Snowfall
| PROFILE | |
| Composer | Claude Thornhill |
| Lyricist | Ruth Thornhill |
| Year Written | 1941 |
| About Snowfall | |
| “Snowfall” is an unusual song: it’s a cool jazz song, though written in 1941, long before there was such as thing as cool jazz. It’s an evocative and moody song, though quite beautiful. | |
Lyrics
Snowfall
Softly
Gently drift down
Snowflakes
Whisper
‘Neath my window
Covering trees
Misty lights
Velvet breeze
‘Round my doorstep
Gently
Softly
Silent
Snowfall
Covering trees
Misty lights
Velvet breezes
‘Neath my window
Gently
And softly
Silent
Snowfall
Drift down
Drift down
Drift down
Snowfall
Session / Album Information
1968
“Snowfall” was recorded on October 1, 1968 and released that year on the album Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album. It was arranged by Robert Farnon.
This recording released on:
- 1968: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9739 — Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album
- 1969: CBS LP 12″: 63782 — Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album (UK)
- 1972: Columbia Special Products LP 12″: P 11406 — Tony Bennett and His Friends “Over The Holidays”
- 1994: Columbia CD: CK 66459 — Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album
- 2011: Disc #37 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK36) Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album