The Star Carol

~ Release by Tennessee Ernie Ford (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Joy to the World
cover recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer)
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
1:47
2O 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)
1:52
3O Holy Night
cover recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (composer) (in 1847)
arrangement of:
O HOLY NIGHT (New melodic/harmonic arrangement)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
1:53
4The Star Carol
recording of:
The Star Carol
lyricist:
Wihla Hutson
composer:
Alfred S. Burt (composer of Christmas carols)
2:26
5Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
cover recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
1:28
6Some Children See Him
recording of:
Some Children See Him
lyricist:
Wihla Hutson
composer:
Alfred S. Burt (composer of Christmas carols)
publisher:
Hollis Music, Inc.
3:54
7God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
cover 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)
2:11
8O Hearken Ye
2:24
9Adeste Fideles
2:32
10The First Noel
cover recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:02
11Sleep, My Little Lord Jesus
3:08
12We Three Kings
cover recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
2:16
13It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
cover recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears
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)
3:06
14Silent Night
cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
2:39