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"Little Town" is a new arrangement of the traditional Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" by English singer-songwriter Chris Eaton. Eaton adapted the lyrics (with some rearrangement of parts of verses) to a new melody he composed in a contemporary Christmas music style.
The song was featured in the film Urban Cowboy at Bud's (John Travolta's character) uncle's funeral. [12] [13] The film The Trip to Bountiful makes recurrent use of the song, particularly a recording of it by Cynthia Clawson. [14] An a cappella version is sung by Alessandro Nivola in the film Junebug. [15]
The hymn continues to be published within Church of England and Anglican hymnals. [7] The hymn has been described as the quintessential lullaby carol and compared with similarly worded Christmas carols, " Silent Night " and " Away in a Manger "; hymnologists opine that the lyrics and melody both strongly suggest the rocking of a cradle.
"Under the Mistletoe" is a Christmas pop [1] song written by Clarkson and Aben Eubanks, who produced the track with longtime collaborator Jesse Shatkin. [2] Clarkson invited Eldredge to record the song with her, saying that she was "impressed by his classic sound on his Christmas record so it was a perfect match."
Matt Conner, indicating in a four star review by CCM Magazine, says, "The good news is that Adore is an inspired album from beginning to end." [8] Awarding the album three and a half stars from New Release Today, Jonathan J. Francesco states, "it's refreshing to hear some Christmas music that keeps the focus on the Birthday Boy and maintains artistic integrity doing it."
Colin James & The Little Big Band: Christmas is an album by Colin James recorded in Nashville and released in November 2007. The album is a collection of Christmas songs, starting with a cover of Louis Armstrong's "Cool Yule". [1]
We Need a Little Christmas" is a popular Christmas song originating from Jerry Herman's Broadway musical Mame, and first performed by Angela Lansbury in that 1966 production. [ 1 ] In the musical, the song is performed after Mame has lost her fortune in the Wall Street crash of 1929 , and decides that she, her young nephew Patrick, and her two ...
Little Donkey is a popular Christmas carol, written by British songwriter Eric Boswell in 1959, which describes the journey by Mary the mother of Jesus to Bethlehem on the donkey of the title. [ 1 ] The first version to chart was by Gracie Fields , followed a fortnight later by The Beverley Sisters , who overtook her in the charts by Christmas ...