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"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is an English Christmas carol that first appeared in 1739 in the collection Hymns and Sacred Poems. The carol, based on Luke 2:8–14, tells of an angelic chorus singing praises to God.
Variety commented, inter alia, "CBS Radio established the Christmas Sing with Bing pattern four years ago and it still holds up as an easy and comfortable programming segment for Yule listening. With Crosby crooning and emceeing around-the-world pickup for Christmas festivities, the hour rolls by in a familiar but still enjoyable way." [8]
"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" is a 1958 novelty Christmas song written and recorded by Ross Bagdasarian (under the stage name of David Seville). Bagdasarian sang the song, varying the tape speeds to produce high-pitched " chipmunk " voices, with the vocals credited to Alvin and the Chipmunks , Seville's cartoon virtual band [ 1 ...
The song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Christmas singles charts during the Christmas seasons of 1983–1985, [241] [166] and bubbled under the Hot 100 in 1992. [125] The best-selling novelty Christmas single of all time in the U.S., [citation needed] it spawned toys and an animated TV special that remain popular each year. "A Great Big Sled" The ...
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Merry Christmas is a Christmas-themed compilation album by Bing Crosby that was released in 1945 on Decca Records.It has remained in print through the vinyl, CD, and downloadable file eras, currently as the disc and digital album White Christmas on MCA Records, a part of the Universal Music Group, (reissued in June 1995) and currently on vinyl as Merry Christmas on Geffen Records (re-issued in ...
Singing carols during the 2014 Declaration of Christmas Peace in Porvoo, Finland. In modern times, songs that may once have been regarded as carols are now no longer classified as such (especially Christmas songs), even those that retain the traditional attributes of a carol – celebrating a seasonal topic, alternating verses and chorus, and danceable music.
"White Christmas" is a song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. Written by Irving Berlin for the 1942 musical film Holiday Inn , the song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards .