A Very Rudolph Christmas

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1: Silver and Gold
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1Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Records (not for label use; use “Motown” instead) (in 2013)
recording of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., St. Nicholas Music Publishing Co. (on 1949-05-09) and St. Nicholas Music Inc. (from 1950 to present)
The Jackson 532:33
2Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
programming:
Andy Wright (Simply Red + Remixes)
engineer:
Iain Roberton (UK recording engineer) and Paul Wright (UK recording engineer)
producer:
Hanson (American pop group) and Mark Hudson (US songwriter/record producer)
mixer:
Tom Lord‐Alge
recorded at:
Sarm Hook End (Sarm Hook End) in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Encore Studios in Burbank, California, United States
cover recording of:
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell and St. Nicholas Music
Hanson2:41
3Silent Night
producer:
Boyz II Men
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
Boyz II Men12:34
4Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Vanessa Williams5:32
5What Child Is This?
recording of:
What Child Is This?
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25608)
version of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
Donna Summer4:42
6Ave Maria
recording engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer) and James Lock (engineer) (in 1976-01)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
choir vocals:
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir (in 1976-01)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1976-01)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera) (in 1976-01)
conductor:
Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor) (in 1976-01)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (for copyrights use only!) (in 1976)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (Petersham) in Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-01)
live 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”’) (in 1976-01)
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)
Luciano Pavarotti4:47
7I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
background vocals:
Ken Darby Singers (on 1956-10-03)
lead vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1956-10-03)
orchestra:
Buddy Cole and His Orchestra (on 1956-10-03)
recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (on 1956-10-03)
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
composer:
John Baptiste Calkin (composer)
is based on:
Christmas Bells
Bing Crosby52:47
8A Merry, Merry Christmas
The Silver and Gold Singers2:54
9Santa's Family
John Goodman3:36
10The Most Wonderful Day of the Year
The Silver and Gold Singers2:24
11A Caroling We Go
Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians1:40
12Happy New Year, Darling
The Silver and Gold Singers2:36
13An Old-Fashioned Christmas
The Silver and Gold Singers1:56
14O 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”)
Aaron Neville4:44
15Silver and Gold
recording of:
Silver and Gold (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
Burl Ives1:44
▶ CD 2: A Holly Jolly Christmas
▶ CD 3: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day