PERRY COMO
SINGS
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
MUSIC
RCA VICTOR LPM-1243
( G2PP-4127/28 )
MONAURAL LONG PLAY
ASSEMBLED IN 1956
Side
One
~
recordings
circa 1953
'Twas The
Night Before Christmas
Poem by Clement Clarke Moore with
original music by Ray Charles
With String Ensemble
directed by Mitchell Ayres
( The )
Twelve Days of Christmas
Traditional Christmas Music
With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra & Chorus
God
Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Traditional Christmas Music
With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra & Chorus
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
Music by Eddy Arnold and lyrics by Jenny Lou Carson, 1949
With Mitchell Ayres
and His Orchestra
Joy
To The World
Words and Music by Isaac Watts and George F. Handel
With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra & Chorus
Rudolph
the Red Nosed Reindeer
Words and Music by Johnny Marks , 1949
With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra & Chorus
Frosty
the Snowman
Words and Music by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins, 1950
With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra & Chorus
( The )
Christmas Song ( Merry Christmas To You )
Music by Mel Tormé and lyrics by Robert Wells, 1946
With Mitchell Ayres
and His Orchestra
Side
Two
~
recordings
circa 1946 / 47
That
Christmas Feelin'
~ from the Musical Smart Set "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas
Music"
Words and Music by Bennie Benjamin and
George Weiss
With Russ Case and His
Orchestra
I'll
Be Home For Christmas
~ from the Musical Smart Set "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas
Music"
Words and Music by Walter Kent, Kim Gannon and
Buck Ram
With Russ Case, his
Orchestra and Chorus
Silent
Night
~ from the Musical Smart Set "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas
Music"
Words and Music by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber
With Organ and Choir
conducted by Russ Case
O
Come All Ye Faithful ( Adeste Fideles )
~ from the Musical Smart Set "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas
Music"
Latin Hymn translated
by Frederick Oakeley
With Organ and Choir
conducted by Russ Case
Jingle
Bells
~ from the Musical Smart Set "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas
Music"
Words and Music by J.S. Pierpoint
With Russ Case, his
Orchestra and Chorus
White
Christmas ~ added in 1947
Words and Music by Irving
Berlin,
1942
With Mixed Chorus and
Lloyd Shaffer's Orchestra
Recorded July 10, 1947, New York
Santa
Claus Is Comin' To Town ~
dropped
in 1961
Words and Music by Haven Gillespie and
J. Fred Coots , 1934
~ from the Musical Smart Set "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas
Music"
With Russ Case and his
Orchestra and The Satisfiers
Winter
Wonderland
Words and Music by Felix Bernard and Dick Smith
~ from the Musical Smart Set "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas
Music"
With Russ Case and His
Orchestra and The Satisfiers
O
Little Town of Bethlehem
~
dropped in 1947
Words and Music by Phillips Brooks and
Lewis H. Redner
~ from the Musical Smart Set "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas
Music"
With Organ and Choir
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Side
One
~
with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and Chorus and String
Ensemble
Produced by Henri René
Original
Release 1953 in 10" LP format RCA Victor album
"Around the Christmas Tree" RCA Victor LPM-3133
Released simultaneously as two
45 RPM Extended Play Albums EPA-496, titled
"Around
the Christmas Tree," and EPA-497, titled
"Christmas Joy" in 1953.
Side Two
~
with Russ Case and His Orchestra, Organ and Mixed Choir,
recorded August 1, 6, 20 and 22, 1946.
This
set was released in several formats under the title
"Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music. "
The
original compilation included "O
Little Town of Bethlehem " , recorded
during the 1946 sessions,
which was substituted in the
1951 compilation, RCA Victor LPM-3023, with Irving
Berlins "White Christmas,"
recorded with
Lloyd Shaffer and His Orchestra.
In 1961, the RCA Victor album was re-released as RCA
Camden CAL-660 excluding the 1946 version of
"Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town ( with the
Satisfiers ) " With the release of the RCA
Camden version,
two of the original 1946 tracks
were now withdrawn from commercial release.
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( G2PP-4127/28 )
MONAURAL LONG PLAY
ASSEMBLED IN 1956
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