A Motown Christmas (Vol. 2)

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1It Won't Be Long 'Til Christmas
Diana Ross & The Supremes2:40
2Love Comes With Christmas
producer:
Harold Johnson (pianist and keyboardist)
arranger:
Harold Johnson (pianist and keyboardist)
recording of:
Love Comes With Christmas
writer:
Alice A. Johnson, Marv Johnson and Marv E. Johnson, Jr.
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc.
The Temptations3:48
3Purple Snowflakes
recording of:
Purple Snowflakes
composer:
Dave Hamilton (US guitar/vibraphone player) and Clarence Paul
Marvin Gaye2:57
4Winter Wonderland
The Funk Brothers2:03
5Up On the House Top
The Jacksons3:16
6The Little Drummer Boy
The Temptations4:15
7Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
The Supremes2:30
8White Christmas
cover recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
The Miracles3:07
9Wish You a Merry Christmas
Kim Weston2:49
10The Christmas Song (Live At The Apollo Theater/1963)
recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
lyricist:
Robert Wells (songwriter) (in 1945-07) and Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1945-07)
composer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1945-07)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., MPL Music Publishing Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Ltd., Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
Marvin Gaye2:39
11Xmas Twist
recording of:
Xmas Twist
writer:
Barney Ales and Berry Gordy
The Twistin’ Kings7:12
12Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Records (not for label use; use “Motown” instead) (in 2013)
recording of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), St. Nicholas Music Publishing Co. (on 1949-05-09) and St. Nicholas Music Inc. (from 1950 to present)
arrangement of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer (for voice, choir and orchestra, Elms)
The Jacksons32:34
13Oh Holy Night
The Supremes2:56
14Someday At Christmas
producer:
Clay McMurray (producer, songwriter, engineer) and Barrett Strong
cover recording of:
Someday at Christmas
writer:
Ron Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller) and Bryan Wells
publisher:
EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Ron Miller Legacy Songtrust Publishing LLC (BMI)
The Temptations3:34
15Vocal Greetings From Motown
Martha Reeves, Eddie Kendricks, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Carolyn Gill, The Spinners, Abdul “Duke” Fakir, The Elgins, The Supremes & Michael Jackson2:33

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