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"The Christmas Song" (commonly subtitled "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" or, as it was originally subtitled, "Merry Christmas to You") is a classic Christmas song written in 1945 [note 1] by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé. The Nat King Cole Trio first recorded the song in June 1946.
"Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow" is a song telling the story of Christmas morning, describing a "star in the East" that will lead to the birthplace of Christ. The title derives from a lyric repeated throughout the song. Depending on how the song is arranged and performed, it is known variously as a spiritual, hymn, carol, gospel song, or folk song.
Who Would Imagine a King is a Christmas song written and composed by Mervyn Warren and Hallerin Hilton Hill, and originally recorded by Whitney Houston for the soundtrack to the 1996 film, The Preacher's Wife. In 2009, Lotta Engberg recorded the song on the album Jul hos mig. [1]
The quintessential Christmas crush song, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" finally hit No. 1 in 2019—25 years after its initial release! 2. Nat King Cole, "The Christmas Song"
This upbeat anthem celebrates the joy and love that God has brought to the world now that "the Lord is come," explaining that all we must do is "receive [our] King!" Related: 32 New-ish Christmas ...
As a result, many Christmas Carols can be related to St Stephen's Day (26 December), St John's Day (27 December), Feast of Holy Innocents (28 December), St Sylvester's Day (31 December), and the Epiphany. Examples of this are "We Three Kings" (an Epiphany song), and "Good King Wenceslas" (a carol for St. Stephen's Day).
In addition to writing the words, the King also composed the music. [7] The King's song, which is in fact a love song and not a Christmas song, survives in a manuscript now in the British Library (Add MS 31922) copied in about 1511–1513, probably not for the King himself, when Henry was in his early twenties (he became king in 1509).
The U.S Army Band performs a Christmas concert in 2010.. Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season.Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or in the case of carols, may employ lyrics about the nativity of Jesus Christ, traditions such as gift-giving and merrymaking, cultural figures such as Santa Claus ...