100 Hits: Christmas Legends

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1The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot
producer:
Lee Gillette
lead vocals:
Nat King Cole
conductor:
Nelson Riddle
recording of:
The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot (1937 song) (on 1953-08-18)
writer:
Michael Carr (songwriter), Tommie Connor (English songwriter) and James Leach (English songwriter)
publisher:
J. Albert & Son
Nat King Cole42:32
2Winter Wonderland
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1946-08-01)
recording of:
Winter Wonderland (on 1946-08-01)
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)
Perry Como2:31
3What Child Is This?
Johnny Mathis3:55
4This Time of Year
recording of:
This Time of the Year
writer:
Hollis and Owens (American songwriter and record producer)
Brook Benton2:34
5Silent Night
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-08-27)
bass:
Jack Ryan (jazz bassist) (on 1945-08-27)
cello:
Fred Goerner (on 1945-08-27), Nicholas Ochi-Albi (on 1945-08-27) and Jack Sewell (on 1945-08-27)
drums (drum set):
Ray Hagan (on 1945-08-27)
French horn:
John Cave (french horn) (on 1945-08-27)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1945-08-27)
harp:
Lauretta McFarland (on 1945-08-27)
piano:
Mark McIntyre (American pianist, orchestra leader and songwriter.) (on 1945-08-27)
trombone:
Carl Loeffler (on 1945-08-27), Jimmy Skiles (on 1945-08-27) and Elmer Smithers (on 1945-08-27)
trumpet:
Charles Griffard (on 1945-08-27), Bruce Hudson (on 1945-08-27) and Leonard Mach (on 1945-08-27)
viola:
Maurice Perlmutter (on 1945-08-27), Dave Sterkin (on 1945-08-27) and Garry White (on 1945-08-27)
violin:
Victor Arno (on 1945-08-27), Walter Edelstein (on 1945-08-27), Peter Ellis (1940s violinist) (on 1945-08-27), Sam Freed, Jr. (Violinist) (on 1945-08-27), David Frisina (on 1945-08-27), George Kast (on 1945-08-27), Sol Kindler (on 1945-08-27), Samuel Levine (violinist) (on 1945-08-27), Anthony Perrotti (on 1945-08-27), Nicholas Pisani (on 1945-08-27), Mischa Russell (violinist) (on 1945-08-27) and Olcott Vail (on 1945-08-27)
woodwind:
Heinie Beau (on 1945-08-27), Mannie Gershman (on 1945-08-27), Leonard Hartman (on 1945-08-27), Harold Lawson (on 1945-08-27) and Don Lodice (on 1945-08-27)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-08-27)
vocals:
Ken Lane Singers (on 1945-08-27) and Ken Lane (on 1945-08-27)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-08-27)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation) (on 1945-08-27)
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
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
Frank Sinatra13:16
6I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)
recording of:
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
lyricist:
James Kimball Gannon
additional writer:
Buck Ram
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Gannon and Kent Music Co., Piedmont Music Company, Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
sub-publisher:
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) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Bing Crosby3:00
7O Christmas Tree
choir vocals:
Jeff Alexander Singers
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
orchestra:
Henri René & His Orchestra
conductor:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
O Christmas Tree (English version of German "O Tannenbaum")
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
translated version of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
Mario Lanza32:01
8The Little Christmas Tree
recording of:
The Little Christmas Tree
writer:
Mickey Rooney (actor)
Nat King Cole3:13
9Ole Santa
Dinah Shore2:42
10Mary Had a Baby, Yes, Lord
Paul Robeson2:13
11The Christmas Blues
recording of:
The Christmas Blues (in 1957)
writer:
Sammy Cahn and David Jack Holt
Dean Martin42:54
12Christmas in New OrleansLouis Armstrong2:53
13Winter Weather
cover recording of:
Winter Weather
lyricist and composer:
Ted Shapiro
Peggy Lee3:01
14Snow
cover recording of:
Snow (from the 1954 film “White Christmas”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp.
Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee & Trudy Erwin2:42
15That's What Christmas Means to Me
Eddie Fisher3:27
16Song of the Sleighbells
June Hutton2:16
17Christmas Eve in Fairyland
Gracie Fields2:52
18Christmas Can't Be Very Far Away
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)
Eddy Arnold2:58
19(It's Gonna Be) A Lonely Christmas
The Orioles3:19
20Blue Christmas
cover recording of:
Blue Christmas
writer:
Bill Hayes (songwriter) and Jay Johnson (songwriter of “Blue Christmas”)
publisher:
Anglo-Pic Music Co. Ltd., Bibo Music Publishing, Inc., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and Universal Polygram International, Inc.
Billy Eckstine2:55
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part of:100 Hits (UK Demon Music Group) (number: 68) (order: 87)
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002055689 [info]