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From the 1905 recording of Silent
Night by Hayden Quartet (aka Haydn Quartet) and the 1908
recording of the song by the official record company Victor Orchestra,
to the 2010 popular Sixpence
None The Richer version of Silent Night, Christmas songs
have been a staple of recorded music, traditional and modern.
Rudolph
The Red-Nosed Reindeer was a Christmas song short
by Paul Wing With Russ Case And His Orchestra. Russ Case wrote the
story, and this was the original 1948 film release. Click play to
the right to start.
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350+
of the most popular Christmas song recordings
of all time in chronological Tunetimeline order on 15 pages, with
Christmas samples and song links. Click on the dates below to see
a time era. Most pictures here link to complete popular song discographies.
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Among the great early Christmas classics was The
Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) from 1946
by King
Cole Trio. This became one of the most popular ornaments
to find at Christmas everywhere, as Nat King Cole became one
of the most legendary recording artists of all time.
Then there was Bing Crosby. The popular song list by Bing Crosby,
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first in the 1920s with Paul Whitman Orchestra
then for decades solo, remains far ahead of any other singer
to this day. Among these recordings, in 1942, was an Irving
Berlin written song called White
Christmas, the most famous Christmas song of all
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Although brother and sister act Carpenters
burst onto the popular music scene back in 1970, Carpenters
did not make its long-awaited Christmas songs album Christmas
Portrait until 1978. This album produced the instant classic
Merry Christmas, Darling, and many traditional songs, including
the medley Winter
Wonderland/Silver
Bells/White
Christmas.
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Selected Christmas Song Title
Pages
each with all the most popular versions of holiday
songs, song links, and samples, below.
Adeste
Fideles
(O Come All Ye Faithful)
All
I Want For Christmas
Is My Two Front Teeth
All
I Want For Christmas Is You
Auld
Lang Syne
Baby It's Cold Outside
Blue
Christmas
Blues
For Christmas
Christmas
(Baby Please Come Home)
The
Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
Christmas
Wrapping
Deck
The Halls
Do
You Hear What I Hear
Father
Christmas
The
First Noel
Frosty
The Snowman
God
Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Greensleeves
Happy
Xmas (War Is Over)
Have
Yourself A
Merry Little Christmas
Here
Comes Santa Claus
(Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
(There's
No Place Like)
Home For The Holidays
I
Saw Mommy Kissing
Santa Claus
I'll
Be Home For Christmas
It's
Beginning To Look
Like Christmas
It's
The Most Wonderful Time
Of The Year
Jingle
Bell Rock
Jingle
Bells
Joy
To The World
Last
Christmas
Let
It Snow Let It Snow
Let It Snow
The
Little Drummer Boy
May
You Always
Merry
Christmas Baby
O
Come All Ye Faithful
O
Holy Night
Please
Come Home
For Christmas
Rockin'
Around
The Christmas Tree
Rudolph
The
Red Nosed Reindeer
Run
Rudolph Run
Santa
Baby
Santa
Claus Is Coming
To Town
Silent
Night, Holy Night
Silver
Bells
Sleigh
Ride
This
Christmas
Toyland
The
Twelve Days
Of Christmas
What
Child Is This
White
Christmas
Winter
Wonderland
You're
All I Want For Christmas
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The 1990s were all about Mariah
Carey. In addition to smashing so many pop music
records, she released her first Christmas song album, Merry
Christmas, in 1994, to great fanfare. Mariah Carey performed
traditional Christmas music and modern Christmas classics
too. Her original Christmas song, All
I Want For Christmas Is You, co-written with Walter
Afanasieff, reached number
16 on the pop charts. The song has already been
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Christmas
Songs Of The 2000s First Half (2000-2004)
The early 2000s produced new Christmas music from groups
and artists including Britney
Spears, 'NSYNC,
Blink
182, and old-timers like Lynyrd
Skynyrd and James
Taylor, whose album James Taylor At Christmas
became very popular.
Christmas
Songs of the 2000s Second Half (2005-2009)
Most recently, many new singing sensations were created by
television contest programs like American Idol. One
winner, Susan
Boyle, released her debut album, I Dreamed A
Dream, which included her rendition of Silent
Night.
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