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Paul Williams, President and chairman, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) The top thirty most-played holiday songs for the 2015 holiday season are ranked here, all titles written or co-written by ASCAP songwriters and composers. Most of these songs in some way describe or are reminiscent of Christmas traditions, how Western Christian countries tend to celebrate the ...
The political satire group The Capitol Steps has released four Christmas albums: Danny's First Noel (1989), All I Want for Christmas Is a Tax Increase (1993), O, Christmas Bush (2006), and Barackin' Around the Christmas Tree (2009). In addition, some of their other albums contain parodies of Christmas songs.
A Charlie Brown Christmas is the eighth studio album by the American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi (later credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio). Coinciding with the television debut of the Christmas special of the same name, the album was released in the first week of December 1965 by Fantasy Records. [ 1 ][ a ]
For the album by Lee Kernaghan, see Driving Home for Christmas (album). " Driving Home for Christmas " is a Christmas song written and composed by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea. [ 1 ] The first version was originally released as the B-side to his single " Hello Friend " in 1986. In October 1988, a re-recorded version served as one of two ...
Christmas. Songwriter (s) Robert Wells. Mel Tormé. " 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.
Not to be confused with Christmas (Baby Please Come Home). " Please Come Home for Christmas " is a Christmas song, written in 1960 and released the same year by American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown. [ 3 ] Hitting the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1961, the tune, which Brown co-wrote with Gene Redd [ note 1 ], peaked at position ...
Wonderful Christmastime. " Wonderful Christmastime " is a Christmas song by English musician Paul McCartney. Recorded during the sessions for his solo album McCartney II (1980), it was released in November 1979 following Wings ' final album Back to the Egg earlier that year. It was McCartney's first solo single in over eight years since "Eat at ...
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 ...