{"id":3595727,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3595727/?format=json","airdate":"2025-12-25T06:52:18-08:00","show":65470,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65470/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"The Christmas Song","track_id":null,"recording_id":"b1bf2b73-43d3-4394-b675-3aead33d6d25","artist":"Nat King Cole","artist_ids":["fbe054ec-a143-4101-9e9e-64abc5ff5ac9"],"album":"The Magic of Christmas","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"fcdf0525-1b4c-42b9-ad5e-c8cc3658c72f","labels":["Avid Entertainment"],"label_ids":["8d49f28f-7697-4b58-a6df-06365194452c"],"release_date":"2016-10-14","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"\"The Christmas Song\" (commonly subtitled \"Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire\" or, as it was originally subtitled, \"Merry Christmas to You\") is a Christmas song written in 1945 by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé. The Nat King Cole Trio first recorded the song in June 1946.\n\nAt Cole's behest – and over the objections of his label, Capitol Records – a second recording was made in August utilizing a small string section. This version became 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 another full orchestra arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmichael.","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}