Very popular Christmas song.
Memorable melody and catchy chord progression.
Written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane in 1943.
Introduced by Judy Garland in the movie Meet Me in St Louis (1944).
Note the evolution of orchestration, reharmonization and arrangement style over the years.
Note the evolution of orchestration, reharmonization and arrangement style over the years.
Circle of fifths harmony provides many opportunities for reharmonization and lush orchestration.
Wikipedia entry here.
ORIGINAL
Judy Garland (1944)
From the movie Meet Me in St Louis.
Frank Sinatra (1957?)
A popular classic version.
A popular classic version.
Whitney Houston (2003)
from The Holiday Album
Scott Weiland (2009/10)
Slow, subtle and smooth jazzy version.
Beautiful combination of jazz guitar, piano and other instruments.
Nice riffs on guitar and piano in the background.
Michael Bublé - Live (2012)
A popular modern version.
EXIT (2013)
Korean acappella quintet.
Classic close harmony/barbershop style.
Good vocal balance with interesting textural variety.
Novel accents, rich chord progressions and pinpoint accurate pitching.
Highlight
Sam Smith (2014)
By the singer of "Writing's On The Wall",
theme song for the last James Bond movie, Spectre.
Amazingly wide vocal range, and impressively high key.
Tasteful and understated piano accompaniment.
Quiet, contemplative and elegant.
This version included in Billboard Hot 100.
Highlight 2
(added Dec 2017)
Jacob Collier and Tori Kelly - Multitrack Acappella (2017)
At last!
The perfect acappella version.
With superjacobian reharmonization.
'nuff said.
Other interesting versions:
The Carpenters/Karen Carpenter (1978)
Tom Scott (1988) - GRP Christmas Album (Saxophone)
Manhattan Transfer (1992) (Vocal Quartet)
Take 6 (1999) (Acappella)
John Ofa Rhee and Homies (2014) (Vocals and Jazz Quartet)
Emmet Cahill (2015) (piano and vocals)
Brett Eldredge (2015) (Vocals and Jazz Quartet)
Lauren Daigle (2016) (Vocals and Jazz Quartet)
Whitney Houston (2003)
from The Holiday Album
Scott Weiland (2009/10)
Slow, subtle and smooth jazzy version.
Beautiful combination of jazz guitar, piano and other instruments.
Nice riffs on guitar and piano in the background.
Michael Bublé - Live (2012)
A popular modern version.
EXIT (2013)
Korean acappella quintet.
Classic close harmony/barbershop style.
Good vocal balance with interesting textural variety.
Novel accents, rich chord progressions and pinpoint accurate pitching.
Highlight
Sam Smith (2014)
By the singer of "Writing's On The Wall",
theme song for the last James Bond movie, Spectre.
Amazingly wide vocal range, and impressively high key.
Tasteful and understated piano accompaniment.
Quiet, contemplative and elegant.
This version included in Billboard Hot 100.
Highlight 2
(added Dec 2017)
Jacob Collier and Tori Kelly - Multitrack Acappella (2017)
At last!
The perfect acappella version.
With superjacobian reharmonization.
'nuff said.
Other interesting versions:
The Carpenters/Karen Carpenter (1978)
Tom Scott (1988) - GRP Christmas Album (Saxophone)
Manhattan Transfer (1992) (Vocal Quartet)
Take 6 (1999) (Acappella)
John Ofa Rhee and Homies (2014) (Vocals and Jazz Quartet)
Emmet Cahill (2015) (piano and vocals)
Brett Eldredge (2015) (Vocals and Jazz Quartet)
Lauren Daigle (2016) (Vocals and Jazz Quartet)
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