'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Music written by: Ken Darby
Original lyrics written by: Henry Livingston, Jr.
Copyright date: 1942
Language: English
ISWC: T-922.060.692-8 ASCAP, ISWC
Adapted from: Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas written by Henry Livingston, Jr.
Published by: MUSIC SALES SHAWNEE ASCAP
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Originals

Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas

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'Twas the Night Before Christmas

First release by Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians (October 1942)

Adaptations

An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.

Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas written by Henry Livingston, Jr. English 1823
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas written by Ken Darby English 1942
- The Night Before Christmas Song written by Johnny Marks English November 1952
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas written by unknown author(s) English 1953 — The Cricketones version
- Beatnik's Wish written by Willie Ackerman, Ray Willis [US2] English November 1959
- Yulesville written by Warren Barker, Bill Olofson, Terry Galanoy English November 1959
- Big Red and the Cool Yule written by Jimmy Bowman English 1961 — 'Twas the dim before St. Nick
- The Night Before Halloween written by Mike Daughtry English October 1962
- The Night Before Christmas written by Homer Haynes, Jethro Burns English 1968
- The Bite Before Xmas written by The Cool Ghoul English October 1971
- A Visit from St. Nicholson written by Bob Rivers, Brian Silva, Dennis Amero English 1987
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas written by Paul Stookey, Matthew Quinn English February 6, 1988 — Peter, Paul and Mary version
- Night Before Christmas written by unknown author(s) English November 23, 1994 — Da Yoopers version - "Twas the night before Christmas in this Yooper house"
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas written by George Roundtree, Lawrence Payton English October 23, 1995 — The Four Tops version
- 'Twas the Night After Christmas written by Jeff Foxworthy, Scott Rouse, Doug Grau English December 1995
- Root Canal Interlude written by Easy Irving English 1998
- Schnookis Interlude written by Easy Irving English 1998
- Smells Like the Night Before Christmas English 1999
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas written by Aretha Franklin English October 14, 2008
- T'was the Night Before Christmas written by Jacob Olds, Joshua Olds, Solomon Olds, Lauren Olds English October 6, 2009
- The Night Before Christmas written by Willie Robertson English October 29, 2013 — Duck Dynasty version
- The Night Before Christmas 1967 written by unknown author(s) English December 21, 2018 — Spider-man version

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
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

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
'Twas the Night Before Christmas	Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians	October 1942	First release
'Twas the Night Before Christmas	The Harry Simeone Chorale	1965
'Twas the Night Before Christmas	Shirley & Squirrely	1976
The Night Before Christmas	Johnny McEvoy	1976
The Night Before Christmas	Mary McGonigle featuring Dermot O'Brien	1980
'Twas the Night Before Christmas	Anna-Jane Casey & Company	October 5, 2009

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

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
	i	The Night Before Christmas Song - Up on the House Top - Too Fat for the Chimney	Robert Rheims	1967	Medley

'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

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