The Essential Christmas Crooners

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

Tracklist

1▶CD: CD ONE
2▶CD: CD TWO
3▼CD: CD THREE
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1You’re All I Want for Christmas
Bing Crosby3:14
2O Come All Ye Faithful
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)
Frank Sinatra2:40
3Mrs Santa Claus
recording of:
Mrs. Santa Claus
writer:
Leroy Anderson, Jack Fulton (US jazz trombonist, composer & vocalist), Hazel B. Whalen, Lois Steele Roberts and Mitchell Parish
Nat King Cole2:28
4The First Noël
recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional arranger:
John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
Bing Crosby2:35
5While the Angelas Was Ringing
recording of:
While the Angelus Was Ringing
lyricist and composer:
Gilles (Swiss composer/vocalist/actor Jean Villard Gilles)
translator:
Dick Manning (American songwriter)
translated version of:
Les Trois Cloches
Frank Sinatra2:47
6Silver 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)
Bing Crosby & Carol Richards3:06
7May the Good Lord Bless You and Keep You
Gene Autry2:10
8God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
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)
Bing Crosby2:19
9Light a Candle in the Chapel
recording of:
Light a Candle in the Chapel
writer:
Ed G. Nelson (Popular music songwriter and bandleader), Duke Leonard and Harry Pease (Vaudeville singer, lyricist, songwriter)
publisher:
Fisher Music Corp. and Mills Music, Inc.
Frank Sinatra3:07
10Merry Christmas Baby
recording of:
Merry Christmas Baby
writer:
Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore (US blues guitarist, Three Blazers)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., St. Louis Music Corp., Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–) and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Chuck Berry2:58
11Twelve Days of Christmas
vocals:
The Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby
recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas (Cahn/Van Heusen lyric version, introduced by Frank Sinatra in 1968)
additional lyricist:
Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
The Songwriters Guild, Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
version of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas
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.
Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters43:24
12Christmas Dreaming
recording of:
Christmas Dreaming
lyricist:
Irving Gordon (US songwriter)
composer:
Lester Lee
publisher:
Leeds Music Corp. and MCA Music Ltd.
Frank Sinatra3:02
13Faith of Our Fathers
recording of:
Faith of Our Fathers (tune: O Mensch, bewein)
writer:
Frederick W. Faber (hymn writer), Henri F. Hemy and James Walton (James Douglas Walton; US blues singer and harmonica player (1922-2000))
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
Bing Crosby2:56
14God Bless the Child
recording of:
God Bless the Child
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
Billie Holiday3:03
15Hitch a Ride With Santa Clause
Bing Crosby & Lindsay Crosby1:09
16A Christmas Message
Charles Taylor2:38
17The Christmas Feeling
recording of:
That Christmas Feeling (1946 song)
writer:
Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra1:36
18Mary’s Boy Child
The Gospel Clefs2:22