A Perry Como Christmas

~ Release by Perry Como (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Caroling, Caroling / The First Noel / Hark! the Herald Angels Sing / Silent Night
medley including a recording of:
Caroling, Caroling
lyricist:
Wihla Hutson
composer:
Alfred S. Burt
publisher:
TRO Essex Music Ltd.
medley including a recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 26)
medley including a recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
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
medley including a recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
additional arranger:
Sir John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 36)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
version of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
4:51
2Love in a Home
recording of:
Love in a Home
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Gene de Paul
3:51
3The Christmas Symphony
3:34
4There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas3:18
5Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
2:22
6Christmas Dream
recording of:
A Christmas Dream (from the 1974 film “The Odessa File”)
writer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
2:49
7Christmas Eve
2:48
8What Love Is Made Of2:35
9My Favorite Things2:59
10The Bells of St. Mary’s
recording of:
The Bells of St. Mary’s
lyricist:
Douglas Furber (in 1917)
composer:
A. Emmett Adams (in 1917)
2:50
11(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays2:58
12The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
vocals:
Perry Como
3:37
13The Father of Girls
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA/Ariola International (in 1968)
recording of:
The Father of Girls
lyricist and composer:
Ervin Drake
3:36
14Turn Around
2:31
15Here We Come A-Caroling / We Wish You a Merry Christmas
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
producer:
Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
choir vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
vocals:
Perry Como (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
medley including a recording of:
Here We Come A-wassailing (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
lyricist:
[traditional]
composer:
[traditional] (in 1850)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 209)
medley including a recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
1:38
16All Through the Night
recording of:
All Through the Night (Boulton lyrics)
lyricist:
Harold Boulton (in 1884)
composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25778)
version of:
Ar hyd y nos (All Through the Night, traditional Welsh air (no lyrics))
2:30
17I Wish It Could Be Christmas Forever3:13
18Love Is Spreading All Over the World2:33
19I Know What God Is
3:05
20O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël)
cover recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
3:04
21The Story of the First Christmas
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
producer:
Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
choir vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
vocals:
Perry Como (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
10:03
22Ave Maria
4:25

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phonographic copyright (℗) by:BMG Entertainment (in 2001)
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