Christmas Songs by Sinatra
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Christmas Songs By Sinatra is the name of the third studio album
studio album by the American singer Frank Sinatra
. It was originally released in 1948 as a 78 rpm album set (C-167) and a 10" LP record featuring a collection of holiday songs. A compilation album was released in 1994 including the songs originally released on the 1948 album along with Christmas
songs from his years recording at Columbia
records.
1. Silent Night
2. Adeste Fideles
Disc 2:
1. White Christmas
2. Jingle Bells
Disc 3:
1. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
2.It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Disc 4:
1. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
2. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
2. Jingle Bells
3. Silent Night
4. Adeste Fideles
5. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
6. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
7. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
8. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
studio album by the American singer Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
. It was originally released in 1948 as a 78 rpm album set (C-167) and a 10" LP record featuring a collection of holiday songs. A compilation album was released in 1994 including the songs originally released on the 1948 album along with Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
songs from his years recording at Columbia
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
records.
1948 78rpm studio album Track listing
Disc 1:1. Silent Night
2. Adeste Fideles
Disc 2:
1. White Christmas
2. Jingle Bells
Disc 3:
1. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
2.It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Disc 4:
1. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
2. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
1948 10" record LP studio album Track listing
1. White Christmas2. Jingle Bells
3. Silent Night
4. Adeste Fideles
5. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
6. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
7. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
8. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
1994 Compilation album Track listing
- "White ChristmasWhite Christmas (song)"White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the version sung by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single of all time, with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide.Accounts vary as...
" (Irving BerlinIrving BerlinIrving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...
) - 3:25 - "Silent Night" (Josef MohrJosef MohrJoseph Mohr, sometimes spelt Josef was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and composer, who wrote the words to the Christmas carol "Silent Night".-Biography:...
, Franz X. Gruber) - 3:19 - "Adeste FidelesAdeste Fideles"Adeste Fideles" is a hymn tune attributed to English hymnist John Francis Wade . The text itself has unclear beginnings, and may have been written in the 13th century by John of Reading, though it has been concluded that Wade was probably the author.The original four verses of the hymn were...
(O, Come All Ye Faithful)" (Frederick OakeleyFrederick OakeleyFrederick Oakeley was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England the sixth son of Sir Charles Oakeley, second baronet, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was ordained in 1828 and in 1845 converted from Church of England to Catholicism, whereupon he became Canon of Westminster in 1852....
, John Francis WadeJohn Francis WadeJohn Francis Wade was an English hymnist who is credited with writing and composing the hymn "Adeste Fideles" ....
) - 2:38 - "Jingle BellsJingle Bells"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857...
" (James PierpontJames Pierpont (musician)James Lord Pierpont was an American songwriter, arranger, organist, and composer, best known for writing and composing Jingle Bells in 1857, originally entitled "The One Horse Open Sleigh". He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in Winter Haven, Florida...
) - 2:37 - "Have Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasHave Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics, which has become more common than the original. The song was written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane...
" (Ralph BlaneRalph BlaneRalph Blane was an American composer, lyricist, and performer.-Life and career:Born Ralph Uriah Hunsecker in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Blane was the son of grocery store owners. He attended Tulsa Central High School...
, Hugh MartinHugh MartinHugh Martin was an American musical theater and film composer, arranger, vocal coach, and playwright. He is best known for his score for the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me In St...
) - 2:36 - "Christmas Dreaming (A Little Early This Year)" (Irving GordonIrving GordonIrving Gordon was an American songwriter.-Biography:Irving Gordon was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a child, he studied violin, and after attending public schools in New York City, went to work in the Catskill Mountains at some of the resort hotels in the area...
, Lester Lee) - 3:01 - "It Came Upon A Midnight ClearIt Came upon a Midnight Clear"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" is a poem and Christmas carol written by Edmund Sears, pastor of the Unitarian Church in Lancaster, Massachusetts...
" (Edmund SearsEdmund SearsEdmund Hamilton Sears was an American Unitarian parish minister and author who wrote a number of theological works influencing 19th century liberal Protestants. Sears is known today primarily as the man who penned the words to "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" in 1849...
, Richard Storrs Willis) - 3:34 - "O Little Town of BethlehemO Little Town of Bethlehem"O Little Town of Bethlehem" is a popular Christmas carol. The text was written by Phillips Brooks , an Episcopal priest, Rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia. He was inspired by visiting the Palestinian city of Bethlehem in 1865. Three years later, he wrote the poem for his...
