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Approximately half of the 30 best-selling Christmas songs by ASCAP members in 2015 were written by Jewish composers. Johnny Marks has three top Christmas songs, the most for any writer—"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", and "A Holly Jolly Christmas".
Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Larry Weinstein and released in 2017. [1] The film profiles a number of musicians, including Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Gloria Shayne Baker and Johnny Marks, who made a mark on contemporary culture by writing many of the most beloved Christmas music standards even though they were Jewish ...
Yossi Green (b. 1955), Hasidic Jewish composer of contemporary Jewish religious music [10] Judd Greenstein (b. 1979) composer, often associated with the Indie Classical movement. Michael Isaacson (b. 1946) composer of Jewish synagogue music. Bronisław Kaper (1902–1983), naturalized American film score composer of Polish-Jewish origin.
The American composer Katherine Kennicott Davis wrote the song in 1941. She originally called it “Carol of the Drum” and wrote it under the pseudonym C.R.W. Robertson.
Originally, a "Christmas carol" referred to a piece of vocal music in carol form whose lyrics centre on the theme of Christmas or the Christmas season. The difference between a Christmas carol and a Christmas popular song can often be unclear as they are both sung by groups of people going house to house during the Christmas season.
“When I was a kid, this time of year always made me feel a little left out because in school there were so many Christmas songs and all us Jewish kids had was the song, ‘Dreidel Dreidel ...
Founding members of the Society of Jewish Composers, Publishers and Songwriters. The Society of Jewish Composers, Publishers and Songwriters (Yiddish: געזעלשאפט פון יידישע קאָמפּאָזיטאָרן, romanized: Gezelshaft fun idishe kompozitorn), sometimes called the Jewish Composers' Society, was an American music licensing organization founded in New York City in 1932.
"The Christmas Song" Angel: 1977 A version of the rock band's own 1977 hit "The Winter Song", but featuring alternate lyrics (both tracks featured The California Boys Choir and both were produced by Eddie Leonetti). "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" The King Cole Trio: 1946 Written in 1944 by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells. Sometimes ...