Blue Christmas

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Christmas Greetings
Johnny Otis, Little Esther Phillips & Mel Walker0:33
2White Christmas
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US songwriter/producer) and Jerry Wexler
bass, drums (drum set), piano, tenor saxophone and vibraphone:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1954-02-04)
guitar:
Jimmy Oliver (guitar, Drifters) (on 1954-02-04)
baritone vocals:
Andrew Thrasher (on 1954-02-04)
bass vocals:
Bill Pinkney (on 1954-02-04)
lead vocals:
Clyde McPhatter (on 1954-02-04) and Bill Pinkney (on 1954-02-04)
tenor vocals:
Clyde McPhatter (on 1954-02-04) and Gerhart Thrasher (on 1954-02-04)
performer:
The Drifters (US doo wop/R&B vocal group)
recorded at:
Fulton Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (on 1954-02-04)
cover recording of:
White Christmas (vocal quartet arrangement, made popular by The Drifters) (on 1954-02-04)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
arrangement of:
White Christmas
quotes lyrics from:
Jingle Bells
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters4.52:40
3Christmas Time Blues
Roy Milton3:05
4What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve
The Orioles2:55
5I Want My Baby for Christmas
Jimmy Liggins2:41
6Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
Mabel Scott2:19
7Christmas in Heaven
Billy Ward and His Dominoes2:44
8Best Wishes
Lowell Fulson2:37
9Faraway Christmas Blues
Little Esther Phillips & Mel Walker3:21
10Christmas Date Blues
Big Joe Turner2:36
11Any Day Now
Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers2:28
12Let’s Make Christmas Merry Baby
Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers2:55
13Hey Santa Claus
The Moonglows2:27
14I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Bull Moose Jackson2:32
15Lonesome Christmas
Lowell Fulson2:12
16Christmas Spirit
Julia Lee2:47
17May Everyday Be Christmas
Louis Jordan3:12
18The Christmas Song
producer:
Lee Gillette
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1961-03-30)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1961-03-30)
conductor:
Ralph Carmichael (on 1961-03-30)
orchestrator:
Charles R. Grean and Pete Rugolo
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-27 (number: 6), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-01-03 (number: 6), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-20 (number: 8), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-13 (number: 9), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-06 (number: 18) and Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-29 (number: 29)
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (on 1961-03-30)
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 Cole3.753:14
19Christmas Boogie
recording of:
Christmas Boogie (on 1950-01-24)
writer:
Vernon White
Sugar Chile Robinson2:16
20Lonely Christmas
The Orioles3:20
21Oh, How I Hate to See Christmas Come Around
Jimmy Witherspoon3:01
22I Want My Baby for Christmas
'Smokey' Hogg2:52
23I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Pilgrim Travelers2:32
24Just a Lonely Christmas
recording of:
Just a Lonely Christmas
composer:
Alan Freed (American disc jockey) and Harvey Fuqua
The Moonglows2:29
25Merry Christmas Baby
Charles Brown2:42
26Silent Night
The Ravens2:52