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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 Dick Manning, also Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) (Perry Como), Papa Loves Mambo (Perry Como) and It Takes Two to Tango (Louis Armstrong)
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.
Dick Manning wrote 14 songs on fono
Dick Manning’s most frequent co-writer is Al Hoffman (9 songs together)
Dick Manning first appears on fono in 1952, 13 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Dick Manning and Gregory Paul Deutsch
- Performed by
- Burl Ives
- Part of
- Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
- Released on
- Decca Records
- Written by
- Dick Manning and Gregory Paul Deutsch
- 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: Dick Manning
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
Same writer: Dick Manning
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
Same writer: Dick Manning
Same label: Decca Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Christmas Is a Birthday was performed by Burl Ives
Christmas Is a Birthday was performed by Burl Ives
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Christmas Is a Birthday was written by Dick Manning
Christmas Is a Birthday was written by Dick Manning
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Christmas Is a Birthday was written by Gregory Paul Deutsch
Christmas Is a Birthday was written by Gregory Paul Deutsch
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Christmas Is a Birthday is part of the release Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
Christmas Is a Birthday is part of the release Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Decca Records is the label of the song Christmas Is a Birthday
Decca Records is the label of the song Christmas Is a Birthday
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Christmas Is a Birthday was released on 1965-10
Christmas Is a Birthday was released on 1965-10
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026