Silent Night song title page |
Silent Night Holy Night was a classic German language Christmas song written in the early 1800s by Joseph Mohr and Franz Xaver Gruber as Stille Nacht Heilige Nacht. John Freeman Young translated the song into English. The first famous recorded version was by Haydn Quartet, shown as 'Hayden' on the record. The song was then recorded by many popular artists and eventually became known as just Silent Night. Popular versions are listed below including three different popular versions by The Temptations. Titles by Bon Jovi and Ronnie Milsap were different songs. |
Silent Night popular Tune Timeline
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| 1 | Silent Night, Hallowed Night (Christmas Hymn) | 1905 |
| Hayden Quartet |
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| 2 | Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (Silent Night, Holy Night) (Christmas Hymn) | 1908 |
| Ernestine Schumann-Heink |
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| 3 | Silent Night, Hallowed Night (Christmas Hymn) | 1912 |
| Elsie Baker |
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| 4 | Silent Night, Holy Night | 1917 |
| Neapolitan Trio |
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| 5 | Silent Night, Holy Night | 1928 |
| Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra with Bing Crosby, Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, Austin Young |
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| 6 | Silent Night (Christmas Hymn) | 1935 |
| Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter Orchestra |
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| 7 | Silent Night | 1948 |
| The Raven's |
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| 8 | Silent Night (Christmas Hymn) | 1949 |
| Sister Rosetta Tharpe With Rosette Gospel Singers |
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| 9 | Christmas Medley, White Christmas, Jingle Bells, O Come, All Ye Faithful, Silent Night, Holy Nig | 1953 |
| Liberace |
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| 10 | Silent Night | Dec 1957 |
| Elvis Presley |
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| 11 | Silent Night | Dec 1959 |
| Pat Boone |
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| 12 | Silent Night, Holy Night | Dec 1962 |
| Mahalia Jackson |
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| 13 | Silent Night | Dec 1963 |
| Phil Spector, Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans, Darlene Love, The Crystals |
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| 14 | Silent Night | Dec 1963 |
| Jackie Wilson |
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| 15 | Sleep In Heavenly Peace (Silent Night) | Dec 1966 |
| Barbra Streisand |
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| 16 | Seven O'Clock News/Silent Night | Dec 1966 |
| Simon & Garfunkel |
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| 17 | Silent Night | Dec 1968 |
| The Temptations |
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| 18 | The Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne | Dec 1979 |
| Jimi Hendrix |
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| 19 | Silent Night (After The Fight) | Aug 1980 |
| Ronnie Milsap |
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| 20 | Silent Night | Dec 1980 |
| The Temptations |
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| 21 | Silent Night | 10 | Dec 1985 |
| Bon Jovi |
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| 22 | Silent Night | Dec 1987 |
| Stevie Nicks |
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| 23 | Silent Night | Dec 1988 |
| Bros |
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| 24 | Silent Night | Dec 1991 |
| Sinead O'Connor |
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| 25 | Silent Night | Dec 1993 |
| Gloria Estefan |
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| 26 | Silent Night | Dec 1993 |
| Boyz II Men |
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| 27 | Oiche Chiun (Silent Night) | Dec 1994 |
| Enya |
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| 28 | Silent Night | Dec 1995 |
| The Temptations |
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| 29 | Silent Night | Dec 1999 |
| Amy Grant |
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| 30 | Silent Night | Dec 2004 |
| Five For Fighting |
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| 31 | Silent Night | Dec 2004 |
| Cyndi Lauper |
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| 32 | Silent Night | Dec 2004 |
| Dionne Warwick |
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| 33 | Silent Night | Dec 2006 |
| Sarah McLachlan |
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| 34 | Silent Night | Dec 2007 |
| Taylor Swift |
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| 35 | Silent Night | Dec 2007 |
| Sister Hazel |
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| 36 | Silent Night | Dec 2008 |
| Sarah Brightman |
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| 37 | Silent Night | Dec 2008 |
| Casting Crowns |
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| 38 | Silent Night | Dec 2009 |
| Josh Groban |
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| 39 | Silent Night | Dec 2009 |
| Anthony Hamilton Featuring Boney James |
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| 40 | Silent Night | Dec 2009 |
| Susan Boyle |
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| 41 | Silent Night | Dec 2010 |
| Sixpence None The Richer Featuring Dan Haseltine |
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| 42 | Silent Night | Dec 2011 |
| Margo Rey |
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| 43 | Silent Night | Dec 2011 |
| Michael Buble |
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| 44 | Silent Night | Dec 2012 |
| Marie Miller |
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| 45 | Silent Night | Dec 2013 |
| Sidewalk Prophets |
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| 46 | Silent Night | Dec 2013 |
| Kelly Clarkson Featuring Reba McEntire & Trisha Yearwood |
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| 47 | Silent Night | Dec 2014 |
| Katherine Jenkins |
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| 48 | Silent Night | Dec 2014 |
| Pentatonix |
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