Michael Buble Christmas

Written in 1951, this popular classic has been recorded by several prominent performers — Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Johnny Mathis, and now Michael Bublé.

Made famous by Bing Crosby's 1943 recording, I'll Be Home For Christmas became the most requested song by WWII soldiers. In 1965, Gemini 7 astronauts, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, asked NASA to beam them this song as they orbited and prepared to return to Earth.

Judy Garland introduced this song in the 1944 musical Meet Me In St. Louis. A revised version, recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1957, became more popular than the original. This is one of the most performed holiday songs.

First recorded in 1963, Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) quickly became one of Darlene Love's signature songs. In 2010, Rolling Stone Magazine named this the #1 Greatest Rock and Roll Christmas song ever.

First performed on a radio show in 1934, this song became an immediate sensation. Over 400,000 copies were sold in the first month. Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded Santa Claus Is Coming To Town in 1935. Since then, the song has been widely performed and recorded by too many artists to list here.

Written by Johnny Marks, and recorded by Burl Ives in 1965, Have A Holly Jolly Christmas became a huge hit for Ives. It remains a holiday favorite to this day.

According to a Gallup Poll, White Christmas is second only to Silent Night as the most popular American Christmas songs. Written in 1942 by Irving Berlin, and made famous by Bing Crosby, this tune won the Academy Award for Best Song of 1942.

Santa Baby, first recorded in 1953 by Eartha Kitt, was her favorite song to perform. Since then it has been sung by numerous recording artists and has been featured in various films and television specials.

Released in 1994 by singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, All I Want For Christmas Is You has been a very successful modern holiday song. Rolling Stones Magazine lists this song as #4 in its rankings of Greatest Rock and Roll Christmas songs.

The lyrics for Silent Night were composed in 1816 by Father Joseph Mohr, an Austrian priest. He asked Franz Xaver Gruber to compose a melody in 1818. Today's melody, which is likened to a lullaby, is different from the original tune, which has been described as lively and dance-like. This is the number one ranked Christmas song for Americans.

Blue Christmas was first recorded in 1948, but it was the 1957 Elvis Presley version that made it the classic rock and roll holiday hit that it continues to be today.

Jingle Bells was written in 1857 by James Pierpont. At the time of publication, it was entitled One Horse Open Sleigh. The song was not originally associated with Christmas. As a side note, Jingle Bells was the first song perfomed in outer space (by Gemini 6 astronauts Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford).

Cold December Night is a new song co-written by Michael Bublé and Alan Chang (Bublé's pianist and musical director).

Feliz Navidad is one of the top 25 most recorded and performed holiday songs in the world. It was first recorded and released in 1970 by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Jose Feliciano.

Ave Maria is one of the most popular songs in the world. Franz Schubert's composition, created in 1825, originally featured a poem, in English, entitled Ellen's Song III (by Sir Walter Scott). Because the music was so inspirational, the words were modified, and translated to Latin, to make the song suitable for use in churches.

Michael Bublé's holiday greeting to you.