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Dunford wrote the song as a love letter to his hometown of Islington, North London, [3] as well as his family and friends living in the borough. [1] [2] [3]It is also dedicated to Premier League football club Arsenal, which based in Islington as the artist is a life-long supporter of the team.
The Bristol-based composer, conductor and organist Arthur Warrell (1883–1939) [1] is responsible for the popularity of the carol. Warrell, a lecturer at the University of Bristol from 1909, [2] arranged the tune for his own University of Bristol Madrigal Singers as an elaborate four-part arrangement, which he performed with them in concert on December 6, 1935. [3]
Featured on her album Home For Christmas, the song peaked at #6 on Billboard's Holiday Songs chart in 2002. [271] Christina Aguilera: 2000 Featured on her album My Kind of Christmas, the song peaked at #31 on Billboard's Holiday 100 in 2015. [272] Toni Braxton: 2001 Peaked at #14 in 2001 on Billboard's Holiday Songs chart. [273] James Taylor: 2001
Christmas. Songwriter (s) Robert Wells. Mel Tormé. " 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 [note 1] by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé . The Nat King Cole Trio first recorded the song in June 1946.
Arsenal is an electronic music band consisting of Belgian musicians Hendrik Willemyns and John Roan. Since the issue of their debut single Release" in 1999, Arsenal have published six albums, collaborating with a wide range of international singers and musicians including Mike Ladd , Shawn Smith , John Garcia , Grant Hart , and Johnny Whitney .
The U.S Army Band performs a Christmas concert in 2010. Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season.Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or, in the case of carols, may employ lyrics about the nativity of Jesus Christ, traditions such as gift-giving and merrymaking, cultural figures such as Santa Claus ...
The following is an incomplete list of Christmas songs which have appeared in the official singles chart in the United Kingdom. A year indicates the first year of release for that artist's recorded version of the single or track, which may not necessarily be the first year the artist's version charted on The Official UK Charts.To be regarded as a Christmas hit, the song either makes direct ...
On 8 February 2016, a court ruled that the children's song "Happy Birthday to You" was in the public domain and Warner/Chappell Music was required to pay $14 million to the song's licensees. [ 10 ] In October 2020, American humorist Tom Lehrer released his entire catalogue, dating back to the 1950s, into the public domain.