Santa Baby: 60 Memorable Songs for Christmas

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Santa Baby
vocals:
Eartha Kitt (on 1953-10-05)
orchestra:
Henri René & His Orchestra (on 1953-10-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Victor (in 1953), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1953) and Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1953)
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2026-01-03 (number: 19), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-27 (number: 24), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-20 (number: 27), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-13 (number: 30) and Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-06 (number: 49)
recording of:
Santa Baby (on 1953-10-05)
writer:
Joan Javits, Anthony Springer (Tony Springer) and Philip Springer
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Hello Mr. Wilson, Tamir Music, TM Music Ltd., Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–)
Eartha Kitt3.53:22
2You’re All I Want for Christmas
recording of:
You’re All I Want for Christmas (1948 song) (on 1949-05-11)
writer:
Seger Ellis and Glen Moore (composer of "Lonesome Train")
Bing Crosby3:09
3Silver 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)
Doris Day2:42
4It’s Christmas Time Again
harp:
Stella Castellucci (on 1953-09-16)
piano:
Marty Paich (on 1953-09-16)
additional background vocals:
Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires (on 1953-09-16)
orchestra:
Victor Young and His Orchestra (on 1953-09-16)
conductor:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor) (on 1953-09-16)
recording of:
It’s Christmas Time Again (on 1953-09-16)
writer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader), John Elliot (1914-1972 US film songwriter mostly Westerns, aka Jack Ellott) and James K. Harwood (songwriter)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
Peggy Lee with Victor Young2:57
5Jingle 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)
Ella Fitzgerald2:22
6White Christmas
recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
The Drifters2:40
7Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
recording of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
lyricist:
Ralph Blane (in 1943)
composer:
Hugh Martin (in 1943)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Publishing, EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Loew’s Incorporated (in 1943, in 1944) and Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1971, in 1972)
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), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
Frank Sinatra2:38
8We Wish You a Merry Christmas
The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins2:25
9Silent Night
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
Elvis Presley2:28
10Christmas Dreaming
recording of:
Christmas Dreaming
lyricist:
Irving Gordon (US songwriter)
composer:
Lester Lee
publisher:
Leeds Music Corp. and MCA Music Ltd.
Frank Sinatra3:00
11O 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 Cole3:00
12The Christmas WaltzFrank Sinatra3:07
13Ave Maria
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
Frank Sinatra3:24
14Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful)
producer:
Lee Gillette
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1960)
conductor:
Ralph Carmichael (in 1960)
arranger:
Edith Bergdahl and Nat King Cole
recording of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version) (in 1960)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
Nat King Cole52:29
15Buon Natale (Means) Merry Christmas to YouNat King Cole1:34
16Everyday Is Christmas
Joe Bushkin Trio3:25
17God Bless You 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 Crosby1:13
18Brahms Lullaby
Dean Martin3:01
19Away in a Manger
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
Bing Crosby1:12
20The First Noel
Pat Boone & Lew Douglas2:58
21Christmas in New OrleansLouis Armstrong2:53
22Blue 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.
Elvis Presley2:11
23December
Kay Starr & Billy Butterfield3:19
24Good King Wenceslas
recording of:
Good King Wenceslas
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum (13th-century carol)
Bing Crosby2:36
25I’ll Be Home for Christmas
cover 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 (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–)
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)
Elvis Presley1:57
26It’s Beginning to Look Like ChristmasDean Martin1:59
27Faith in 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 Crosby2:52
28Mary’s Boy Child
recording of:
Mary’s Boy Child
lyricist and composer:
Jester Hairston
publisher:
Bourne Music Ltd. and J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
Harry Belafonte & Will Lorin2:57
29Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
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)
Frank Sinatra2:28
30Frosty the Snow Man
cover recording of:
Frosty the Snow Man
writer:
Steve Nelson (US songwriter who co-wrote “Frosty the Snowman”) and Walter E. Rollins (songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Chappell & Co. (in 1950) and Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) (on 1950-06-02)
Ella Fitzgerald2:12
31Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)
engineer:
Thorne Nogar
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (on 1957-09-06)
double bass:
Bill Black (US bassist/leader for Elvis/Bill Black's Combo) (on 1957-09-06)
drums (drum set):
D.J. Fontana (on 1957-09-06)
electric guitar:
Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) (on 1957-09-06)
piano:
Dudley Brooks (on 1957-09-06)
background vocals:
The Jordanaires (southern gospel group) (on 1957-09-06) and Millie Kirkham (on 1957-09-06)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1957-09-06)
cover recording of:
Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) (on 1957-09-06)
lyricist and composer:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”), Oakley Haldeman (songwriter) and Harriett Melka
writer:
Oakley Haldeman (songwriter) and Harriett Melka
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co., EMI Davis Music Australia Pty Limited, Remick Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp. and Gene Autry Music Publishing, Inc. (on 1947-11-20)
Elvis Presley31:58
32I Heard a Forest Playing
Johnny Mathis3:14
33Jingle Bell Rock
guest background vocals:
Anita Kerr Singers (mixed vocal group) (on 1957-10-29)
performer:
Bobby Helms
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1957)
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-27 (number: 2), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-01-03 (number: 3), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-13 (number: 4), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-20 (number: 4), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-06 (number: 8), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-29 (number: 14), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-22 (number: 20), Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1957 (number: 30), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2024 (number: 67), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2023 (number: 68), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2025 (number: 81), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2022 (number: 86) and BILLIONS CLUB
recording of:
Jingle Bell Rock (on 1957-10-29)
writer:
Joe Beal and Jim Boothe
publisher:
Anne Rachel Music Corp, Carlin, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Essex Music of Australia Pty. Ltd.
