Dean Martin’s and Frank Sinatra’s family sing together “Silent Night” on a Christmas edition of Dean’s TV show (December 21, 1967).
Dean and Frank with their families for the 1967 Christmas Show
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Lyrics Below
Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon Virgin, Mother, Mother and Child Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly
Sleep in heavenly Sleep in heavenly Sleep in heavenly Sleep in heavenly peace
Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon Virgin, Mother, Mother and Child Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace
Christ, Christ, the Savior is born Christ, Christ, the Savior Christ, Christ, the Savior is born
One of the Most Beloved Christmas Carols
Simple but moving, ‘Silent Night’ is a perennial favourite among carollers. But who composed the carol, and what are the original lyrics?
The story goes that ‘Silent Night’ (originally ‘Stille Nacht’) was first performed on the evening of Christmas Eve in 1818.
Silent Night, Holy Night
Joseph Mohr, a young Catholic priest at St Nicholas Church, Oberndorf bei Salzburg in Austria, was in despair: the organ at his church had been incapacitated by mice, and the chances of fixing the instrument before the evening service were looking slim.
Silent Night
But young Joseph had an idea. A few years before, he had written a rather beautiful poem called ‘Stille Nacht’. So, he asked Franz Xavez Gruber, a schoolmaster and organist in a nearby town, to set his six-stanza poem to music.
That night, the two men sang ‘Stille Nacht’ for the first time at the church’s Christmas Mass, while Mohr played guitar and the choir repeated the last two lines of each verse.
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