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Variety wrote "Bing Crosby's workover of 'I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day' looks like a big one for the '56 Yule and a hit potential of enduring value." [13] Billboard wrote "At deadline time, not many of this year's Christmas issues had shown much action. This new Crosby record, however, was off to a promising start.
His son Charles was injured during the war, [86] and he wrote the poem "Christmas Bells", later the basis of the carol I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. He wrote in his journal in 1878: "I have only one desire; and that is for harmony, and a frank and honest understanding between North and South". [87]
John David Marks (November 10, 1909 – September 3, 1985) was an American songwriter.He specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many holiday standards, including "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (a hit for Gene Autry and others), "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (a hit for Brenda Lee), "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (recorded by the Quinto Sisters and later by Burl Ives), "Silver and Gold ...
I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men! – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
22. "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" by Frank Sinatra. ... A Catholic prayer written and sung in Latin, "Ave Maria" translated is addressed to Mary (the "Hail Mary"), saying how blessed she is ...
"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" words: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Several settings of music have been popular: Joseph Mainzer (1845) John Baptiste Calkin (1872) Johnny Marks (1956) "I Saw Three Ships (Come Sailing In)" English traditional 1833 Published by William Sandys. "In the Bleak Midwinter"
"The Christmas Song" Musician Mel Tormé and his writing partner Robert Wells composed this song in July 1945 at Wells’ California home in an effort to beat the heat.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem "Christmas Bells" after his son was wounded at the Battle of New Hope Church, VA during the Mine Run Campaign on November 27, 1863. Longfellow received word of his son's injuries on December 1 of that year, and Charles was brought home on December 8. The poem was written during Charles Appleton ...