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Carol of the Bells. " Carol of the Bells " is a popular Christmas carol, which is based on the Ukrainian New Year's song " Shchedryk." The music for the carol comes from the song written by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914; the English-language lyrics were written in 1936 by Peter Wilhousky. [1][2] 8 time.
Anonymous broadside, Angus, Newcastle, 1774–1825. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses, each describing a gift given by "my true love" on one of the twelve days of Christmas. There are many variations in the lyrics.
Background. "Christmas Time Is Here" was composed by jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi to accompany the opening of the 1965 television special A Charlie Brown Christmas. It was originally written as an instrumental, but producer Lee Mendelson decided that the song needed lyrics. Mendelson recalled, "When we looked at the show about a month before it ...
Ten-year-old Gayla Peevey performed "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" in 1953 and her version remains one of the silliest (and the most popular) Christmas songs on radio waves each year. 6 ...
Billboard. Christmas Holiday charts. Billboard magazine's first annual "Christmas Records" charts from November 30, 1963. Billboard magazine only charted Christmas singles and albums along with the other popular non-holiday records until the 1958 holiday season when they published their first section that surveys only Christmas music.
White Christmas (song) " White Christmas " is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. The song was written by Berlin for the 1942 musical film Holiday Inn. The composition won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards. Bing Crosby's record topped the Billboard chart for 11 weeks in ...
We Need a Little Christmas" is a popular Christmas song originating from Jerry Herman's Broadway musical Mame, and first performed by Angela Lansbury in that 1966 production. [ 1 ] In the musical, the song is performed after Mame has lost her fortune in the Wall Street Crash of 1929 , and decides that she, her young nephew Patrick, and her two ...
Amy Macdonald singles chronology. "Down By the Water". (2017) " This Christmas Day ". (2017) "Woman of the World". (2018) " This Christmas Day " is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald. The song was released as a digital download on 1 December 2017 through Mercury Records with all proceeds going to Alzheimer's Research UK. [1]