O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)

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Annotation

This version was composed by Lewis Redner and is most commonly known in the US. The name of the tune is called "St Louis". This differs from the version which follows the tune called "Forest Green".

Annotation last modified on 2013-07-19 15:20 UTC.

Relationships

lyricist:Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/46638 [info]
Wikidata:Q96278390 [info]
referred to in medleys:Christmas Medley (Bing Crosby version) (order: 3)
Medley: Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly / Away in a Manger / O Little Town of Bethlehem / The First Noel (order: 3)
Noëls pour cordes (Christmas Carols for Strings) (order: 8)
later translated versions:Bethlehem
Oi Betlehem, sä pienoinen
Tu mazā, klusā Betlēme (Latvian version of "O Little Town of Bethlehem")
later versions:Little Town (Cliff Richard carol -- the traditional words set to new music)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Kenneth Jennings tune)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “Forest Green”, as sung in the UK and the Episcopal Church in the U.S.)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Walford Davies tune)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (version performed by Elvis Presley)
is based on:St. Louis (hymn tune)
is the basis for:Grandma's Christmas Card
O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. The Joy Strings)
O Little Town Of Destrehan
Paraphrase on ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’
Suite on Famous Christmas Carols: V. O Little Town of Bethlehem
arrangements:O Little Town of Bethlehem (Culloton arrangement)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Gordon Jenkins arr.)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (The Mighty Fine Band trad. arr.)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (adapted by Jack Gold)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. Feller)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. Gene Puerling)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Sarah McLachlan arrangement)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. Chris Walden)
O Little Town Of Bethlehem (arr. J. Paterson)
O’ Little Town of Bethlehem (Bob Dylan arrangement)
music quoted in and lyrics quoted in:Bethlehem

