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"O Come, All Ye Faithful", also known as "Adeste Fideles", is a Christmas carol that has been attributed to various authors, including John Francis Wade (1711–1786), John Reading (1645–1692), King John IV of Portugal (1604–1656), and anonymous Cistercian monks. The earliest printed version is in a book published by Wade.
Because "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" is a metrical hymn in the common 88.88.88 meter scheme (in some hymnals given as "8.8.8.8 and refrain" [13]), it is possible to pair the words of the hymn with any number of tunes. The meter is shared between the original Latin text and the English translation.
In 1998, the tribute album Awesome God: A Tribute to Rich Mullins was released, featuring favorite Mullins songs reinterpreted by his Christian music peers. Mullins' family founded The Legacy of a Kid Brother of St. Frank to continue his mission to develop programs of art, drama and music camps for Native American youth and provide a traveling ...
Background vocals by God's Property. 4. Go Tell It on the Mountain: 5:54: Lead: Sheila Brice and Stephanie Glynn 5. They Need to Know: 3:59: Lead: David Mann: 6. There's No Christmas Without You: 4:13: Lead: Kirk Franklin and Demetrice Clinkscale 7. O Come All Ye Faithful: 5:18: Lead: Jeannette Johnson 8. The Night That Christ Was Born: 4:32
John Francis Wade (1 January 1711 – 16 August 1786) was an English hymnist who is usually credited with writing and composing the hymn "Adeste Fideles" (which was translated as "O Come All Ye Faithful" in 1841 by Frederick Oakeley).
Two songs from the album, "Merry Christmas Baby" and "O Come All Ye Faithful", were issued as a single in November, 1971. The album topped the Christmas LP's chart that year and would have charted high on the Billboard Top LPs chart, but from 1963 to 1973, holiday albums were not allowed to chart.
The hour-long show also saw the premiere of the music video for Vandross' "Every Year, Every Christmas," the first single from This Is Christmas. [2] In further promotion if the album, Vandross, along with NBC Today show co-host Katie Couric lit the 1995 Christmas tree at the Rockefeller Center where Vandross he also sung " O Come All Ye ...
The group performed its rock version of "O Come, All Ye Faithful", which is arranged in the style of "We're Not Gonna Take It". On December 22, 2006, Twisted Sister performed the song on CBS's The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. On an episode of Snider's syndicated radio program "The House of Hair", he stated that due to the success of the ...