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Up on the Housetop" is a Christmas song written by Benjamin Hanby in 1864. [1] [2] It has been recorded by a multitude of singers, most notably Gene Autry in 1953.
Issued as a 2-disc (in a foldout picture sleeve) 78 rpm set on Mercury Records' Miniature Playhouse children's series (songs on the set are "The Night Before Christmas"/"Santa's Toy Shop"/"Up on the House Top"/"Deck The Halls"/"Jingle Bells"). [144] "Christmas Rappin'" Kurtis Blow: 1979 Charted on the Billboard R&B chart in 1993, 1994, 1996 and ...
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Everyone knows the words to holiday favorite “Up On The Housetop,” but few know the story behind it. It was back in 1864 that a man named Benjamin Hanby sat down in New ...
A 19th Century printing of the standard words and music of this song, appearing in Franklin Square Song Collection, No. 1, which was published in 1881 by John Piersol McCaskey. " Jolly Old Saint Nicholas " is a Christmas song that originated with a poem by Emily Huntington Miller (1833–1913), published as "Lilly's Secret" in The Little ...
The Hanby House, c. 1905 The Hanby House in 2020. Benjamin Russell (or Russel) [1] Hanby (July 22, 1833 – March 16, 1867) was an American composer, educator, pastor, and abolitionist.
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This version includes the lyrics "bells will be ringing the sad, sad news" (that is, a Christmas alone) as opposed to Brown's original version which references the "glad, glad news" (that is, Christmas in general). A live version of the song was included on the compilation 4-CD box set called Selected Works: 1972–1999 released in 2000.
"Here Comes Peter Cottontail" is a popular secular Easter song composed in 1949 by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins.They also wrote "Frosty the Snowman" in 1950. [1]Mervin Shiner was the first person to record the song, on Decca Records in 1950.