A Holly Jolly Christmas

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"A Holly Jolly Christmas" is a popular mid-20th-century Christmas song, widely associated with Burl Ives’s recordings and now considered a holiday standard.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
associatedPeriod post-war American popular music
associatedWith Burl Ives NERFINISHED
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964 TV special) NERFINISHED
composer Johnny Marks NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decade 1960s
era mid-20th century
firstReleaseYear 1964
firstUsedIn Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964 TV special) NERFINISHED
genre Christmas music
pop
hasChartSuccess appeared on Billboard holiday charts
hasCulturalImpact widely recognized as a classic Christmas song
hasKeyPhrase Have a holly jolly Christmas
It’s the best time of the year
Say hello to friends you know
hasNotableCover Alan Jackson recording of A Holly Jolly Christmas
Faith Hill recording of A Holly Jolly Christmas
Lady Antebellum recording of A Holly Jolly Christmas
Michael Bublé recording of A Holly Jolly Christmas
Pentatonix recording of A Holly Jolly Christmas
hasRecording A Holly Jolly Christmas (1964 single version) NERFINISHED
A Holly Jolly Christmas (1965 album version) NERFINISHED
includedInAlbum Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
isChristmasStandard true
isFrequentlyBroadcastOn Christmas radio formats
isFrequentlyUsedIn Christmas films
Christmas television specials
holiday playlists
isHolidayStandard true
isTitleTrackOf Have a Holly Jolly Christmas NERFINISHED
language English
lyricist Johnny Marks NERFINISHED
mood upbeat
originallyWrittenFor Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964 TV special) NERFINISHED
partOf American Christmas music canon
performer Burl Ives NERFINISHED
popularizedBy Burl Ives NERFINISHED
recordedBy Burl Ives NERFINISHED
recordLabel Decca Records
tempo medium
theme Christmas NERFINISHED
holiday cheer
vocalist Burl Ives NERFINISHED
writer Johnny Marks NERFINISHED

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Johnny Marks notableWork A Holly Jolly Christmas
Johnny Marks wrote A Holly Jolly Christmas
Burl Ives notableSong A Holly Jolly Christmas