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A Holly Jolly Christmas

Christmas song written and composed by Johnny Marks, originally recorded by Burl Ives in 1964
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A Holly Jolly Christmas

Summary

A Holly Jolly Christmas is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (192 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Holly Jolly Christmas's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • A Holly Jolly Christmas's genre is Christmas music[4].
  • A Holly Jolly Christmas followed Pearly Shells[5].
  • A Holly Jolly Christmas was performed by Burl Ives[6].
  • Among the performers on A Holly Jolly Christmas was Dolly Parton[7].
  • A Holly Jolly Christmas's record label is recorded as Decca[8].
  • A Holly Jolly Christmas is part of Original Sound Track and Music from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer[9].
  • A Holly Jolly Christmas was published on November 1964[10].
  • A Holly Jolly Christmas's title is recorded as A Holly Jolly Christmas[11].
  • A Holly Jolly Christmas's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[13]

  • Genre(s): christmas music, country[14]

  • Community tags: christmas, christmas music, country, holiday[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7579731b-532c-3bf1-8bf5-524879581bb4[16]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include Burl Ives[6] and Dolly Parton[7].

Publication

A Holly Jolly Christmas was published on November 1964[10]. Its genre is Christmas music[4]. It is part of Original Sound Track and Music from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

A Holly Jolly Christmas followed Pearly Shells[5].

Why It Matters

A Holly Jolly Christmas ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (192 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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