Verified listings:
- The Night Before Christmas - Basil Rathbone
- The Night Before Christmas - Basil Rathbone w/ The Robert Mitchell Boychoir
Assumed/incorrect titles:
- A Visit From St. Nicholas
- 'Twas The Night Before Christmas
- The Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas)
other performers:
- The Robert Mitchell Boychoir
Written by:
- Clement Clarke Moore (poem)
Recorded:
- circa December, 1942
Available on (*):
- c1942 78 rpm single (Columbia Masterworks 7407-M; 12" 78)
- 2005 CD The Spirit Of Christmas Past (Nimbus NI 7861, September 13, 2005)
General type of music:
- spoken
Topics (not including words that are part of the title):
- Santa Claus
Also credited as:
- Basil Rathbone w/ The Robert Mitchell Boychoir
Common misspellings:
- Bazill Rathbone
Real name:
- Philip St. John Basil Rathbone
Also recorded with:
- The Robert Mitchell Boychoir
interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
- He is best known as the actor who played Sherlock Holmes in a series of movies.
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