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1945-12-05Medley: O, Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy to the World / White ChristmasmedleyFrank Sinatra5:16
1946-08-20O Little Town of BethlehemPerry Como with Organ and Choir conducted by Russ Case3:04
1947-12-28O Little Town of Bethlehem (1947 original studio master)coverFrank Sinatra3:05
1947-12-28O Little Town of BethlehemFrank Sinatra3:06
1947-12-28O Little Town of BethlehemFrank Sinatra with Axel Stordahl & His Orchestra3:04
1950-08-16The Story of the First Christmascover and medleyPerry Como8:09
1957-09-05 – 1957-09-07O Little Town of BethlehemcoverElvis Presley2:36
1957Adeste Fideles / Joy to the World / O Little Town of BethlehemmedleyThe Jack Halloran Singers4:12
1957O Little Town of BethlehemThe Jack Halloran Singers?:??
1959-07-13The Story of the First Christmas: O Little Town of Bethlehem / Come, Come, Come to the Manger / The First Noël / O Come, All Ye Faithful / We Three Kings of Orient Are / Silent Night (1959 recording, stereo)cover and medleyPerry Como with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers10:00
1960-07-15Medley: We Three Kings of Orient Are / O Little Town of BethlehemmedleyElla Fitzgerald3:35
1969-10-20Medley: Oh Holy Night / Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem / Away in a Mangercover and medleyBill Anderson2:57
1972-12-28Oh Little Town Of BethlehemliveOld St. Mary's Choir?:??
1983-05-11 – 1983-05-12O Little Town of BethlehemLewis Henry Redner2:37
1991-06 – 1991-08O Little Town of BethlehemJohnny Cash3:42
1992-09O Little Town of BethleheminstrumentalAndré Gagnon3:58
2001-01O Little Town of BethleheminstrumentalEddie Higgins Trio4:44
2002-01O Little Town of BethlehemDale Warland Singers4:12
2002-03 – 2002-04O Little Town of BethlehemCrash Test Dummies4:13
2002-12-18O Little Town of Bethlehem (live, 2002-12-18: Maida Vale Studios, London, England)cover and liveBelle and Sebastian3:52
2003-09 – 2003-10O Little Town of BethlehemcoverFrode Alnæs, Arild Andersen & Stian Carstensen3:03
2003O Little Town of BethlehemAntti Sarpila3:15
2014-03O Little Town of BethlehemNew York Polyphony2:59
2019-12-24O Little Town of BethlehemliveChoir of King’s College, Cambridge, Dónal McCann, Daniel Hyde4:48
2020-12-19O Little Town of Bethlehem (live, 2020‐12‐19: St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford, England, UK)cover and liveSteve Hogarth?:??
2023O Little Town of BethlehemcoverFire From Heaven5:12
2023O Little Town of Bethlehem (instrumental)cover and instrumentalFire From Heaven4:42
A Journey to Bethlehem (A Christmas Medley)medleyMichael Crawford7:59
Christmas at Carnegie Hall: O Come All Ye Faithful / O Little Town of Bethlehem / Silent NightmedleyJohn Williams5:03
Christmas MedleymedleyLeann Albrecht6:35
Deck the Halls / Away in a Manger / O, Little Town of Bethlehem / The First NoelmedleyBing Crosby5:10
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Medley: Oh Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy to the Worldinstrumental and medleyFerrante and Teicher3:07
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear/O' Little Town of Bethlehem (medley)cover and medleyStella Parton3:38
Joy to the World / Angels We Have Heard on High / O Come, O Come Emmanuel / God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen / We Three Kings / O Little Town of Bethlehem / Carol of the Bells / Wassail SongmedleyRobert Shaw Chorale10:02
Little Town of BethlehemDoug Munro and La Pompe Attack with Ken Peplowski, Cyrille-Aimée Daudel, Howie Bujese, Ernie Pugliese & Michael Goetz4:11
Little Town of Bethlehemcover and instrumentalThe Moog Machine1:57
Little Town of BethlehemcoverThe Everly Brothers2:25
Little Town of BethlehemGloria Gaynor3:49
Little Town of Bethlehemcover[unknown]1:29
Little Town of BethlehemJim Brickman2:14
Little Town of BethlehemSawyer Brown3:14
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming / Oh Little Town of Bethlehem / Oh, Come Little Childrencover and instrumentalRoger Williams?:??
Manger MedleymedleyAvalon5:48
Medley: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / O Little Town of Bethlehem / Silent NightmedleyJohn Gary4:59
Medley: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear / Away in a Manger / O Little Town of Bethlehem / Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed ReindeermedleyFrank Sinatra & Bing Crosby6:57
Medley: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear / The Little Lord Jesus / O Little Town Of Bethlehem / Rudolph The Red Nosed ReindeermedleyBing Crosby & Frank Sinatra6:40
Medley: Joy To The World, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Good King Wenceslas, O Little Town Of Bethlehem, The First NowellmedleyPlácido Domingo5:21
Medley: O Little Town of Bethlehem / Away in a MangermedleyKatharine McPhee3:20
Medley: Oh Little Town of Bethlehem / Deck the Halls / The First Noelcover and medleyHarry Belafonte4:54
Medley: Oh Little Town of Bethlehem / Joy to the WorldmedleyThe Williams Brothers?:??
Medley: Silent Night / O Holy Night / O Little Town of Bethlehemcover and medleyHenry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus6:42
Medley: The Joys of Christmas / O Little Town of Bethlehem / Deck the Halls / The First NoelmedleyHarry Belafonte5:25
Medley: We Three Kings of Orient Are / O Little Town of BethlehemmedleyElla Fitzgerald3:37
O Come All Ye Faithful / O Little Town Of Bethlehem / Away In A Mangercover and instrumentalJim Hendricks & Bob Burns5:51
O Little Towhn of BethlehemAllen Vizzutti4:31
O Little Town of BethlahemcoverPoint of Grace with The London Symphony Orchestra4:26
O Little Town of BethlehemJohnny Cash3:28
O Little Town of BethlehemThe Roches2:54
O Little Town of BethlehemBing Crosby & Frank Sinatra1:23
O Little Town of BethleheminstrumentalGuy Maeda3:15
O Little Town of BethlehemAlabama3:12
O Little Town of BethlehemRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra4:22
O Little Town of Bethlehem[unknown]3:36
O Little Town of BethlehemDinah Shore2:23
O Little Town of Bethlehem (desc. Marlow)[unknown]2:29
O Little Town of BethlehemJoni James2:47
O Little Town of BethlehemBing Crosby & Frank Sinatra3:05
O Little Town of BethlehemBing Crosby0:55
O Little Town of BethlehemBing Crosby1:25
O Little Town of BethlehemJack Jones2:56
O Little Town of BethlehemBruce Cockburn3:39
O Little Town of BethlehemJohnny Cash3:41
O Little Town of BethlehemBing Crosby1:22
O Little Town of BethlehemcoverWill Chase4:00
O Little Town of BethlehemDick Haymes?:??
O Little Town of BethlehemGöteborgsMusiken, Jerker Johansson3:18
O Little Town of BethleheminstrumentalLondon Festival Orchestra, Gordon Langford4:05
O Little Town of BethlehemDick Haymes2:21
O Little Town of BethlehemBing Crosby1:22
O Little Town of BethlehemClare College Singers, Simon Vaughan, Orchestra of Clare College, Cambridge, John Rutter3:41
O Little Town of Bethlehemcover and instrumentalMichelle Beauchesne2:14
O Little Town of BethlehemcoverGarth Brooks3:02
O Little Town of BethleheminstrumentalCaribbean Steel Drum Ensemble1:13
O Little Town of BethlehemNat King Cole2:19
O Little Town of BethlehemJackie Evancho4:01
O Little Town of BethlehemNat King Cole2:19
O Little Town of BethlehemThe Mills Brothers2:18
O Little Town of BethlehemAaron Neville3:57
O Little Town of BethlehemMario Lanza3:12
O Little Town of BethlehemCSU Stanislaus Chamber Singers 20112:31
O Little Town of BethlehemBing Crosby0:56
O Little Town of BethlehemcoverJim Reeves2:20
O Little Town of BethlehemBarbra Streisand2:55
O Little Town of BethlehemBarbra Streisand2:59
O Little Town of BethlehemBing Crosby & Frank Sinatra0:58
O Little Town of BethlehemBarbra Streisand2:38
O Little Town of Bethleheminstrumental[christmas music]2:27
O Little Town of BethlehemJohnny Mathis2:44
O Little Town of BethlehemcoverBing Crosby0:57
O Little Town of BethlehemliveAntti Sarpila Swing Band3:37
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