Forty minutes later that song was written. I wrote all the music and some of the lyrics.
The Nat King Cole Trio first recorded the song early in Cole again recorded the song in , using the same arrangement with a full orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle , and once more in , in a stereophonic version with orchestra conducted by Ralph Carmichael. Cole's version is generally regarded as definitive, and in was the most-loved seasonal song with women aged 30—49, [2] while the original recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in Lacquer disc master Issued November as Capitol 78rpm.
Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, August 24, This was the song's first magnetic tape recording.
Master , take This version is sometimes though quite rarely played on the radio during the Christmas season and is nearly identical to the popular recording. Aside from being in mono , it is easy to tell apart from the version in that the final notes the "Jingle Bells" guitar coda sounds faster and more rushed.
The instrumental arrangement is nearly identical to the version, but the vocals are much deeper and more focused. This recording of "The Christmas Song" is also available on numerous compilation albums.
Some are Capitol pop standards Christmas compilations while others are broader-based. An alternate take of the recording, featuring a different vocal and missing the solo piano on the instrumental bridge, appears on the Deluxe Edition of the compilation The Extraordinary Nat King Cole. There were several covers of Nat Cole's original record in the s.
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