Question: Who wrote have yourself a merry little christmas?

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context: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and 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 it the third most performed Christmas song during the preceding five years that had been written by ASCAP members.
question: Who wrote the music to Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas?
short_answers: Hugh Martin
wikipage: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
context: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and 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 it the third most performed Christmas song during the preceding five years that had been written by ASCAP members.
question: Who wrote the lyrics to Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas?
short_answers: Ralph Blane
wikipage: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Long-form answers:
knowledge: content: Judy Garland's 1944 version of the song reached No. 27 on the Billboard charts.[17]

The lyrics Garland sang in Meet Me in St. Louis have been recorded with only slight variations by a number of artists, including Sinatra (in 1950 and 1963 single recordings), Bing Crosby (in I Wish You a Merry Christmas), Doris Day (in The Doris Day Christmas Album), Ella Fitzgerald (in Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas), The Pretenders (in the first A Very Special Christmas compilation), James Taylor (in October Road), and Luther Vandross (in This Is Christmas).[10]

In 1963, Sinatra's third recording of the song, recorded for a seasonal compilation album of the same name by various Reprise artists and backed by popular Hollywood arranger Gus Levene and his orchestra,[18] was controversially used by director Carl Foreman in his anti-war film The Victors as the soundtrack backdrop (along with the carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing") to the execution by firing squad of a G.I. deserter in a bleak, snowy field on Christmas Eve – a scene inspired by the real-life execution of Pvt. Eddie Slovik in 1945. The New York Times film reviewer, while recognising the power of the scene, complained that "the device itself is almost as specious and sentimental as what [Foreman] is trying to mock".[19]

In 1998, Tori Amos covered the song and released it as a Bside on her single Spark (Tori Amos song).

In 2011, Michael Bublé's version reached number 98 on the top 100 charts.[20]

In 2016, Josh Groban reached number 1 on the US Adult Contemporary charts with a version of the song.[21]

In 2018, John Legend reached number 1 on the US Adult Contemporary charts with a version of the song from his album A Legendary Christmas, featuring Esperanza Spalding on duet vocals
wikipage: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Cover versions
long_answer: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a 1943 song composed by Hugh Martin and written by Ralph Blane for the MGM musical "Meet Me in St. Louis". It was later covered by various artists and even ranked in 2007 by ASCAP as the third most performed Christmas song during the preceding five years.