"132.5"^^ . "%22The Christmas Song%22 (commonly subtitled %22Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire%22 or, as it was originally subtitled, %22Merry Christmas to You%22) is a classic Christmas song written in 1945 by Bob Wells and Mel Torm\u00E9. According to Torm\u00E9, the song was written during a blistering hot summer. In an effort to %22stay cool by thinking cool%22, the most-performed (according to BMI) Christmas song was born. %22I saw a spiral pad on his (Wells') piano with four lines written in pencil%22, Torm\u00E9 recalled. %22They started, 'Chestnuts roasting..., Jack Frost nipping..., Yuletide carols..., Folks dressed up like Eskimos.' Bob didn't think he was writing a song lyric. He said he thought if he could immerse himself in winter he could cool off. Forty minutes later that song was written. I wrote all the music and some of the lyrics.%22The Nat King Cole Trio first recorded the song early in 1946. At Cole's behest \u2013 and over the objections of his label, Capitol Records \u2013 a second recording was made later the same year utilizing a small string section, this version becoming a massive hit on both the pop and R&B charts. Cole again recorded the song in 1953, using the same arrangement with a full orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle, and once more in 1961, in a stereophonic version with orchestra conducted by Ralph Carmichael. Cole's 1961 version is generally regarded as definitive, and in 2004 was the most-loved seasonal song with women aged 30\u201349, while the original 1946 recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1974." . "false"^^ . "2111746" . "-16.7"^^ . "false"^^ . "fourth recording, 1961-03-30; Nat King Cole with orchestra conducted by Ralph Carmichael, stereo" . "1999 singles" . . . "Mel Torm\u00E9 songs" . "TRFORZM12903CDF88C" . "DEBL60801354" . "Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients" . . . "American Christmas songs" . "Robert Wells (songwriter)" . . "Single (music)" . "The Christmas Song" . "221" . . . "1946-08-19" . . "Songs written by Robert Wells (songwriter)" . . "Gramophone record" . "The Christmas Song" . . "0"^^ . . "1953-08-26" . "Nat King Cole songs" . "1945 songs" . "13"^^ . . "1961-03-30" . . "196000.0"^^ . "1961-03-30" . . "8c008731-9e4b-4d6b-8de3-991c88aaebca" . "5714dedd25ac0d8aee4c05bf" . "english" . . . "2012 singles" . . "Mel Torm\u00E9" . "Songs written by Mel Torm\u00E9" . "eng" . "Capitol Records" . "0.173923"^^ . . . "2008-07-08"^^ . "true"^^ . "-0.11967"^^ . "2009 singles" . "289495"^^ .