Perry Como

Christmas Joy

 

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & Chorus

Produced by Henri René

 

RCA VICTOR 45 EPA 497

MONAURAL

1953

 

Side One

 

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

 

Side Two

 

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

 

Perry's 1953 album "All Around the Christmas Tree" was released simultaneously within two

companion 45 RPM Extended Play albums each with four songs. One had the same title and the

other was titled "Christmas Joy" with both of them released as a cut-out Christmas ornament which

could be hung on the tree. In 1956 all of these songs were combined with "Merry Christmas Music"

to form the larger version 12" LP format having a total of sixteen songs. This album was later

re-released in 1961 within the budget RCA Camden Series. The Camden release deleted 

"Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" lowering the song count to fifteen. With this deletion, there were

now two songs missing from the original "Merry Christmas Music" Musical Smart Set, the other being

"O Little Town of Bethlehem" which had been dropped in 1947 in favour of "White Christmas".

The compact disc release in 1987 was an exact replication of the 1961 RCA Camden album. 

 

 

All tracks in this compilation were monaural.

 

 

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With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & Chorus

Produced by Henri René

 

RCA VICTOR 45 EPA 497

MONAURAL

1953

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A Perry Como Discography 

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