The Perry Como Christmas Album (Sony/Legacy "Christmas Classics")

~ Release by Perry Como (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleLength
1Christmas Eve
2:44
2Do You Hear What I Hear
background vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers
recording of:
Do You Hear What I Hear?
lyricist:
Noël Regney (in 1962)
writer:
Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker
composer:
Gloria Shayne Baker (in 1962)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly and Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc.
3:13
3Christ Is Born
recording of:
Christ Is Born
lyricist and composer:
Domenico Bartolucci
additional writer:
Ray Charles
2:50
4The Little Drummer Boy
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music, International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music, Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
3:35
5There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas
recording of:
There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas
writer:
Mickey J. Addy and Carl Sigman
publisher:
Windswept Music (London) Ltd.
2:50
6O Holy Night
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”)
3:38
7Carol Medley: Caroling, 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)
4:50
8Silver Bells
recording of:
Silver Bells (Christmas song)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation, Famous Music Publishing Limited, Jay Livingston Music Inc., Paramount Music Corporation, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd. and Sony/ATV Harmony (in 1950)
sub-publisher:
Sony/ATV Harmony Canada and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
2:26
9Toyland
3:11
10Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
recording of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
lyricist:
Ralph Blane (in 1943)
composer:
Hugh Martin (in 1943)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing, EMI Publishing, EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Loew’s Incorporated (in 1943, in 1944) and Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1971, in 1972)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス, フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
2:47
11Ave Maria
4:42

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Wikipedia:en: The Perry Como Christmas Album [info]
Wikidata:Q7756745 [info]