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Released on Decca Records, also Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones), Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) and La Vie en rose (Louis Armstrong)
Written by Boudleaux Bryant, also Raining in My Heart (Buddy Holly), Love Hurts (Nazareth) and Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers)
Part of Have a Holly Jolly Christmas, also A Holly Jolly Christmas, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day and Christmas Child (Loo, Loo, Loo)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Boudleaux Bryant wrote 40 songs on fono
Boudleaux Bryant’s most frequent co-writer is Felice Bryant (22 songs together)
Boudleaux Bryant first appears on fono in 1956, 9 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Boudleaux Bryant
- Performed by
- Burl Ives
- Part of
- Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
- Released on
- Decca Records
- Written by
- Boudleaux Bryant
- Performed by
- Burl Ives
- Part of
- Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
- Released on
- Decca Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Boudleaux Bryant
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
Same writer: Boudleaux Bryant
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
Same writer: Boudleaux Bryant
Same label: Decca Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Christmas Can’t Be Far Away was performed by Burl Ives
Christmas Can’t Be Far Away was performed by Burl Ives
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Christmas Can’t Be Far Away was written by Boudleaux Bryant
Christmas Can’t Be Far Away was written by Boudleaux Bryant
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Christmas Can’t Be Far Away is part of the release Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
Christmas Can’t Be Far Away is part of the release Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Decca Records is the label of the song Christmas Can’t Be Far Away
Decca Records is the label of the song Christmas Can’t Be Far Away
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Christmas Can’t Be Far Away was released on 1965-10
Christmas Can’t Be Far Away was released on 1965-10
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026