- Written by
- Henry Livingston, Jr.
- Language
- English
- First recorded on
- February 26, 1971
- Released on
-
The Night Before Christmas
Single
1971 - Tags
- editor's pick spoken word
- Comments
- This ended up being Louis Armstrong's last professional recording. He died just over 4 months after it was made.
- Rating
-
(best version)
- Licensing
- Request a synchronization license
Cover
Versions
Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas written by Henry Livingston, Jr. English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Night Before Christmas | Basil Rathbone with the Robert Mitchell Boychoir | 1942 | Medley | ||
| 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | Arthur Godfrey | 1950 | Spoken word | ||
| 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | Perry Como | 1953 | |||
| 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | Art Carney | November 22, 1954 | |||
| 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | Patti Page | October 1965 | |||
| A Visit from St. Nicholas | Louis Armstrong | 1971 | Editor's cover song pick Spoken word |
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| The Night Before Christmas | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 1975 | |||
| The Night Before Christmas | Justin Wilson [US1] | 1975 | |||
| Gloria | Missile Toe | 1999 | Medley | ||
| The Night Before Christmas | Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst) | December 2002 | Spoken word | ||
| 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | David Hasselhoff | November 8, 2004 | |||
| 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | Loretta Lynn | October 7, 2016 | |||
| 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | Joss Stone | September 30, 2022 | Spoken word | ||
| The Night Before Christmas | Merrill Reese | December 23, 2022 | Charity Spoken word |
'Twas the Night Before Christmas written by Ken Darby English
The Night Before Christmas Song written by Johnny Marks English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Night Before Christmas Song | Rosemary Clooney & Gene Autry with Carl Cotner's Orchestra | November 1952 | First release | ||
| The Night Before Christmas Song | Russ Morgan and His Orchestra with The Morganaires | November 1952 | Unverified | ||
| The Night Before Christmas Song | Spike Jones | October 1956 | |||
| The Night Before Christmas Song | The Ames Brothers | 1957 | |||
| The Night Before Christmas | King Kukulele and the Friki Tikis | December 5, 2008 | |||
| 'Twas the Night | Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer and Kay Trinidad | November 20, 2020 |
The Night Before Christmas Song written by Johnny Marks instrumental
'Twas the Night Before Christmas written by unknown author(s) English The Cricketones version
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | The Cricketones | 1953 | First release |
Beatnik's Wish written by Ray Willis [US2], Willie Ackerman English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beatnik's Wish | Patsy Raye & The Beatniks | November 1959 | First release |
Yulesville written by Warren Barker, Bill Olofson, Terry Galanoy English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yulesville | Edd "Kookie" Byrnes | November 1959 | First release | ||
| Cool Yule | Tony Rodelle Larson | November 1960 |
Big Red and the Cool Yule written by Jimmy Bowman English 'Twas the dim before St. Nick
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Red and the Cool Yule | Jimmy Bowmen | 1961 | First release |
The Night Before Halloween written by Mike Daughtry English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Night Before Halloween | Bill Buchanan | October 1962 | First release |
The Night Before Christmas written by Jethro Burns, Homer Haynes English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Night Before Christmas | Homer and Jethro | 1968 | First release |
The Bite Before Xmas written by The Cool Ghoul English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bite Before Xmas | The Cool Ghoul | October 1971 | First release |
A Visit from St. Nicholson written by Brian Silva, Dennis Amero, Bob Rivers English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Visit from St. Nicholson | Bob Rivers Comedy Corp | 1987 | First release |
'Twas the Night Before Christmas written by Matthew Quinn, Paul Stookey English Peter, Paul and Mary version
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | Peter, Paul & Mary | February 6, 1988 | First release Live |
Night Before Christmas written by unknown author(s) English Da Yoopers version - "Twas the night before Christmas in this Yooper house"
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night Before Christmas | Da Yoopers | November 23, 1994 | First release |
'Twas the Night Before Christmas written by George Roundtree, Lawrence Payton English The Four Tops version
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | The Four Tops | October 23, 1995 | First release |
'Twas the Night After Christmas written by Jeff Foxworthy, Doug Grau, Scott Rouse English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Twas the Night After Christmas | Jeff Foxworthy | December 1995 | First release |
Root Canal Interlude written by Easy Irving English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root Canal Interlude | 2 Live Jews | 1998 | First release |
Schnookis Interlude written by Easy Irving English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schnookis Interlude | 2 Live Jews | 1998 | First release |
Smells Like the Night Before Christmas English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smells Like the Night Before Christmas | Bob Rivers Comedy Corp | 1999 | First release Mash-up |
'Twas the Night Before Christmas written by Aretha Franklin English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | Aretha Franklin | October 14, 2008 | First release |
T'was the Night Before Christmas written by Jacob Olds, Lauren Olds, Joshua Olds, Solomon Olds English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T'was the Night Before Christmas | Family Force 5 featuring Lalipop | October 6, 2009 | First release |
The Night Before Christmas written by Willie Robertson English Duck Dynasty version
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Night Before Christmas | Robertson Family | October 29, 2013 | First release |
The Night Before Christmas 1967 written by unknown author(s) English Spider-man version
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Night Before Christmas 1967 | Jorma Taccone | December 21, 2018 | First release |