The Story of the First
Christmas
~
recorded 1959 in 'Living Stereo'
Adapted by
John A. Richards with musical arrangements by
Mitchell Ayres
Narration with Christmas
carols: O Little Town of Bethlehem;
Come, Come, Come to the
Manger; The First Noël; O Come All Ye Faithful;
We Three Kings of Orient
Are; Silent Night
Roncom Music
Arrangements by Joe Lipman
and Jack Andrews
With Mitchell Ayres and His
Orchestra
Produced by Charles Grean
and Lee Schapiro
Recorded in Webster Hall, New York
City
Recording Engineer: Bob
Simpson
Recording Time
10:01
Recorded July 13, 1959
~ Matrix No. K2PB 4544 Take 1+
SESSION MUSICIANS
& CHOIR
Orchestra Session
MORNING 10:00AM TO 2:30 PM
Leader: Mitchell Ayres
Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross
Musicians AF of M Contract #8133
Chorus Contractor: Ray Charles
Others: T.B.A.
Harp ~ Gloria Agostini
Choir ~ Lois Winter, Sue Singleton,
Trudy Packer, Muriel Shaw, Rosemarie Jun,
Bernice Massi, Joyce DeYoung,
Ann Ryan McCord, Dean Parker, Earl Rodgers,
Alan Sokoloff, Dave Starkey,
Bob Miller, Tom Motto, Bob Spiro, Herb Davidson,
Bob Hartman, Dave Vogel,
Leonard Stea, Lee Book
Notes: ~ "The First Christmas"
was originally recorded in two parts especially for children for
RCA
Victor's Little Nipper Junior Series and released sometime during the
early 50s. The flipside
tracks for EYA-19 are believed to be the 1946
recordings from the "Merry Christmas Music" compilation.
Mr. Como used
"The Story of the First Christmas" many times
on his television show, prior to 1963, and
thereafter on
his annual Christmas Specials. There were often slight
variations in the dialogue but
essentially the story followed the
same sequence of songs .
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Recorded by Perry Como and the Ray
Charles Singers
With Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
on July 13, 1959,
at Webster Hall, New York City, for
RCA Victor
Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson
A Perry Como
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