Ltd., Producers Music Publishing Co., Quaytor Productions LLC, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), WC Music Corp., Westminster Music Ltd., Windswept Pacific Music Ltd., ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部 (TRO Essex Japan, A-Division) and フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
Nancy Wilson2:40
5It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer)
conductor:
Ralph Carmichael
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
cover 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)
Ella Fitzgerald33:20
6O Holy Night
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
arrangement of:
O holy night (arr. John Ebenezer West)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Nat King Cole2:57
7Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
vocals:
Lena Horne
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note (in 1966)
cover 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)
Lena Horne2:27
8Merry Christmas, Baby
baritone saxophone:
Alvin “Red” Tyler (American jazz saxophonist)
bass:
Frank Fields
guitar:
Justin Adams (English guitarist/composer)
piano:
Charles Brown (blues musician)
tenor saxophone:
Lee Allen (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
vocals:
Charles Brown (blues musician)
Charles Brown22:56
9That's What I Want for Christmas
vocals:
Nancy Wilson (jazz/blues/soul singer)
recording of:
That's What I Want for Christmas (in 1963)
orchestrator:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975)
writer:
Earl Lawrence
Nancy Wilson2:20
10Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Lou Rawls2:54