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Performed. 24 December 1818 (1818-12-24) Published. 1833 (1833) " Silent Night " (German: "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht") is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. [ 1 ] It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011. [ 2 ]
The Victorian Era saw a surge of Christmas carols associated with a renewed admiration of the holiday, including "Silent Night", "O Little Town of Bethlehem", and "O Holy Night". The first Christmas songs associated with Saint Nicholas or other gift-bringers also came during 19th century, including "Up on the Housetop" and "Jolly Old St ...
"7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their third studio album, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966). The track is a sound collage juxtaposing a rendition of the Christmas carol " Silent Night " with a simulated " 7 O'Clock News " bulletin consisting of actual events from the summer of 1966.
Written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen. Performed by Crosby in the 1959 film Say One for Me. Crosby re-recorded the song in 1964 for the album 12 Songs of Christmas. [ 189 ] Other versions recorded by Ella Fitzgerald (1959), Johnny Mathis (1963), Julie Andrews (1982). "Sending You a Little Christmas".
Give Love at Christmas is a Christmas album by the Temptations, released on August 14, 1980 via Gordy Records. The group's second holiday release following 1970's The Temptations Christmas Card, it features each Temptation leading on various popular Christmas carols and original Christmas songs. The album includes versions of The Jackson 5 's ...
Especially in the 1960s and 1970s, when story-songs like “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” clogged up the radio, the pop and especially the country charts offered up endless ideas for ...
The Magic of Christmas is a 1960 album by Nat King Cole, arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmichael. [ 3 ] This was Cole's only complete album of Christmas songs, although he had recorded several holiday singles earlier in his career. One of these, " The Christmas Song ", originally recorded in 1946, was re-recorded for the 1961 album The Nat ...
These religious songs and hymns celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...