"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", a song written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, was introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical "Meet Me in St. Louis".
 Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics.
 In 2007, ASCAP ranked "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" the third most performed Christmas song, during the preceding five years, that had been written by ASCAP members.
John Bright Russell (January 23, 1940 – July 3, 2001) was an American country singer, songwriter, and comedian best known for his song "Act Naturally", which was made famous by Buck Owens, who recorded it in 1963, and The Beatles in 1965.
 His songs have been recorded by Burl Ives, Jim Reeves, Jerry Garcia, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt.
"A Holly Jolly Christmas" is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and most famously performed by Burl Ives.
 The song has since become one of the Top 25 most-performed "holiday" songs written by ASCAP members, for the first five years of the 21st century.
Kurt Kaiser (born December 17, 1934) is a songwriter of contemporary Christian music and member of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
 He has produced and arranged albums for the likes of: Kathleen Battle, Ernie Ford, Larnelle Harris, Burl Ives, Ken Medema, Christopher Parkening, George Beverly Shea, Joni Eareckson Tada, Ethel Waters, and Anne Martindale Wiliams.
 He has recorded sixteen piano solo albums of his own.
 He won a Dove Award at the 24th GMA Dove Awards in 1993 for his album titled "Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs".
 In 1992 he was the recipient of a Lifetime achievement award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
Christmas by the Bay, recorded at the Sail Loft in the Washington Navy Yard, is Burl Ives's last original Christmas album.
 It includes only one new Christmas song by Ives: "The Sense of Christmas."
 The other songs are new performances of previously recorded songs: "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"; "A Holly, Jolly Christmas"; "Christmas by the Bay" (cf. "Christmas at the White House", 1972); "White Christmas" (cf. "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas", 1966); and "The Friendly Beasts" (cf. "Christmas Day in the Morning", 1952).
 On all of these songs he is accompanied by the United States Navy Band, conducted by Ned Muffley.
"A Little Bitty Tear" is a song written by the American country songwriter Hank Cochran.
 It has been recorded by many musical acts, the first being American recording artist, Burl Ives.
 It has since been recorded by others, including Wanda Jackson, Bing Crosby (for his 1965 album "Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits"), Chet Atkins, and Cochran himself.
"Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie" is a cowboy folk song.
 Also known as "The Cowboy's Lament", "The Dying Cowboy" and "Bury Me Out on the Lone Prairie", the song is described as the most famous cowboy ballad.
 Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.
 Based on a sailor's song, the song has been recorded by many artists, including Moe Bandy, Johnny Cash, Burl Ives, The Residents, Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers and William Elliott Whitmore.
"Run Rudolph Run" is a Christmas song popularized by Chuck Berry, written by Johnny Marks and Marvin Brodie and published by St. Nicholas Music (ASCAP).
 The song was first recorded by Berry in 1958 and released as a single on Chess Records (label no. 1714).
 It has since been covered by numerous other artists, sometimes under the title "Run, Run, Rudolph".
 The song is a 12-bar blues, musically similar to Berry's very popular and recognizable song "Johnny B. Goode" and melodically identical to his song "Little Queenie", released in 1959.
John David Marks (November 10, 1909 – September 3, 1985) was an American songwriter.
 Although he was Jewish, he specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many holiday standards, including "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (a hit for Gene Autry and others), "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (a hit for Brenda Lee), "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (recorded by the Quinto Sisters and later by Burl Ives), "Silver and Gold" (for Burl Ives), and "Run Rudolph Run" (recorded by Chuck Berry).
"Sweet Betsy from Pike" is an American ballad about the trials of a pioneer named Betsy and her lover Ike who migrate from Pike County (probably Missouri) to California.
 This Gold Rush-era song, with lyrics written by John A. Stone before 1858, was collected and published in Carl Sandburg's 1927 "American Songbag".
 It was recorded by Burl Ives on February 11, 1941 for his debut album "Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger".
 The melody is of English extraction and is also that of the ballad "Villikins and his Dinah".
 Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.

Question: What song written by American songwriter Johnny Marks, made popular by Burl Ives, is one of the Top 25 most performed holiday songs written by ASCAP members?
Answer: A Holly Jolly Christmas