The Very Best of Johnny Mathis had a cover of a Christmas song that had what basic melody?
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The Very Best of Johnny Mathis The Very Best of Johnny Mathis is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in the UK in 2006 by Sony BMG and peaked at number six on the UK albums chart that same year. This collection has nine of his 17 UK singles chart entries, including his number-one solo version of "When a Child Is Born" and his number-three duet with Deniece Williams, "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late".
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When a Child Is Born "When A Child Is Born" is a popular Christmas song. The original melody was "Soleado", a tune from 1974 by (alias Zacar), composer for Italy's Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble, and Dario Baldan Bembo. The tune was based on Damicco's earlier tune "Le rose blu" published in 1972. The English language lyrics were written a few years later by Fred Jay (Friedrich Alex Jacobson IPI number 00015195204, who wrote many hits for Boney M such as Rasputin and Ma Baker). They do not make specific mention of Christmas but the importance they attach to looking forward to the birth of one particular child somewhere, anywhere, suggests a reference to the birth of Jesus Christ, and the citing of "a tiny star" that "lights up way up high" may allude to the Star of Bethlehem. Fred Jay's lyrics have been sung by many artists, most successfully by Johnny Mathis in 1976.
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Good Night, Dear Lord Good Night, Dear Lord is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released by Columbia Records on March 3, 1958, and is the first of many projects undertaken over the course of his career that have a specific focus, which here happens to be religion. Several musical styles are covered, including sprirituals ("Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "Deep River"), classical works (the Bach/Gounod and Schubert compositions of "Ave Maria"), songs from the Jewish tradition ("Eli Eli", "Kol Nidre"), and 20th-century offerings ("May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You", "One God").
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Christmas (song) "Christmas" is a song written by Pete Townshend and is the seventh song on The Who's rock opera "Tommy". On the original LP, it opens the second side of the album.
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Wonderland by Night "Wonderland by Night" (German title ""Wunderland bei Nacht"") is a popular song by Bert Kaempfert that was a "Billboard" number one hit for three weeks, starting January 9, 1961. The song was written by Klaus-Günter Neumann with English lyrics by Lincoln Chase. It was Kaempfert's first hit with his orchestra. The song featured Charly Tabor on trumpet. The original version of "Wonderland by Night" also crossed over to the R&B chart where it peaked at number five. Another cover, recorded and released by Louis Prima, also charted in the same year, reaching #15 on the Billboard charts. Anita Bryant's version, which included orchestrations by Lew Douglas, reached #18 on the US Pop Chart. Engelbert Humperdinck also recorded a vocal version of the song in his 1968 album "A Man Without Love."
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I'll Be Home on Christmas Day " I'll Be Home on Christmas Day" is a Christmas song recorded by Elvis Presley for his 1971 album "Elvis sings The Wonderful World of Christmas". It has since been played every Christmas in Times Square to kick off the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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The Christmas Song "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 by Bob Wells and Mel Tormé.
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Holly &amp; Ivy Holly & Ivy is a 1994 Christmas album and sixteenth overall by American singer Natalie Cole. It was released on October 4, 1994, by Elektra; it is Cole's first album featuring Christmas music and serves as a follow-up to "Take a Look" (1993). Cole co-produced the album with American music producer Tommy LiPuma, with whom she worked on "Unforgettable... with Love". "Holly & Ivy" consists of twelve tracks, including eleven covers of Christmas standards and carols, and one original song written by Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser. Cole promoted the album as "non-traditional" in interviews and performances.
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Christmas Is Coming "Christmas Is Coming" is a nursery rhyme and Christmas song (frequently sung as a round) with lyrics as follows:
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Merry Christmas from London Merry Christmas from London is an album of Christmas music, released in 1993 by country music artist Lorrie Morgan. It features duets with guest stars Andy Williams ("Little Snow Girl"), Johnny Mathis ("Blue Snowfall"), and Tammy Wynette ("A Christmas Festival," a medley of several traditional Christmas songs). The New World Philharmonic and Choir provide traditional orchestral and vocal backing throughout the album.
