Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas I want you to sing it this way." Although Ralph Blane is credited with writing the music for many of Martin's songs, Martin claimed in his autobiography that he wrote both music and lyrics to all of the songs in "Meet Me in St. Louis" and that "all of the so-called Martin and Blane songs, (except for Best Foot Forward), were written entirely by me (solo) without help from Ralph or anybody else." His explanation for allowing Blane equal credit for the songs was: "I was reasonably content to let him receive equal screen credit, sheet music credit, ASCAP royalties,
Text Me Merry Christmas three days of its release, the official YouTube video had garnered 1.7 million views. Text Me Merry Christmas "Text Me Merry Christmas" is a song performed by Straight No Chaser and Kristen Bell. It was written by Adam Schlesinger and David Javerbaum. The song was released on November 17, 2014. Written to convey "how informal communication has become", the group picked Bell immediately upon deciding the song should be a duet. Bell found it "a blast" to perform in the a cappella style. Bell's male counterpart is Michael Luginbill. The song touches on a common theme for Christmas music, that