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Classic Christmas is a Christmas album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1980 (see 1980 in music). Unlike The Christmas Spirit or Family Christmas, none of the songs are originals; all are traditional Christmas songs. It is the third and final full-length Christmas album by Cash. An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ...
John R. (Johnny) Cash (February 26, 1932 â September 12, 2003) was an influential American country and rock music singer and songwriter. ...
A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ...
country music, see Country music (disambiguation) In popular music, country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the Southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, and old-time music that began...
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John R. (Johnny) Cash (February 26, 1932 â September 12, 2003) was an influential American country and rock music singer and songwriter. ...
A Christmas song is a song which is normally sung during the time period leading up to, and sometimes shortly past, Christmas day, and usually has lyrical content addressing the holiday, the winter season, or both. ...
country music, see Country music (disambiguation) In popular music, country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the Southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, and old-time music that began...
John R. (Johnny) Cash (February 26, 1932 â September 12, 2003) was an influential American country and rock music singer and songwriter. ...
Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ...
See also: 1979 in music, other events of 1980, 1981 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January January 1 - Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II. The only other pop music acts to be created MBEs are the Beatles and...
Track listing
- "Joy to the World" (Lowell Mason/Isaac Watts) – 2:04
- "Away in a Manger" (William James Kirkpatrick/Traditional) – 3:05
- "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks/Lewis Redner) – 3:26
- "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber/Joseph Mohr) – 3:01
- "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (Edmund Sears/Richard Storrs Willis) – 3:37
- "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn/Charles Wesley) – 2:29
- "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (Jean Baptiste Calkin/Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) – 2:19
- "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Frederick Oakeley/John Francis Wade) – 2:55
- "Little Gray Donkey" (Charles Tazewell/Roger Wagner) – 4:11
- "The Christmas Guest" (Grandpa Jones/Bill Walker) – 4:37
Joy to the World is one of the best-known and best-loved of Christmas carols. ...
Portrait of Lowell Mason Lowell Mason (1792-1872) was a leading figure in American church music, the composer of over 1600 hymns, many of which are often sung today. ...
Isaac Watts. ...
Away in a Manger was first published in an 1885 Lutheran Sunday School book, by James R. Murray (March 7, 1841 - March 10, 1905), but the author of the first two stanzas is unknown. ...
Philip Brooks, an episcopal priest, was inspired in 1865 when he was visiting the town of Bethlehem. ...
Phillips Brooks (December 13, 1835 - January 23, 1893), was a noted United States clergyman and author, who briefly served as Bishop of Massachusetts in the Episcopal Church during the early 1890s. ...
Autograph of the carol by Gruber Silent Night is a traditional and popular Christmas carol. ...
Mohr and Gruber on an Austrian stamp (1987) Franz Xaver Gruber (1787–1863) was an Austrian primary school teacher and organist in the village of Oberndorf and then in Hallein, Salzburg. ...
Josef Mohr was the Austrian priest who wrote the words to the Christmas carol, Silent Night. ...
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear was written by Edmund Sears (1810-1876), pastor of the Unitarian Church in Wayland, Massachusetts. ...
Edmund Sears - (1810-1876), a Unitarian parish minister and author who wrote a number of theological works influencing 19th century liberal Protestants. ...
Wikisource has original text related to this article: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing Hark! The Herald Angels Sing is a Christmas hymn or carol written by Charles Wesley, the brother of John Wesley. ...
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy at the age of thirty Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, known generally as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 â November 4, 1847) was a German composer and conductor of Jewish parentage of the early Romantic period. ...
Charles Wesley (12 December 1707 - 29 March 1788) was a leader of the Methodist movement, the younger brother of John Wesley. ...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 â March 24, 1882) was an American poet who wrote many works that are still famous today, including The Song of Hiawatha, Paul Reveres Ride and Evangeline. ...
Adeste Fideles or O Come All Ye Faithful is a Christmas carol commonly attributed to John Francis Wade in approximately 1743. ...
Frederick Oakeley (1802 - 1880) was a English Catholic clergyman. ...
John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786) was an English hymnist. ...
Charles Tazewell (June 2, 1900 â June 26, 1972) was the author of the childrens book The Small One, which The Walt Disney Company adapted into the animated short of the same name in 1978. ...
Grandpa Jones Grandpa Jones (October 20, 1913 â February 19, 1998) was an American banjo player and old time country and gospel music singer. ...
Personnel - Johnny Cash - Vocals, Guitar
See also The Johnny Cash discography sets out the albums from 1957 to 2003 of one of Country musics legendary performers. ...
External links - Luma Electronic's Johnny Cash discography listing
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