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The Temptations Christmas Card The Temptations Christmas Card is a 1970 Christmas album by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. The group's first holiday release, it features each Temptation leading on various popular Christmas standards and original Christmas songs.
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Do You Want to Build a Snowman? "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" is a song from the 2013 Disney animated feature film "Frozen", with music and lyrics composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. As of November 25, 2016, the total sales of the digital track stands at 1,600,000 downloads according to Nielsen SoundScan, placing it second on the list of all-time best-selling Christmas/holiday digital singles in SoundScan history (behind Mariah Carey's 1994 hit single, "All I Want for Christmas Is You").
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Must Be Santa (song) "Must Be Santa" is a Christmas song written by Hal Moore and Bill Fredericks and first released in November 1960 by Mitch Miller. A cover version by Tommy Steele reached Number 40 on the UK Singles Chart in the same year.
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Christmas Interpretations Christmas Interpretations is a 1993 Christmas album by R&B group Boyz II Men for the Motown label. Several of the tracks are originals, written by the group and labelmate Brian McKnight; others are cover versions of traditional Christmas songs.
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Home for the Holidays (song) "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays" is a popular song, commonly associated with the Christmas and holiday season.
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El Noi de la Mare El Noi de la Mare (The Child of the Mother) is a traditional Catalan Christmas song. The song was made famous outside Spain by Andrés Segovia who used to perform Miguel Llobet's guitar transcription as an encore.
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Christmas in the Sun "Christmas in the Sun" is a Christmas song performed by Rolf Harris, Rick Parfitt and Wayne Morris in 2009. It was included in the compilation box set album "It's Christmas Time". The single was released on 7 December 2009 and it was written by Parfitt, Harris, Hal Shaper and Andy Bown.
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Merry Christmas (Bing Crosby album) Merry Christmas is a compilation album by Bing Crosby that was released in 1945 on Decca Records. It has remained in print through the vinyl, CD, and downloadable file eras, currently as the disc and digital album "White Christmas" on MCA Records, a part of the Universal Music Group, (reissued in June 1995) and currently on vinyl as "Merry Christmas" on Geffen Records (re-issued in September 2014). It includes Crosby's signature song "White Christmas", the best-selling single of all time with estimated sales of over 50 million copies worldwide. The album has sold over 15 million copies and is the second best-selling Christmas album of all-time behind "Elvis' Christmas Album", which has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide.
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Once in a While (Johnny Mathis album) Once in a While is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in June 1988 by Columbia Records and found him returning to the practice of covering contemporary hits but also mixing in lesser-known songs already recorded by other artists along with a few new songs ("Daydreamin'", "From a Whisper to a Scream", "Two Strong Hearts").
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The Christmas Album (Johnny Mathis album) The Christmas Album is the fifth Christmas album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in October 2002 by Columbia Records and included his first recordings of three traditional carols ("Joy To The World", "Away in a Manger", "O Little Town of Bethlehem"), three new songs ("Heavenly Peace", "A Christmas Love Song", "Merry Christmas"), and a handful of 20th-century offerings.
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My Best Christmas My Best Christmas (2005) is an Amy Grant compilation album of her three previous Christmas albums. It was released by YMC Records (Your Music Channel Records). It features two hard-to-find Christmas songs: "Merry Christmas Darling", a cover of the Carpenters song, which was only available on the Target store version of "A Christmas to Remember", and "Child of God", which appears on the various-artists compilation album "One Silent Night" (2000). A different version of "Child of God" appeared on a limited-edition Christmas maxi-single in 1999 released to promote "A Christmas to Remember".
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Jingle Bells "Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung American songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857. It has been claimed that it was originally written to be sung by a Sunday school choir; however, historians dispute this, stating that it was much too "racy" (and secular) to be sung by a children's church choir in the days it was written.