" (Phillips BrooksPhillips BrooksPhillips Brooks was an American clergyman and author, who briefly served as Bishop of Massachusetts in the Episcopal Church during the early 1890s. In the Episcopal liturgical calendar he is remembered on January 23...
, Lewis RednerLewis RednerLewis Henry Redner was an American musician, best known as the composer of the popular Christmas carol "St...
) - 3:07 - "Santa Claus Is Coming to TownSanta Claus Is Coming to Town"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" is a Christmas song. It was written by John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie, and was first sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934....
" (J. Fred CootsJ. Fred CootsJohn Frederick Coots was an American songwriter. He wrote over 700 songs.He is most famous for the song "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", a song that became one of the biggest best sellers in American music history....
, Haven GillespieHaven GillespieJames Lamont "Haven" Gillespie was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. He was the writer of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" as well as "You Go to My Head", "Honey", "By the Sycamore Tree", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Breezin' Along With The Breeze", "Right or Wrong," "Beautiful Love",...
) - 2:36 - "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!Let It Snow"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", also known as "Let It Snow", is a song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in 1945. The song was written in July 1945 in Hollywood, California during one of the hottest days on record. First recorded by Vaughn Monroe, it became a popular...
" (Sammy CahnSammy CahnSammy Cahn was an American lyricist, songwriter and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premiered by recording companies in the Greater Los Angeles Area...
, Jule StyneJule StyneJule Styne was a British-born American songwriter especially famous for a series of Broadway musicals, which included several very well known and frequently revived shows.-Early life:...
) - 2:38 - Introduction by General Reynolds, Chief of Special Services – 0:57
- Medley: "O, Little Town of Bethlehem"/"Joy to the WorldJoy to the World"Joy to the World" is a Christian Christmas carol.The words are by English hymn writer Isaac Watts, based on Psalm 98 in the Bible. The song was first published in 1719 in Watts' collection; The Psalms of David: Imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and...
"/"White Christmas" (Brooks, Redner)/(Isaac WattsIsaac WattsIsaac Watts was an English hymnwriter, theologian and logician. A prolific and popular hymnwriter, he was recognised as the "Father of English Hymnody", credited with some 750 hymns...
, Lowell MasonLowell MasonLowell Mason was a leading figure in American church music, the composer of over 1600 hymn tunes, many of which are often sung today. His most well-known tunes include Mary Had A Little Lamb and the arrangement of Joy to the World...
)/(Berlin) – 5:18 - "Ave MariaEllens dritter GesangEllens dritter Gesang , in English: "Ellen's Third Song", was composed by Franz Schubert in 1825 as part of his Opus 52, a setting of seven songs from Walter Scott's popular epic poem The Lady of the Lake, loosely translated into German.It has become one of Schubert's most popular works under the...
" (Franz SchubertFranz SchubertFranz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
) - 3:31 - "Winter WonderlandWinter Wonderland"Winter Wonderland" is a winter song, popularly treated as a Christmastime pop standard, written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith . Through the decades it has been recorded by over 150 different artists.-History:...
" (Felix BernardFelix BernardFelix Bernard was an American conductor, pianist and a composer of popular music. His writing credits include the popular songs Winter Wonderland and Dardanella.-Biography:...
, Richard B. SmithRichard B. SmithRichard B. Smith wrote the lyrics to the popular song Winter Wonderland, which was composed by Felix Bernard. Smith was born in Pennsylvania, and was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1931. He succumbed to the disease on September 28, 1935....
) - 2:06 - "The Lord's PrayerThe Lord's Prayer (song)"The Lord's Prayer" is a musical setting of the Lord's Prayer written by Albert Hay Malotte in 1935 and recorded by numerous singers including John Charles Thomas, Perry Como, Doris Day, Gracie Fields, Mahalia Jackson, Mario Lanza, Elvis Presley, and Ronnie Milsap...
" (Albert Hay MalotteAlbert Hay MalotteAlbert Hay Malotte was an American pianist, organist, composer and educator.-Biography and career:...
) - 3:36
Personnel
- Frank SinatraFrank SinatraFrancis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
– Vocals - Axel StordahlAxel StordahlAxel Stordahl was an arranger who was active from the late 1930s through the 1950s. He is perhaps best known for his work with Frank Sinatra in the 1940s at Columbia Records...
