The Perry Como Christmas Album is Perry Como's 15th RCA Victor 12" long-play album.[2][3]
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| Released | October 1968 | |||
| Recorded | August 1, 3, 6, 1968 | |||
| Genre | Vocal | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Andy Wiswell | |||
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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
editSide one
edit- "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
edit- "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
edit- ^ The Perry Como Christmas Album at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- ^ a b "The Perry Como Christmas Album". Kokomo. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ "The Perry Como Christmas Album-credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2011.