He Is Christmas

~ Release by Take 6 (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Silent Night
vocals:
Take 6 (a cappella gospel sextet)
arranger:
Cedric Carl Dent
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Word Entertainment LLC (in 1991)
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Take 63:31
2Oh! He Is Christmas
vocals:
Take 6 (a cappella gospel sextet)
arranger:
Claude V. McKnight III and Mark Kibble (US gospel singer from group Take 6)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Word Entertainment LLC (in 1991)
recording of:
Oh! He Is Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Claude V. McKnight III
Take 64:01
3Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
vocals:
Take 6 (a cappella gospel sextet)
arranger:
Cedric Carl Dent
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Word Entertainment LLC (in 1991)
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)
Take 62:41
4Away in a Manger
vocals:
Take 6 (a cappella gospel sextet)
performer:
Joey Kibble
arranger:
Alvin Chea
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Word Entertainment LLC (in 1991)
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
Take 63:37
5Amen!
vocals:
Take 6 (a cappella gospel sextet)
arranger:
Cedric Carl Dent and Mark Kibble (US gospel singer from group Take 6)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Word Entertainment LLC (in 1991)
Take 63:36
6The Little Drummer Boy
sampler [vocal samples and sequencing] programming:
Mark Kibble (US gospel singer from group Take 6)
sampler [vocal sampling and sequencing] programming:
Jet Penix
spoken vocals:
Jonathan Hamilton (religious vocals)
vocals:
Take 6 (a cappella gospel sextet)
arranger:
Mark Kibble (US gospel singer from group Take 6)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Word Entertainment LLC (in 1991)
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
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”)
Take 63:57
7’Twas da Nite
guest vocals:
Christina Blair, Alvin Love III and Moniece Thomas
vocals:
Take 6 (a cappella gospel sextet) and Moniece Thomas
arranger:
Alvin Chea, Mark Kibble (US gospel singer from group Take 6) and David Thomas (member of Take 6)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Word Entertainment LLC (in 1991)
Take 6 feat. Christina Blair, Alvin Love III & Moniece Thomas3:47
8Sweet Little Jesus Boy
vocals:
Take 6 (a cappella gospel sextet)
arranger:
Mark Kibble (US gospel singer from group Take 6)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Word Entertainment LLC (in 1991)
recording of:
Sweet Little Jesus Boy
lyricist and composer:
Robert MacGimsey
publisher:
Carl Fischer LLC
Take 63:27
9God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
guest vocals:
Yellowjackets
vocals:
Take 6 (a cappella gospel sextet)
arranger:
Cedric Carl Dent, Russell Ferrante (keyboardist) and David Thomas (member of Take 6)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Word Entertainment LLC (in 1991)
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)
Take 6 feat. The Yellowjackets4:35
10O Come All Ye Faithful
vocals:
Take 6 (a cappella gospel sextet)
arranger:
Cedric Carl Dent
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Word Entertainment LLC (in 1991)
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)
Take 62:24