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- PERRY COMO SINGS
- MERRY CHRISTMAS MUSIC
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PICKWICK
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ELECTRONICALLY
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ASSEMBLED IN 1972
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Side One ~ recordings circa 1953
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'Twas The
Night Before Christmas
- Poem by Clement Clarke Moore with
original music by Ray Charles
- With String Ensemble
directed by Mitchell Ayres
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- ( The )
Twelve Days of Christmas
- Traditional Christmas Music
- With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra & Chorus
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- God
Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
- Traditional Christmas Music
- With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra & Chorus
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- 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
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- Joy
To The World
- Words and Music by Isaac Watts and George F. Handel
- With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra & Chorus
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- Rudolph
the Red Nosed Reindeer
- Words and Music by Johnny Marks , 1949
- With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra & Chorus
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- Frosty
the Snowman
- Words and Music by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins, 1950
- With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra & Chorus
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- ( The )
Christmas Song ( Merry Christmas To You )
- Music by Mel Tormé and lyrics by Robert Wells, 1946
- With Mitchell Ayres
and His Orchestra
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- Side
Two
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recordings
circa 1946 / 47
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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
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- 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
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- 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
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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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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Little Town of Bethlehem
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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
conducted by Russ Case
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| 1953 Sessions | 1946 Sessions | Album Notes |
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Side
One
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with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and Chorus and String
Ensemble
- Produced by Henri René
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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.
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Side Two
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with Russ Case and His Orchestra, Organ and Mixed Choir,
recorded August 1, 6, 20 and 22, 1946.
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This
set was released in several formats under the title
"Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music. "
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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
Berlin’s "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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