– Arranger, Conductor - NEW YORK MUSICIANS - 1944: Julius Brand, Fred Buldrini, Sid Harris, L. Kanter, Murray Kellner, Bernard Kundell, William Lockwood, Arthur Loesserman, Harold Micklin, Seymour Miroff, Gene Orloff, Raoul Polikian (violins), Morris Kahn, Sol Paeff, Sol Rumberg (violas), E. Gara, George Polikian, Avron Twerdowsky (celli), Ruth Hill (harp), Arthur Baker, Henry Ross (alto saxophones/clarinets), Harold Feldman (tenor saxophone/flute/clarinet/piccolo/oboe/cor anglais), Bernard Kaufman (tenor saxophone/flute/clarinet/bass clarinet), Peter Pumiglio (clarinet/alto and baritone saxophones), Carl Poole, Sammy Shapiro, Red Solomon (trumpets), John D'Agostino, Anthony Russo, Charles Small (trombones), Karl Chlupse (French horn), Billy Rowland (piano), Matty Golizio (guitar), Ward Lay (bass), Johnny Blowers (drums)
- LOS ANGELES MUSICIANS - 1945 TO 1947: Victor Arno, Alex Beller, Harry Bluestone, Werner Callies, Walter Edelstein, Peter Ellis, Sam Freed, David Frisina, Gerald Joyce, George Kast, Sol Kindler, Morris King, Samuel Levine, Dan Lube, Sam Middleman, Anthony Perrotti, Nick Pisani, Mischa Russell, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson, Olcott Vail, Gerald Vinci (violins), Allan Harshman, William Hymanson, Maurice Perlmutter, Paul Robyn, Stanley Spiegelman, Dave Sterkin, Gary White (violas), Cy Bernard, Fred Goerner, Nicholas Ochi-Albi, John Sewell (celli), May Cambern, Lauretta McFarland (harps), Heinie Beau (alto saxophone/clarinet), Fred Dornbach (alto saxophone/clarinet), Jack Dumont (tenor saxophone/clarinet), Manny Gershman (alto and baritone saxophones/clarinet), Leonard Hartman (tenor saxophone/clarinet/flute/bass clarinet), Herbert Haymer (tenor saxophone/clarinet), Jules Kinsler (alto saxophone/clarinet/flute/bass clarinet), Harold Lawson (tenor saxophone/clarinet), Don Logiudice (alto saxophone/clarinet), Babe Russin (tenor saxophone/clarinet), Fred Stulce (alto and baritone saxophones/flute/clarinet), Charles Griffard, Bruce Hudson, Manny Klein, Ray Linn, Leonard Mach, George Seaberg, Zeke Zarchy (trumpets), Hoyt Bohannon, Dave Hallett, George Jenkins, Edward Kuczborski, Carl Loeffler, Pullman Pederson, Bill Schaefer, Jimmy Skiles, Elmer Smithers (trombones), Jack Cave, Vincent DeRosa, James McGee (French horns), Mark McIntyre (piano), Dave Barbour, Allan Reuss (guitars), John Ryan, Artie Shapiro, Phil Stephens (bass), Ray Hagan (drums)
- NEW YORK MUSICIANS - 1950: Julius Brand, Arnold Eidus, Julius Held, Maurice Hershaft, Harry Hoffman, Zelly Smirnoff (violins), Solomon Deutsch, Harold Furmansky (violas), George Polikian (cello), Elaine Vito Ricci (harp), Harold Feldman (tenor saxophone/clarinet/flute/piccolo/oboe/cor anglais), Manny Gershman (alto and baritone saxophones/clarinet), Bernard Kaufman (tenor saxophone/clarinet/flute/bass clarinet), Al Richman (alto saxophone/clarinet), Hymie Schertzer (alto saxophone/clarinet), Yank Lawson, Dale McMickle, Johnny Owens (trumpets), George Arus, Roland Dupont, Bill Rank (trombones), John Barrows (French horn), George Forbes (piano), Matty Golizio (guitar), Frank Carroll (bass), Johnny Blowers (drums)
- Jeff Alexander Orchestra
- The Bobby Tucker Singers
- The Ken Lane Singers
- The B. Swanson Quartet
- The Mitchell Boys Choir