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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 Johnny Marks, also Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee), Run Rudolph Run (Chuck Berry) and A Holly Jolly Christmas
Part of Have a Holly Jolly Christmas, also A Holly Jolly Christmas, Christmas Child (Loo, Loo, Loo) and Snow for Johnny
Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, also I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (Harry Belafonte), The Children’s Hour (Ruby Hughes) and The Secret of the Sea (Stephen Varcoe)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Johnny Marks wrote 13 songs on fono
Johnny Marks first appears on fono in 1949, 16 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Johnny Marks
- Performed by
- Burl Ives
- Part of
- Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
- Released on
- Decca Records
- Written by
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Johnny Marks
- 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: Johnny Marks
Same writer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
Same writer: Johnny Marks
Same writer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Same release: Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
Same writer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day was performed by Burl Ives
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day was performed by Burl Ives
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day was written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day was written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day was written by Johnny Marks
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day was written by Johnny Marks
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day is part of the release Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day 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 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Decca Records is the label of the song I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day was released on 1965-10
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day was released on 1965-10
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026