The Perry Como Christmas Album
The Perry Como Christmas Album | ||||
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Studio album by Perry Como | ||||
Released | October 1968 | |||
Recorded | August 1, 3, 6, 1968 | |||
Genre | Vocal | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Andy Wiswell | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Perry Como Christmas Album is Perry Como's 15th RCA Victor 12" long-play album.[2][3]
Como is accompanied on the album by the Ray Charles Singers and an orchestra arranged and conducted by Nick Perito. On two songs, "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", boy choristers from the Little Church Around the Corner and from Saint Thomas Church (Manhattan) also participated.
Track listing
Side one
- "Christmas Eve" (Music by Gerard Andre Biesel and lyrics by Ray Charles)
- "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Words and Music by Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker)
- "Christ Is Born" (Words and Music by Domenico Bartolucci and Ray Charles)
- "The Little Drummer Boy" (Words and Music by Henry Onerati, Katherine Davis and Harry Simeone)
- "There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas" (Words and Music by Carl Sigman and Mickey J. Addy)
- "O Holy Night" (Words and Music by Adolphe Charles Adam)
Side two
- "Caroling, Caroling" (Words and Music by Wihla Hutson and Alfred Burt)
- "The First Noël" (Traditional Christmas Music)
- "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Music by Felix Mendelssohn and lyrics by Charles Wesley)
- "Silent Night" (Music by Joseph Mohr and lyrics by Franz Gruber)
- "Silver Bells" (Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans)
- "Toyland" (Words and Music by Victor Herbert)
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Words and Music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane)
- "Ave Maria" (Original Music by Franz Schubert)
Como also recorded a rendition of the Wihla Hutson-Alfred Burt composition "Some Children See Him" during the sessions, but this was omitted from the finished album, presumably due to space limitations.[2] The track remained unreleased until its inclusion on a 1999 CD compilation of Como Christmas recordings.
References
External links
- Perry Como Discography
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- Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music (1946)
- So Smooth (1955)
- We Get Letters (1957)
- Saturday Night with Mr. C (1958)
- When You Come to the End of the Day (1958)
- Como Swings (1959)
- Season's Greetings from Perry Como (1959)
- For the Young at Heart (1960)
- Sing to Me Mr. C (1961)
- By Request (1962)
- The Best of Irving Berlin's Songs from Mr. President (1962)
- The Songs I Love (1963)
- The Scene Changes (1965)
- Lightly Latin (1966)
- Perry Como in Italy (1966)
- The Perry Como Christmas Album (1968)
- Look to Your Heart (1968)
- Seattle (1969)
- Perry Como in Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas (1970)
- It's Impossible (1970)
- I Think of You (1971)
- And I Love You So (1973)
- Perry (1974)
- Just Out of Reach (1975)
- 40 Greatest Hits (1975)
- The Best of British (UK and Canada) (1977)
- Where You're Concerned (US) (1978)
- Perry Como (1980)
- Perry Como Live on Tour (1981)
- So It Goes / Goodbye for Now (1983)
- Today (1987)
- Perry Como's Christmas Concert (1994)
- On the Radio – The Perry Como Shows 1943 (2009)
- At the Supper Club (2010)
- At the Supper Club Part II (2011)
- At the Supper Club Part III (2011)
- "'A' You're Adorable"
- "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"
- "And I Love You So"
- "As Time Goes By"
- "Bali Ha'i"
- "Because"
- "Beyond Tomorrow"
- "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo"
- "Blue Room"
- "A Bushel and a Peck"
- "Can't Help Falling in Love"
- "Caterina"
- "Catch a Falling Star"
- "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)"
- "Confessin'"
- "Days of Wine and Roses"
- "Deep in the Heart of Texas"
- "Delaware"
- "Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba)"
- "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes"
- "Dream Along with Me (I'm on My Way to a Star)"
- "A Dreamer's Holiday"
- "El Cóndor Pasa"
- "Far Away Places"
- "Feelings"
- "Fly Me to the Moon"
- "For the Good Times"
- "Forever and Ever"
- "Forget Domani"
- "Give Me Your Hand"
- "Glendora"
- "The Gypsy in My Soul"
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
- "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"
- "Hello, Young Lovers"
- "Here, There and Everywhere"
- "Home for the Holidays"
- "Hoop-Dee-Doo"
- "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)"
- "A House Is Not a Home"
- "I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore"
- "I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)"
- "I May Never Pass This Way Again"
- "I Think I Love You"
- "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now"
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
- "If (They Made Me a King)"
- "It's a Good Day"
- "It's Been a Long, Long Time"
- "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
- "Juke Box Baby"
- "Kewpie Doll"
- "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)"
- "Long Ago (and Far Away)"
- "The Lord's Prayer"
- "Magic Moments"
- "Mandolins in the Moonlight"
- "Maria"
- "Moon River"
- "More"
- "No Other Love"
- "Papa Loves Mambo"
- "Please Mr. Sun"
- "Prisoner of Love"
- "Round and Round"
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
- "Say You're Mine Again"
- "Seattle"
- "The Shadow of Your Smile"
- "Some Enchanted Evening"
- "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)"
- "The Songs I Love"
- "Stop! And Think It Over"
- "Surrender"
- "Till the End of Time"
- "They Say It's Wonderful"
- "Unchained Melody"
- "Wanted"
- "The Way You Look Tonight"
- "What'll I Do"
- "When You and I Were Young, Maggie"
- "When You Were Sweet Sixteen"
- "Young at Heart"