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“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is already more melancholy than most classic Christmas songs, but its earlier version was a downright downer.
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 [2] [3] [4] ... However, Sinatra had recorded the original song's lyrics in 1948.)
The original version, written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, started with: “Have yourself a merry little Christmas; it may be your last. Next year, we may all be living in the past.”
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Words and Music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane) " Ave Maria " (Original Music by Franz Schubert ) Como also recorded a rendition of the Wihla Hutson-Alfred Burt composition "Some Children See Him" during the sessions, but this was omitted from the finished album, presumably due to space limitations. [ 2 ]
Hugh Martin (August 11, 1914 – March 11, 2011) was an American musical theater and film composer, arranger, vocal coach, and playwright.He was best known for his score for the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis, in which Judy Garland sang three Martin songs, "The Boy Next Door", "The Trolley Song", and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".
is the James Taylor take on the song recorded after 9-11. It's obvious those aren't the original lyrics because that would make the title of teh song "Have ourselves a Merry Little Christmas."68.9.190.116 18:29, 16 December 2005 (UTC) I have moved the lyrics sung in MMISL to the top since that is the earliest recorded version.
One of my favorites on this album is “Christmas in Hollis” by Run D.M.C., which, to my knowledge, is the first original hip-hop Christmas song. It is fun, funny, a little bit irreverent, but ...
The album is essentially a reissue (with a new title and slightly altered track listing) of James Taylor: A Christmas Album, a limited edition title distributed by Hallmark Cards in 2004. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," originally issued on Taylor's October Road in 2002