Nat King Cole's Four Versions Of The Christmas Song: 1946, 1946, 1953, 1961

[Boogiedown]

The very first version was first recorded June 14, 1946 [[not released until 1989) .



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isf42hchmD4

Next , this version Aug 19, 1946 with added strings [[as Nat wanted)

The King Cole Trio released on Capitol:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-RXKcc0sZs

[Boogiedown]

1953, Nelson Riddle version:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlH9i6GN4yM


1961, Ralph Carmichael stereo version:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jp3XIqTR2w

[mr_june]

Interesting that he would re-record it 3 more times. I knew there were 2 versions but was not aware of the others. The 1961 release was the one I grew up on. I like that version the best [[probably cause I heard it first). Thanks for the post and Merry Christmas to you and all the SDF folks.