Silent Night / Adeste fidelis / Jingle Bells / White Christmas / I’ll Be Home for Christmas

~ Release by Bing Crosby (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

mx. VP 1221 / VP 1253

Annotation last modified on 2021-11-24 04:12 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1Silent Night
vocals:
Bing Crosby
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 1221 (1))
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation) (on 1944-12-21)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
2:34
A2Adeste fidelis
vocals:
Bing Crosby
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 1221 (2))
recording of:
Adeste fideles (Bing Crosby arrangement) (on 1944-12-21)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Frederick Oakeley
composer:
John Francis Wade
arranger:
John Scott Trotter
medley of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
medley of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
1:05
A3Jingle Bells
vocals:
Bing Crosby
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 1221 (3))
recording of:
Jingle Bells (on 1944-12-21)
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
2:18
B1White Christmas
vocals:
Bing Crosby
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 1253 (1))
recording of:
White Christmas (on 1944-12-14)
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 and 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.) and 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)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
1:31
B2I’ll Be Home for Christmas
vocals:
Bing Crosby
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 1253 (2))
recording of:
I’ll Be Home for Christmas (on 1944-12-07)
lyricist:
James Kimball Gannon
additional writer:
Buck Ram
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Gannon and Kent Music Co., Piedmont Music Company, Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
2:46