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Blue Christmas

original Christmas song written and composed by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson
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Blue Christmas

Summary

Blue Christmas is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (232 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blue Christmas's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Blue Christmas's composer is recorded as Billy Hayes[4].
  • Blue Christmas's composer is recorded as Jay Johnson[5].
  • Blue Christmas's genre is popular music[6].
  • Blue Christmas was performed by Elvis Presley[7].
  • Blue Christmas was performed by The Beach Boys[8].
  • Blue Christmas was performed by Streaplers[9].
  • Blue Christmas was performed by The Shanes[10].
  • Among the performers on Blue Christmas was Christer Sjögren[11].
  • Blue Christmas was performed by Mats Bergmans[12].
  • Among the performers on Blue Christmas was Lotta Engberg[13].
  • Among the performers on Blue Christmas was Christer Sjögren[14].
  • Blue Christmas was performed by Rod Stewart[15].
  • Blue Christmas was performed by Henrik Åberg[16].
  • Among the performers on Blue Christmas was Wizex[17].
  • Blue Christmas was performed by Kikki Danielsson[18].
  • Among the performers on Blue Christmas was Ernest Tubb[19].
  • Blue Christmas's language of work or name is recorded as English[20].
  • Blue Christmas was published on 1948[21].
  • Blue Christmas's lyricist is recorded as Billy Hayes[22].
  • Blue Christmas's lyricist is recorded as Jay Johnson[23].
  • Blue Christmas's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blue Christmas'}[24].
  • Blue Christmas's has characteristic is recorded as Christmas-themed song[25].
  • Blue Christmas's different from is recorded as Blue Christmas[26].
  • Blue Christmas's form of creative work is recorded as song[27].

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[28]

  • Genre(s): christmas music[29]

  • Community tags: christmas, christmas music[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 414afdb5-bd79-3349-8a93-d940da14c36e[31]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Elvis Presley[7], The Beach Boys[8], Streaplers[9], The Shanes[10], Christer Sjögren[11], and Mats Bergmans[12].

Publication

Blue Christmas was released on 1948[21]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[20]. Its genre is popular music[6].

Why It Matters

Blue Christmas ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (232 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

Related Entities

Elvis Presley Kikki Danielsson Lotta Engberg Rod Stewart The Beach Boys

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, Streaplers +10
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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