The Christmas Song / I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day / Christmas in Killarney

~ Recording by Lester Lanin & His Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.10The Christmas Song / I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day / Christmas in Killarney2:57Lester Lanin & His OrchestraChristmas Dance PartyLester Lanin & His OrchestraAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)BN 547
1.10The Christmas Song / I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day / Christmas in Killarney2:57Lester Lanin & His OrchestraChristmas Dance PartyLester Lanin & His OrchestraAlbumSony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)

Relationships

recording of:Christmas in Killarney (instrumental, medley)
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (instrumental, medley)
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (instrumental, medley)

Christmas in Killarney

writer:James Cavanaugh
John Redmond (singer, songwriter)
Frank Weldon
later translated versions:Ziemassvētki Īrijā

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

lyricist:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American poet)
composer:Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
publisher:Chappell Music Ltd.
St. Nicholas Music Inc.
is based on:Christmas Bells

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

lyricist:Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”)
Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
composer:Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:Chappell/Morris Ltd.
MPL Music Publishing Inc.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd.
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
Warner Chappell
Warner Chappell Ltd.
Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
referred to in medleys:Mix 3 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 1)
Megamix 3 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 2)
Mix Three (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 2)
later translated versions:Joululaulu (Hiljaa leijaa maahan hiutaleet)
Joyeux Noël
Julesangen
Min barndoms jul
クリスマスの歌
later versions:Captain’s Roastin’
Het kerstlied
is the basis for:The Christmas Song
arrangements:Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (lo‐fi arrangement)
Rimfrostjul (The Christmas Song, "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") (translated)
The Christmas Song (arr. John Rutter)
The Christmas Song (Carla Bley arrangement)
The Christmas Song
The Christmas Song (arr. Chris Walden)
The Christmas Song (arr. Peter Knight)
The Christmas Song (arr. for Béla Fleck & the Flecktones)