The Christmas Song - Selective List of Notable Recordings

Selective List of Notable Recordings

"The Christmas Song" has been covered by numerous artists from a wide variety of genres, including:

• Aaliyah
• Trace Adkins
• Christina Aguilera (from her third studio album, My Kind of Christmas (2001); No. 18 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart; No. 22 on the Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles chart)
• Clay Aiken
• Diana Ross
• Julie Andrews
• Herb Alpert
• Thomas Anders
• India.Arie and Stevie Wonder (winner of the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2003)
• Aska
• Babyface
• Tony Bennett
• Polly Bergen (who sang the song on the December 14, 1957 airing of her NBC variety show, The Polly Bergen Show)
• Justin Bieber and Usher (#58 in US, #59 in Canada) from Bieber's album Under the Mistletoe (2011)
• Big Bird and The Swedish Chef (A Muppet Family Christmas)
• Andrea Bocelli and Natalie Cole
• Michael Bolton
• Toni Braxton
• Garth Brooks
• James Brown
• Les Brown and his Orchestra (with Doris Day on lead vocal)
• Michael Bublé (his version, bearing close similarities to Celine Dion's recording of the song, reached #6 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in December 2003.)
• Kenny Burrell
• Colbie Caillat (from her 2012 Christmas album Christmas In The Sand)
• Royce Campbell
• The Canadian Brass (from their 1985 Christmas album A Canadian Brass Christmas)
• The Carpenters (from their 1978 Christmas album Christmas Portrait)
• Cascada (from their 2012 Christmas album It's Christmas Time)
• Celtic Woman
• Charice
• Chicago
• Christmas Who? (a SpongeBob Christmas special. SpongeBob and Patrick in a Christmas song sing as a lyric "...chestnuts roasting and burns in the third degree" before the ending of their song.)
• Charlotte Church (Dream a Dream, 2000)
• Rosemary Clooney
• Natalie Cole
• Bing Crosby
• Sheryl Crow (#24 in US Adult Contemporary)
• Daffy Duck
• Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass (1970)
• Sammy Davis, Jr.
• Doris Day (from her 1964 Christmas album The Doris Day Christmas Album)
• Gavin DeGraw
• Celine Dion (from her 1998 Christmas album These Are Special Times)
• Vanessa Doofenshmirtz (voiced by Olivia Olson on the album Phineas and Ferb Holiday Favorites)
• Bob Dylan
• Gloria Estefan
• Connie Francis
• Aretha Franklin
• Judy Garland, who sang the song in a duet with its composer, Mel Torme, on a Christmas-themed episode of her television show in December 1963.
• Robert Goulet
• Ariana Grande and Elizabeth Gillies
• Amy Grant (from her 1983 Christmas album A Christmas Album)
• Cee Lo Green (from his 2012 Christmas album Cee Lo's Magic Moment)
• Josh Groban (from his 2007 holiday album, Noël)
• Vince Guaraldi Trio
• Hampton String Quartet
• Eddie Higgins
• Hollyridge Strings
• Hootie and the Blowfish
• Whitney Houston
• Ramon "RJ" Jacinto (from his 1988 Christmas album Pasko Na Naman)
• Alan Jackson (from his 2007 Christmas album Let It Be Christmas)
• The Jackson 5
• Joni James (from her 1956 Merry Christmas from Joni). Joni's version alters the lyric: "I'm offering this simple phrase, for kids from one to ninety-two" to "... kids from one to ninety-one".
• Al Jarreau
• Joe
• Wynonna Judd
• Toby Keith
• Peggy Lee
• Damien Leith (from a special limited Christmas edition of his 2007 album Where We Land)
• The Lettermen
• Demi Lovato
• Lovedrug
• The Manhattan Transfer (with Tony Bennett)
• Barry Manilow
• Aimee Mann (from her 2006 album One More Drifter in the Snow)
• Richard Marx
• Johnny Mathis
• Martina McBride
• Paul McCartney (from the 2012 albums Kisses on the Bottom – Complete Kisses and Holidays Rule, released as a single and peaked at number 25 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.)
• Reba McEntire
• Brian McKnight
• *NSYNC
• Ricky Nelson (on the episode of TV's The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet titled "A Busy Christmas")
• Aaron Neville
• New Kids on the Block
• Des O'Connor (from a Tesco Christmas advert)
• Alexander O'Neal
• Olivia Olson (from a 2010 Christmas album Phineas and Ferb: Holiday Favourites)
• The Partridge Family (from their 1971 Christmas album A Partridge Family Christmas Card)
• Les Paul
• CeCe Peniston (from the 1996 Christmas album Merry Arizona II: Desert Stars Shine at Christmas)
• Raven-Symoné
• LeAnn Rimes (on her first holiday album What a Wonderful World)
• Smokey Robinson and The Miracles (from their 1963 Christmas album Christmas with The Miracles)
• Linda Ronstadt (from her 2000 Christmas album A Merry Little Christmas)
• Kenny Rogers
• SWV
• Diane Schuur (nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female in 1990)
• Neil Sedaka (from his 2008 first-ever holiday album, The Miracle of Christmas)
• She & Him (from their 2011 Christmas album A Very She & Him Christmas)
• Jessica Simpson
• Frank Sinatra (including two recordings: a virtual duet with Nat King Cole, and an actual duet with Bing Crosby)
• Tom Smith (of the Editors) and Agnes Obel (on the 2011 Smith and Burrows album, Funny Looking Angels)
• Rod Stewart (on the deluxe edition of his 2012 holiday album Merry Christmas, Baby)
• George Strait
• Barbra Streisand (from her 1967 album A Christmas Album)
• Donna Summer
• The Supremes (remained unreleased until their 1965 Christmas album, Merry Christmas, was re-released in 1999 with additional tracks)
• Kim Taeyeon (of the South Korean pop group Girls' Generation)
• Take 6
• James Taylor
• Team Rocket (voiced by Rachael Lillis, Eric Stewart and Maddie Blaustein on the album Pokémon Christmas Bash)
• The Temptations
• Mel Tormé – recorded by the writer four times (1954, 1961, 1966 and finally in 1992 as part of his album "Christmas Songs")
• Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
• Luther Vandross
• Andy Williams
• Stevie Wonder (from his 1967 Christmas album Someday at Christmas)
• Dwight Yoakam
• ASCAP entry for song showing numerous other covers