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John Francis Wade
John Francis Wade is credited on 852 releases across 286 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
852
Credits
286
Albums
8
Decades active
252
In collections
Biography
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English hymn-writer, born 1711, died 16 August 1786 in Douai, France, where he had fled after the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. Primarily known as the writer of "Adeste Fideles" (translated to "O Come, All Ye Faithful" by Frederick Oakeley in 1841).
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
852 releases · 286 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 820
- Other credits · 116
Studios: All Saints Church Petersham · Wiener Konzerthaus · Kingsway Hall · Sofiensaal
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Merry Christmas
1955

The Christmas Song
1962

A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra
1957

Christmas Portrait
1978

Home Alone Christmas
1993

Twelve Songs Of Christmas
1963

Snowed In
1997

Home For Christmas
1992

José Feliciano
1970

The Great Songs Of Christmas (By Great Artists Of Our Time) Album Five
1965

Sings Christmas Carols
2014

Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas
1967

Halford 3: Winter Songs
2009

It's Christmas Time
1989

Ras Records Presents: A Reggae Christmas
1984

Christmas Star Time
1981

O Holy Night
1976

The Secret Of Christmas
1975

Merry Christmas From The Brady Bunch
1970

Christmas Joy
1959

To Wish You A Merry Christmas
1958

At The BBC (Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973)
2024

Mr. Christmas
2021

Behold (A Christmas Collection)
2016
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Bing Crosby
- Pavarotti
- Luciano Pavarotti
- André Rieu
- The Three Tenors
- Jim Reeves
- Anne Sofie Von Otter
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