Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
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"Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" is the popular Christmas standard written by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells, famously recorded by Nat King Cole and widely regarded as one of the quintessential holiday songs.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire canonical | 2 |
| Chestnuts Roasting | 1 |
| Chestnuts roasting on an open fire | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christmas song
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popular standard ⓘ song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
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surface form:
Chestnuts Roasting
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| associatedWithArtist |
Mel Tormé
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Nat King Cole ⓘ |
| associatedWithHoliday | Christmas ⓘ |
| associatedWithSeason | Christmas season ⓘ |
| composer | Mel Tormé ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
Christmas standard
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quintessential holiday song ⓘ |
| firstRecordedBy | Nat King Cole ⓘ |
| genre |
Christmas music
ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
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surface form:
The Christmas Song
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| hasCulturalSignificance | American Christmas canon ⓘ |
| hasEra | 20th century popular music ⓘ |
| hasForm | vocal song ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
orchestra
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piano ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverVersionBy |
Mel Tormé
ⓘ
numerous popular artists ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
family gatherings
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romanticized Christmas atmosphere ⓘ winter imagery ⓘ |
| isStandardIn |
American songbook holiday selections
ⓘ
Christmas repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Bob Wells
ⓘ
Mel Tormé ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy | Nat King Cole ⓘ |
| openingLyrics | Chestnuts roasting on an open fire ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Nat King Cole ⓘ |
| theme |
Christmas
ⓘ
winter holidays ⓘ |
| usedAs |
background music in Christmas films
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background music in Christmas television specials ⓘ holiday standard on radio ⓘ |
| writer |
Bob Wells
ⓘ
Mel Tormé ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
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alsoKnownAs
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Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
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The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
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openingLyric
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Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
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this entity surface form:
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
this entity surface form:
Chestnuts Roasting
subject surface form:
The Christmas Song