Bobby Helms4.22:08
34I Saw Three Ships
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
Nat King Cole1:29
35Santa Claus Is Back in TownElvis Presley2:23
36Joy to the World
recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
Nat King Cole1:23
37What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve
cover recording of:
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.), Frank Music Corp. (in 1947) and MPL Music Publishing Inc. (in 1947)
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
Ella Fitzgerald3:33
38The 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 Cole42:35
39Please Come Home for Christmas
cover recording of:
Please Come Home for Christmas
writer:
Charles Brown (blues musician) and Gene Redd (senior; vibraphonist & trumpeter, bandleader and A&R man)
publisher:
BMG Platinum Songs US, Lark Music Inc., C. Mose Music (in 1960), Fort Knox Music Inc. (in 1960) and Trio Music Company (in 1960)
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.), 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)
The Platters2:27
40Winter Wonderland
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1960-07-16)
orchestra:
Frank De Vol Orchestra (on 1960-07-16)
conductor:
Frank De Vol (on 1960-07-16)
arranger:
Frank De Vol
recorded at:
Columbia Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1960-07-16)
cover recording of:
Winter Wonderland (on 1960-07-16)
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)
Ella Fitzgerald2:16
41Mrs 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 Cole2:09
42The Lord’s Prayer
cover recording of:
The Lord’s Prayer
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Albert Hay Malotte (composer) (in 1935)
Dinah Washington2:45
43It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
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)
Frank Sinatra2:56
44Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!Frank Sinatra2:38
45Let’s Start the New Year Right
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-12-26)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-12-26)
vocals:
The Bob Mitchell Boys' Choir (on 1945-12-26)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-12-26)
recording of:
Let’s Start the New Year Right (on 1945-12-26)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp.
Frank Sinatra1:43
46I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
recording of:
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1937)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Billie Holiday3:58
47The Happiest Christmas Tree
recording of:
The Happiest Christmas Tree
lyricist and composer:
Cathy Lynn
Nat King Cole1:54
48Medley: O Little Town of Bethlehem, Joy to the World, White Christmas
Frank Sinatra5:16
49One God
Johnny Mathis3:49
50O Little Town of Bethlehem
cover recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
Elvis Presley2:38
51What Child Is This?
Johnny Mathis3:58
52May the Good Lord Bless You and Keep You
cover recording of:
May the Good Lord Keep and Bless You (Religious song)
lyricist and composer:
Meredith Willson
Johnny Mathis3:51
53St. Nicholas Waltz
recording of:
The St. Nicholas Waltz
writer:
Milton Carson (collaborative alias of Howard Barnes, Harold Fields and Joseph Roncoroni)
Lita Roza with Johnny Douglas2:30
54Santa Bring My Baby Back (to Me)Elvis Presley1:56
55Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1950-09-26)
recording of:
Santa Claus Got Stuck (in My Chimney) (Ella Fitzgerald song) (on 1950-09-26)
writer:
Bill Hardy and Billy Moore, Jr. (40s American jazz pianist/arranger/composer)
Ella Fitzgerald33:05
56The Twelve Days of Christmas
Perry Como with Mitchell Ayers3:59
57The Little Christmas Tree
Nat King Cole3:16
58The Christmas Song
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 (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
Nat King Cole3:16
59Take My Hand, Precious Lord
cover recording of:
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
lyricist and arranger:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
additional composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
previously attributed to:
George Nelson Allen (American composer from the 1800s)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Elvis Presley3:18
60Zat You Santa Claus
vocals:
Louis Armstrong
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!) (in 1963)
recording of:
Zat You, Santa Claus? (on 1953-10-22)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Fox
publisher:
Broude Brothers Limited
Louis Armstrong2:48

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