Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music

~ Release by Perry Como (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

Monophonic: RCA Camden CAL-660 RE
Stereo: RCA Camden CAS-660(e)

Tracklist

112" Vinyl
#TitleLength
1’Twas the Night Before Christmas
spoken vocals:
Perry Como
vocals:
Perry Como
conductor:
Mitchell Ayres
arranger:
Perry Como
recording of:
’Twas the Night Before Christmas (Ken Darby version)
writer:
Clement Clarke Moore
composer:
Ken Darby
is based on:
A Visit From St. Nicholas
3:46
2The Twelve Days of Christmas
4:01
3God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
vocals:
Perry Como
arranger:
Mitchell Ayres and Ray Charles
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
3:33
4C‐H‐R‐I‐S‐T‐M‐A‐S
recording of:
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
lyricist:
Jenny Lou Carson (in 1949)
composer:
Eddy Arnold (in 1949)
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (on 1949-10-30)
2:55
5Joy to the World!
vocals:
Perry Como
recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel
2:41
6Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer
vocals:
Perry Como
recording of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Marks
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music, Warner/Chappell Music Ltd., St. Nicholas Music Publishing Co. (on 1949-05-09) and St. Nicholas Music Inc. (from 1950 to present)
arrangement of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer (for voice, choir and orchestra, Elms)
2:47
7Frosty the Snowman2:21
8The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)3:35
9That Christmas Feeling
vocals:
Perry Como (on 1946-08-06)
recording of:
That Christmas Feeling (1946 song) (on 1946-08-06)
writer:
Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
3:17
10I’ll Be Home for Christmas2:56
11Silent Night
vocals:
Perry Como (on 1946-08-20)
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation) (on 1946-08-20)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
3:53
12O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
vocals:
Perry Como (on 1946-08-20)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”) (on 1946-08-20)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
2:48
13Jingle Bells
vocals:
Perry Como (on 1946-08-22)
recording of:
Jingle Bells (on 1946-08-22)
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
3:01
14White Christmas3:28
15Winter Wonderland2:29