THE
PERRY COMO
CHRISTMAS ALBUM
 
RCA JAPAN SRA-5032
STEREO / MONO
1976
 
JAPAN Compilation
RVC Corporation, Tokyo, Japan circa 1976
 
Side One:
 
White Christmas from Perry's 1959 RCA Victor album "Season's Greetings from Perry Como"
Words and Music by Irving Berlin, 1942
 
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from Perry's 1959 RCA Victor album "Season's Greetings from Perry Como"
Words and Music by Johnny Marks , 1949
 
Winter Wonderlandfrom Perry's 1959 RCA Victor album "Season's Greetings from Perry Como"
Words and Music by Felix Bernard and Dick Smith
 
Santa Claus is Comin' to Townfrom Perry's 1959 RCA Victor album "Season's Greetings from Perry Como"
Words and Music by Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots , 1934
 
Christmas Eve
Music by Gerard Andre Biesel and lyrics by Ray Charles
 
The Little Drummer Boy
Words and Music by Henry Onerati, Katherine Davis and Harry Simeone, 1958
 
O Holy Night
Words and Music by Adolphe Charles Adam
 
Side Two:
 
Ave Maria ( Schubert )
Original Music by Franz Schubert
Arranged and Adapted by Nick Perito
 
Carol Medley
Caroling, Caroling — The First Noël — Hark! The Herald Angels Sing — Silent Night
(a) Caroling, Caroling ~ Words and Music by Wihla Hutson and Alfred Burt
(b) The First Noël ~ Traditional Christmas Music
(c) Hark! The Herald Angels Sing ~ Music by Felix Mendelssohn and lyrics by Charles Wesley
(d) Silent Night ~ Words and Music by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber
 
Silver Bells
Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans 1951
 
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen from Perry's 1959 RCA Victor album "Season's Greetings from Perry Como"
Traditional Christmas Music
 
Toyland
Words and Music by Victor Herbert
Arranged and Adapted by Nick Perito 
  
There is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas
Words and Music by Carl Sigman and Mickey J. Addy
 
Arranged and Conducted by Nick Perito except  from Perry's 1959 RCA Victor album "Season's Greetings from Perry Como"
and the Ray Charles Singers.
 
from Perry's 1959 RCA Victor album "Season's Greetings from Perry Como"from Perry's 1959 RCA Victor album "Season's Greetings from Perry Como" with all
other tracks from the 1968 album "The Perry Como Christmas Album" ( this is a complete album re-issue )
 
Original 1968 Album Produced by Andy Wiswell
Arranged and Conducted by Nick Perito with The Ray Charles Singers,
Recorded in  Webster Hall, New York City
Recorded at RCA Victor Studio A, 24th Street, New York City ( remakes only )
Recorded July 9th ~ August 6th, 1968
Recording Engineers: Ed Begley and Ray Hall
Recorded in Living Stereo
 
Original 1959 Album Produced by Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers
Arrangements by Joe Lipman and Jack Andrews
Recorded July 13, 14 and 15, 1959
Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City
Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson
Recorded in Living Stereo.
 
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