The Christmas Song (take 1 / October 28, 1965)

Name: The Christmas Song (take 1 / October 28, 1965)
Duration: 3 min 28 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.74	The Christmas Song (take 1 / October 28, 1965)	3:28	Vince Guaraldi Trio	A Charlie Brown Christmas (Super Deluxe Edition)	Vince Guaraldi Trio	Album + Soundtrack	US2022-10-14	Craft Recordings (US jazz label; reissue division of Concord)

recorded at:	Whitney Recording Studios in Glendale, California, United States (on 1965-10-28)

recording of:	The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (on 1965-10-28: cover)

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)