Medley: O, Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy to the World / White Christmas

~ Recording by Frank Sinatra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.12Medley: O Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy to the World / White Christmas5:16Frank SinatraChristmas Songs by SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum
  • US1994-09-06
Sony BMG Music Entertainment Custom Marketing GroupA711106
1.12Medley: O Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy to the World / White Christmas5:16Frank SinatraChristmas Songs by SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum
  • US1994-09-06
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)
1.12Medley: O Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy to the World / White Christmas5:16Frank SinatraChristmas Songs by SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum
  • US1994-09-19
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 66413
1.12Medley: O, Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy to the World / White Christmas5:19Frank SinatraChristmas Songs by SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 66413
1.3O Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy to the World / White Christmas5:19Frank SinatraChristmas Through the YearsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Stanyan Records12 533
1.12Medley: O Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy to the World / White Christmas5:25Frank SinatraSinatra at ChristmasFrank Sinatra & Bing CrosbyAlbum + Compilation
MusicbankAPWCD8003
1.12Medley: O Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy to the World / White Christmas5:16Frank SinatraChristmas Songs by SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum
  • -2004-08-24
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
4.16Medley: O Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy to the World / White Christmas5:16Frank SinatraLegends: The Christmas CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-10-06
EmporioEMPRBXMAS007
1.67Medley: O Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy to the World / White Christmas5:19Frank SinatraLes Plus Belles Chansons De Noël Pour Les EnfantsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2012-11-17
1.11Medley - o Little Town of Bethlehem, Joy to the World, White Christmas5:16Frank SinatraChristmas Classics With Frank SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • -2014-11-29
1.12Medley5:16Frank SinatraChristmas Songs by SinatraFrank SinatraAlbumColumbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
Promotion
1.12Medley: O, Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy to the World / White Christmas5:19Frank SinatraChristmas Songs by SinatraFrank SinatraAlbumSorrisi e Canzoni TVNAT 0202

Relationships

recorded in:New York, New York, United States (on 1945-12-05)
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-12-19)
lead vocals:Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-12-05)
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-12-19)
conductor:Axel Stordahl (on 1945-12-05, on 1945-12-19)
arranger:Conrad Salinger
Axel Stordahl
recording of:Joy to the World (Christmas carol) (on 1945-12-05: cover, medley)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.) (on 1945-12-05: medley)
White Christmas (on 1945-12-19: cover, medley)

Joy to the World (Christmas carol)

lyricist:Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:Lowell Mason (in 1839)
referred to in medleys:Christmas Train (medley)
Jingle Bells Medley (Psalty’s Christmas Calamity)
Joy to the Wonderful World
A Christmas Festival (order: 1)
Joy to the World / It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (order: 1)
Noëls pour cordes (Christmas Carols for Strings) (order: 1)
Kuklapolitan Christmas Carol Medley (order: 2)
Medley: Deck the Halls / Joy to the World / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (order: 2)
Christmas Medley (Pokémon) (order: 4)
“Unbegun” Symphony: Andante—Allegro (order: 12)
later parody versions:Cobb to the World
Joy to the Phone
乜鬼都買
later translated versions:Līksmi lai skan (Latvian version of English "Joy to the World")
Nu is er hoop
O Newydd Llon
Riemuita saa (translated by V. Arti)
Riemuita saa! (translated by Hilkka Norkamo)
もろびとこぞりて
later versions:Joy to the World (Dave Brubeck's arrangement)
is the basis for:Good King Joy
Joy to the World (Mariah Carey song, based off both the Christmas carol and the Hoyt Axton/Three Dog Night song)
PDX-mas Carol
Suite on Famous Christmas Carols: I. Joy to the World!
arrangements:Joy to the World (Geoff Zanelli's arrangement)
Joy to the World (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement)
Joy to the World (Peter Cardinali arrangement)
Joy to the World
Joy to the World (John Rutter's arrangement)
Joy to the World (arr. Johnson and Ricketts)
Joy to the World (arr. Keyte & Parrott)
Joy to the World (arr. Aly and AJ)
Joy to the World (arr. Scott Kritzer)
Joy to the World (Pentatonix arrangement)
Joy to the World (trad. arr. by The Mighty Fine Band)
Joy to the World (arr. Bruce Cockburn)
Joy to the World (arr. Nossa Bossa Nova) (translated)
Joy to the World (Carla Bley arrangement)
Joy to the World (arr. Berry & Howard)
Joy to the World (lo‐fi arrangement)
Joy to the World
Joy to the World (Spider-Verse)
Joy To The World (Psalty's Family Christmas Sing Along - arr Rettino/Kerner)
Joy To The World (Jingle Bells) (Psalty)
Joy to the World (Our God Reigns) (Sovereign Grace version of Joy to the World)
Joy to the World (Unspeakable Joy)
Joy to the World! (arr. John Carter)
music quoted in:Kiss’in Christmas
lyrics quoted in:Joy (To the World)
Kiss’in Christmas

O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)

lyricist:Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
referred to in medleys:Christmas Medley (Bing Crosby version) (order: 3)
Medley: Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly / Away in a Manger / O Little Town of Bethlehem / The First Noel (order: 3)
Noëls pour cordes (Christmas Carols for Strings) (order: 8)
later translated versions:Bethlehem
Oi Betlehem, sä pienoinen
Tu mazā, klusā Betlēme (Latvian version of "O Little Town of Bethlehem")
later versions:Little Town (Cliff Richard carol -- the traditional words set to new music)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Kenneth Jennings tune)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “Forest Green”, as sung in the UK and the Episcopal Church in the U.S.)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Walford Davies tune)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (version performed by Elvis Presley)
is based on:St. Louis (hymn tune)
is the basis for:Grandma's Christmas Card
O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. The Joy Strings)
O Little Town Of Destrehan
Paraphrase on ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’
Suite on Famous Christmas Carols: V. O Little Town of Bethlehem
arrangements:O Little Town of Bethlehem (Culloton arrangement)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Gordon Jenkins arr.)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (The Mighty Fine Band trad. arr.)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (adapted by Jack Gold)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. Feller)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. Gene Puerling)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Sarah McLachlan arrangement)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. Chris Walden)
O Little Town Of Bethlehem (arr. J. Paterson)
O’ Little Town of Bethlehem (Bob Dylan arrangement)
music quoted in and lyrics quoted in:Bethlehem

White Christmas

lyricist and composer:Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Irving Berlin Music Corp.
Williamson Music Company
Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd
Irving Berlin Music Ltd.
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019)
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.)
ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
referred to in medleys:Mix 4 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 1)
Happy Holiday / White Christmas (order: 2)
Medley (Christmas with Frank Ferrari) (order: 5)
later translated parody versions:銀白聖誕
later translated versions:A Batzl Schnee
Als klokken in de nacht luiden
Biele Vianoce (White Christmas)
Der Alter Tzigayner / White Christmas
Deutsche Weihnacht
Ik droom steeds van een wit kerstfeest
Ik droom van een gelukkig kerstfeest
Jag drömmer om en jul hemma
Jul hjemme
Kvit jul
Min barndoms hvite jul
Noël blanc
Nollaig Bhán
Rap jul
Valkea joulu
Weiße Weihnacht
Weiße Weihnacht
White Christian
White Christmas (Maburaho)
Wit kerstfeest
Witte Kerstmis
ホワイトクリスマス (Tomoko Nakayama’s translation)
later versions:Blanca Navidad
is the basis for:I’m Dreaming of a White Trailer
arrangements:White Christmas (vocal quartet arrangement, made popular by The Drifters)
White Christmas (arr. Chris Walden)
White Christmas (lo‐fi arrangement)