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Ewing was born in Redlands, California, United States. He first began to gain national attention during the mid-1980s, both as a songwriter and recording artist for MCA and Capitol Records . His 1988 debut, The Coast of Colorado , produced the number 3 hit " Burnin' a Hole in My Heart " and four other top 20 country hits.
"Christmas Carol" Skip Ewing: 1990 Written in 1986 and first released on Ewing's 1990 album Following Yonder Star. First charted on Billboard 's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1996, peaking at No. 68. [125] [126] "Christmas Carols by the Old Corral" Tex Ritter: 1945 Peaked at No. 2 on Billboard 's Most-Played Juke Box Folk Records chart ...
This list of Christmas carols is organized by language of origin. Originally, a "Christmas carol" referred to a piece of vocal music in carol form whose lyrics centre on the theme of Christmas or the Christmas season. The difference between a Christmas carol and a Christmas popular song can often be unclear as they are both sung by groups of ...
Christmas carol group at Bangalore, India Children singing Christmas carols in California A brass band playing Christmas carols in the UK. A Christmas carol is a carol (a song or hymn) on the theme of Christmas, traditionally sung at Christmas itself or during the surrounding Christmas and holiday season.
The "Sussex Carol" is a Christmas carol popular in Britain, sometimes referred to by its first line "On Christmas night all Christians sing". Its words were first published by Luke Wadding, a late 17th-century poet and bishop of the Catholic Church in Ireland, in a work called Small Garland of Pious and Godly Songs (1684). It is unclear whether ...
In common with many traditional songs and carols, the lyrics vary across books. The versions compared below are taken from The New English Hymnal (1986) (which is the version used in Henry Ramsden Bramley and John Stainer's Carols, New and Old), [1] [13] Ralph Dunstan's gallery version in the Cornish Songbook (1929) [14] and Reverend Charles Lewis Hutchins's version in Carols Old and Carols ...
In 1850, Sears' lyrics were set to "Carol", a tune written for the poem the same year at his request, by Richard Storrs Willis. This pairing remains the most popular in the United States, while in Commonwealth countries , the lyrics are set to "Noel", a later adaptation by Arthur Sullivan from an English melody.
"Star of the East", originally named "Stern über Bethlehem" is a popular Christmas carol written in the 1800s. The words were written by New York lyricist George Cooper in 1890. The music was arranged by composer Amanda Kennedy in 1883, for a song called "Star of the Sea".