The Perry Como Christmas Album

Studio album by

Perry Como

Released

October 1968

Recorded

August 1, 3, 6, 1968

Andy Wiswell

Perry Como chronology

Perry Como in Italy
(1966)

The Perry Como Christmas Album
(1968)

Look to Your Heart
(1968)

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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

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Side one

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"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

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"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

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^ 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.

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Perry Como Discography

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Albums	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)
Songs	"'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"
Related	Perry Como discography Perry Como television and radio shows Beat the Band The Chesterfield Supper Club List of songs recorded by Perry Como Goodman Ace Mitchell Ayres Ray Charles Frank Gallop Nick Perito
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