Christmas Songbook

~ Release by Jim Reeves (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Silver Bells
recording of:
Silver Bells (Christmas song)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Evans (American songwriter) and Jay Livingston
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Famous Music Publishing Limited (renamed into BMG FM Music Ltd. on 2013-05-13), Jay Livingston Music Inc., Paramount Music Corporation, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd. and Sony/ATV Harmony (in 1950)
sub-publisher:
Sony/ATV Harmony Canada and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
2:57
2Scarlet Ribbon
cover recording of:
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair)
lyricist:
Jack O. Segal (US songwriter) (in 1949)
composer:
Evelyn Danzig (in 1949)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Helton Music and Mills Music Limited
2:20
3Blue 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.
3:10
4An Old Christmas Card
cover recording of:
An Old Christmas Card
writer:
Vaughn Horton
publisher:
Southern Music (publisher)
2:49
5Teach Me How to Pray
engineer:
Bob Farris (recording engineer)
producer:
Chet Atkins
performer:
Jim Reeves (US country & pop singer)
recording of:
Teach Me How to Pray (in 1958-09)
writer:
Kathryn Twitty (Songwriter)
1:41
6C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S.
cover recording of:
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
lyricist:
Jenny Lou Carson (in 1949)
composer:
Eddy Arnold (in 1949)
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) (on 1949-10-30)
2:49
7Precious Memories
cover recording of:
Precious Memories
writer:
J.B.F. Wright (Hymn songwriter)
2:42
8Jingle Bells
cover recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
1:49
9The Merry Christmas Polka
recording of:
The Merry Christmas Polka (Willie Phelps song)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Phelps (William Thomas Phelps)
2:19
10In the Garden
recording of:
In the Garden
lyricist and composer:
Charles Austin Miles (in 1912)
2:18
11Silent Night
cover 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
3:12
12O’ Come, All Ye Faithful
cover 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)
2:01
13It Is No Secret (What God can do)
recording of:
It Is No Secret
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Hamblen
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Hamblen Music, MCA Music Ltd. and Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
2:56
14A Beautiful Life
engineer:
Bob Farris (recording engineer)
producer:
Chet Atkins
performer:
Jim Reeves (US country & pop singer)
cover recording of:
A Beautiful Life (in 1958-09)
lyricist and composer:
William Golden
2:14
15Padre of Old San Antone
engineer:
Bob Farris (recording engineer)
producer:
Chet Atkins
performer:
Jim Reeves (US country & pop singer)
recording of:
Padre of Old San Antone (in 1958-09)
writer:
Tim Spencer (Songwriter Vernon Harold Timothy Spencer)
2:03
16Senor Santa Claus
recording of:
Señor Santa Claus
writer:
Lawton Williams
32:21
17The Flowers, the Sunset, the Trees
engineer:
Bob Farris (recording engineer)
producer:
Chet Atkins
performer:
Jim Reeves (US country & pop singer)
recording of:
The Flowers, the Sunset, the Trees (in 1958-09)
writer:
Mattie O'Neil (Songwriter)
2:15
18An Evening Prayer
recording of:
An Evening Prayer
lyricist:
C. Maude Battersby (Gospel songwriter)
composer:
C. Maude Battersby (Gospel songwriter) and Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1911)
2:33
19White Christmas
3:15
20O Little Town of Bethlehem
2:20
21Mary’s Boy Child
cover recording of:
Mary’s Boy Child
lyricist and composer:
Jester Hairston
publisher:
Bourne Music Ltd. and J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
3:11